GOD created woman. But looking at this extraordinary photograph of a teenage Brigitte Bardot, it seems He didn't have quite enough material to go round.
Her waist is so tiny it appears her hands would fit round with a little to spare.
In fact a bracelet rather than a belt might have been a more fitting accessory.
The then unknown 19-year-old actress is showing off what could easily be the size zero figure so much at the forefront of debate about health and fashion today.
The photograph was taken on the beach at Cannes in 1955 when Bardot made her first film festival appearance.
It emerged yesterday among shots released to mark the Cannes film festival's 60th anniversary.
The 1950s is more commonly associated with the curves of Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and Ava Gardner.
Bardot reportedly boasted hour-glass statistics of 36-20-35 in 1956 during the filming of And God Created Woman, the Roger Vadim classic that made her one of the world's best known sex symbols.
Other reports suggest her waist was a mere 48cm (19in).
In this photograph it appears her astonishing figure is not assisted by a corset, although the belt does appear to be buckled up particularly tightly.
Bardot retired from acting at 39 and has embraced animal rights causes -- she doesn't try to hide the fact she is 72.
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