Veronica Lake and who's tallest in the World

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Posted by Bambi B on February 22, 2005 at 16:43:52

In Reply to: Re: Alan Ladd posted by Rob Doorack on February 22, 2005 at 12:06:27:

Rob Doorack,

Intereesting re: Veronica Lake. If I were to forced to rank movie women actors by sheer, perfect beauty, I would have to say Veronica Lake first and the young Elizabeth Taylor a close second. Lake was just ravishing. The fact that she was sub 5' makes those perfect proportions even more astounding. It's a terrible pity Lake's life was so very short, I'm sorry, I mean to say "brief".

There was a long article in "The New Yorker" as few months ago that you would probably enjoy. This concerns the subject of people's height historically. The results of these studies surprised me and this is a subject that I, as a tall person, have followed a long time.

[Some of the figures below may not be exact since I'm quoting from memory:]

The greatest increase in average height are the Dutch. Since 1945 the average has groen 5" for men and women and they have beceome the tallest people in the world. I'm 3/4 Dutch, 1/4 English and 6'2"- while 5'-10 is the average for a women and 6'2 the average height of an adult male in Holland. The Scandanavians are all tall- mostly I think 6'1 and 5'10. And taller than Americans who are 5'10 and 5'8 I think. Another surprise are the Japanese, who, due to nutritional changes since WWII, are today only 1/2" shorter than American males- another "most improved" award there. US males have grown only 1/2" on average since WWII, one of the lesser improvements. The dramatic rise of junk- starch and sugar-based and processed foods, with a consequential malnutrition, are blamed for the poor showing.

In summary, there have been noticeable increases worldwide in average height by nationality and these changes to physical characteristics are influenced predominantly by nutrition.

Cheers,

Bambi B

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Topic - Spielbergs "War of the Worlds" is comming...... - RC 19:38:20 02/20/05 (17)

British Version From Pendragon Is Due Out March 30th. nt - AudioHead 13:27:28 02/23/05 (0)

Wouldn't the Martians just zap him and his crane with their heat ray? - Mali 14:52:39 02/22/05 (2)

No, the ray will just bounce off his toothy grin :-=) nt - Alex S 01:08:07 02/23/05 (0)

No, Tom Cruise will bore them to death before they can press the button! (nt) - Bambi B 16:46:41 02/22/05 (0)

Remember the final battle scene of "5,000,000 Years to Earth"? - Bambi B 13:17:36 02/21/05 (11)

Yup..."What color is the sky?" - Harmonia 21:43:54 02/22/05 (0)

Re: Remember the final battle scene of "5,000,000 Years to Earth"? - patrickU 08:39:00 02/22/05 (0)

But Bambi....the thing is, - RC 15:21:14 02/21/05 (8)

Re: But Bambi....the thing is, - Bambi B 20:06:39 02/21/05 (7)

Tom Cruise's height - Rob Doorack 07:29:14 02/22/05 (6)

How high are the Stars? - Bambi B 11:50:22 02/22/05 (3)

Re: Alan Ladd - Rob Doorack 12:06:27 02/22/05 (2)

Veronica Lake and who's tallest in the World - Bambi B 16:43:52 02/22/05 (1)

Re: Veronica Lake and who's tallest in the World - Rob Doorack 15:17:45 02/23/05 (0)

Re: Robert Redford is also short (nt) - rico 08:21:41 02/22/05 (1)

Billy Curtis Too! nt - AudioHead 13:15:31 02/23/05 (0)

Its sad isn't it? - jusbe 05:48:20 02/21/05 (0)

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