Byline: Fiona Macrae
SOME women invest in expensive handbags, hairdos or even a spot ofcosmetic surgery.
But when it comes to snaring the perfect man, the solution could be as simpleas slipping on a pair of high heels.
In a study that confirms what many of us have long suspected, scientists haveshown that men find long legs attractive.
Faced with the choice of two women of the same height, but with different leglength, they will tend to plump for the one with the longer legs.
It is thought that lengthy limbs are perceived as indicating good health, aswell as social standing and the ability to be a good provider, New Scientistreports.
Replica Gucci HoboThe finding could go some way to explaining the allure of models Jemma whygirls Kidd and Eva Herzigova, both of whom have provided the face - and legs -for campaigns by Pretty Polly tights. The researchers asked more than 200volunteers to rate the attractiveness of a series of images of a silhouettedman or woman.
In each case, the legs had been lengthened or shortened slightly but theoverall height remained the same.
Dimmable LED Down Light K1004H - 1x10WBoth sexes described the pictures in which the legs were slightly longer thanaverage as being the most attractive.
Researcher Dr Boguslaw Pawlowski said: 'Long legs are signalling health.'Studies have linked short legs to a variety of ailments, with stocky sorts athigher risk of girls want heart disease and diabetes. Long legs could alsoindicate a prosperous background, as poor nutrition in teenage years is thoughtto stunt the growth of the limbs.
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But while legs 5 per cent longer than average proved the most popular, verylong legs - around 15 per cent above the norm - fared poorly.
The researchers from Wroclaw University in Poland said extremely long legs in awoman could indicate poor childbearing prospects. 'One can hypothesise thatexcessively long legs, and therefore excessively small torsos, might indicateinsufficient space for development of a foetus.' Previous work by the sameresearchers suggests women regard taller men as good for a fling but seeshorter men as better companions with whom to settle down.
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