Curvy Liz Hurley may have been dropped as the face of Monsoon for being too old, but the newlywed can take comfort in the fact that her body is the shape most British women aspire to.
The 41-year-old actress and model topped a poll of 5,000 women by NW Magazine to find the best British Body Idols.
However, the "size zero" debate was re-ignited as stick thin Victoria Beckham was sandwiched in second place between curvy beauties Liz and TV star Myleene Klass who took third place.
And, worryingly, one-in-10 women admitted that they 'make themselves sick so they can fit in a dress' while one-in eight (13 per cent) admitted taking illegal drugs cocaine or amphetamine just to slim down.
And experts described as "deeply disturbing" the fact that 97 per cent of British women regard a Size 12 figure as "fat".
Victoria, who famously has the same waist measurements as an average eight-year-old girl, was joined by fellow skinny stars Kate Moss, Sienna Miller and Keira Knightley in the Top 10.
Helen Johnston, editor of NW Magazine, said that the poll results showed a trend towards a slimmer body shape.
She said: "Elizabeth Hurley is the British body icon - pencil slim but still curvy, the perfect shape most women desperately want.
"However, ordinary women can comfort themselves with the fact its a 24 hours a day job, requires iron determination and probably very little food.
"For most of us, a body like Elizabeth Hurley's would require a lifetime of sacrifice.
"Victoria Beckham is frequently criticised for her body size, but it seems British women are obsessed with her shape and wouldn't hesitate to swap their body for hers. Women think she looks good."
But busty beauties Kelly Brook, Kate Winslet and Katie "Jordan" Price also featured in the Top 10, proving that not all women aspire to the size zero shape.
However, six-out-of-10 of the women polled (59 per cent) said they thought size zero was attractive, and a similar amount (58 per cent) believe that men find the skeletal look a turn-on.
And a massive 97 per cent of women consider a Size 12 shape to be 'fat'.
But the skinny life must be pretty lonely, as a whopping 97 per cent of the women surveyed prefer to go out with friends who are 'fatter than them'.
Only three per cent said that they were 'happy to have thinner girlfriends', and more than three-quarters (76 per cent) said that they were "jealous" of their thinner friends.
Ms Johnston said: "We all understand the anxiety of going out with a drop-dead gorgeous skinny mate who gets all the attention and leaves us feeling like her fat invisible friend.
"And there's nothing worse than knowing whatever you wear your slimmer friend is always going to look better than you do."
Survey respondents point to celebrities like Victoria Beckham who even manages to make her new best friend Katie Holmes 'look like a gangly giant' and Coleen McLoughlin who 'frequently steps out surrounded by a posse of fatter friends'.
More worryingly, nearly all women (94 per cent) say that they have 'felt fat before a night out', and half say 'they go without food all day', while one-in-10 said that they 'make themselves sick so they can fit in a dress'.
And a third claim to have tried to survive on less than 500 calories a day, the estimated amount a size zero woman has to eat to maintain her tiny size.
And it seems loved ones and colleagues are not doing much to boost the body image of the women around them, as six-in-10 women say their friends have criticised their body shape, while four-in-10 say even their mother urges them to lose weight.
And a fifth claim they can't even sit at their desks without colleagues making jibes about their size.
So it's no wonder that 84 per cent of women say they would be happier if they could lose weight, and two-thirds say they think about their size every 12 minutes.
And some women are going to dangerous extremes to get the figure of their dreams, with 13 per cent admitting they have taken speed or cocaine to slim down, while 37 per cent have resorted to slimming pills, and one-in-five said they have taken laxatives to shed unwanted pounds.
Almost three-quarters of women say they 'can't eat normally and stay a size 12 or less' (73 per cent) and nearly half (48 per cent) 'pretend they've eaten when they haven't'.
Ms Johnston said that the variety of shapes that were voted into the top 100 best bodies showed that not all women had succumbed to the size zero ideal.
However, she warned that the survey also uncovered a worrying number of women who now saw a dangerously low weight as being desirable and were going to great lengths to achieve it.
She said: "The variety of women voted onto the Body Idol list is extraordinary in its breadth - from the tiniest size zero to far more voluptuous celebrities who women admire and secretly envy for being comfortable in their own skin.
"It's also great to see such a high percentage of women over 40, showing that a sexy shape doesn't have to disappear with age. Plus female television presenters - by far the biggest group in the poll - are obviously viewed by women as positive body image role models.
"For the first time, this survey is evidence of the staggering impact size zero has had on British women with six-out-of-10 thinking this minuscule size is desirable.
"It's also deeply disturbing that 97 per cent think Size 12 is fat. No wonder so many women say they can't eat normally anymore because they're trying to achieve the unachievable."
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