This is Betty Brosmer. She is the ultimate glamour girl of all time. She was very famous because of her hourglass figure, and back in the 1950s, she was the highest paid pin-up girl who appeared in thousands of magazines.

She became famous because of her impossibly tiny waist, measuring only 18 inches wide. She's got voluptuous body proportions and still looked good today at 78.

Betty's classic beauty put her on over 300 magazine covers and books, including Time, LIFE and more.


She's said to have the greatest hourglass figure of all time: 38-18-36


Betty has won over 50 beauty contests before the age of 20.


Betty's face popularized the tree-shaped air fresheners for cars throughout the world.


Her waist is so small because of corset training, which is also known as waist training.


Today, corset training is considered extremely unhealthy because they reshape the ribcage and move internal organs out of their original positions.


Betty Brosmer is the co-founder of SHAPE Magazine, the first health and fitness publication for women.


She still publishes two magazine columns today, “Body by Betty” and “Health by Betty.


Considering there was no Photoshop back in the 1950s, she had to be perfect for the camera. And she was.


Current holder of the smallest waist record belongs to Cathie Jung. Her corseted waist measures at 15 in (38.1 cm), un-corseted it measures 21 in (53.34 cm).