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Show Charm Secrets Help 'Miss USA' to Capture Fame PassDort to Loveliness ! BY RUTH TOLMAN Miss Charlotte Sheffield Now Touring Europe Miss United States, Charlotte Sheffield of Utah, has achieved a great measure of fame and fortune for-tune because she has put into practice prac-tice the secrets of charm used by all really lovely women. The secrets sec-rets of charm which are now available avail-able to not only those who have money or social prestige or higher high-er education, b .t to you and to me. The secrets of charm are the keys that open the doors to the vr.ried rooms in the House of Beauty. What are the chambers in this. House? Before we can answer answ-er this question, we must ask ourselves, our-selves, what is charm? After many years in the field of modeling, and the opportunity of, teaching Charlotte Sheffield and many other beautiful and successful success-ful women, I believe that charm is the total person: her personality, personali-ty, her attitudes, her graciousness, her speaking voice, her appearance: appear-ance: her figure, her clothes, her Are You A Venus De Milo? The ideal feminine figure today is not precisely like that of Venus De Milo, in fact, the modern male would probably consider her too plump for his 20th century streamlined stream-lined conception of beauty. Yes, just as the up-to-date automobile has been assembled with an eye to speed, grace and economy, so the up-to-date woman, has become streamlined in her contours. During the last ten years there has been a drop of five pounds o: weight per woman in the United' States per woman, this indicates the trend toward the lissome, athletic ath-letic figure which is never fat, ne-j ver flabby, never badly proportioned. propor-tioned. Although you are probably not aspiring to become a beauty queen on a national basis, you might like to know what figure qualities the judges look for. These are: 1. Good Proportion: The shoulders should-ers must be wider than the hips and. slope at a 20 degree angle from the neck to the tip of the shoulders. 2. Proper Weight: This should be approximately 100 pounds for the contestant five feet tall and an extra five pounds for each inch over five feet. 3. Correct Posture: From the front an imaginary line through' the center of-the head must pass through the center of the neck, and torso, dividing the legs. Fromi the side the neck should be straight from hairline to shoulders, should-ers, the shoulder blades must be flat, the bosom high, a shallow curve in the back at the waistline, waist-line, abdomen flat, buttocks normal, nor-mal, and feet straight ahead. 4. Pleasing Contour: ..The head should be the crowning glory of the body. The lines of the arms should be full but graceful. The ed but not accented. The legs must fuse at the hips, knees, calves. The heels should join together with little space shown separating the legs. It will be fun to be your own judge. Take a mirror test and see yourself as you are today, then outline a program of diet and exercise that will make you a queen of beauty. make-up, her hair, her grace. Yes, charm is within the reach of any woman who will take the time and effort to create an aura of beauty within and about herself. These articles will be devoted to making charm less difficult to achieve; for like all else, it will be less elusive if you know how to capture it and make it your own. But just as the house you live in is distinctive only when it expresses the unique and individual indivi-dual you, so charm is attained only on-ly through personal distinction. Just as though we were at your side, we will hand to you as the weeks go by the keys that can unfold for you a new beauty, a new life, and perhaps even a new love. Just reading the secrets or dreaming about them will not make you more charming. But if you will put forth consistent effort, ef-fort, your power to charm will be limitless. t Shall we begin with the obvious your figure? It.will be extremely important for you to be objective about what you see in the mirror. Try to see yourself as others see you. Appraise the good, the bad, and the indifferent and accept them as facts. Do you weigh what you should for your height? Is you figure what you want it to be? Whatever you detect, jot it down in your charm notebook and resolve now to do some-.... thing about it the right things. Next week we will analyze the factors that add up to the ideal figure. |