There were a few coveted cover girls, like Twiggy, who were out of his reach.

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Could these women not possibly stand up to the bullies unless they got Pilates abs and Twiggy arms?

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At 5 feet 9 inches tall, Evans, now 63, describes herself as having been "Twiggy-like" in college, weighing 120 pounds.

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Deanne Jade, a psychologist specialising in eating and body image issues, said the problems started with the emergence of thin models, such as Twiggy, in the 1960s.

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Hughes, who lived on the Isle of Wight, was also known for his roles as Twiggy in TV comedy The Royle Family and Onslow in Keeping Up Appearances.

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The actual Edie was a stick, not much more substantial than Twiggy (though sexier), with haunted, kohl-shadowed peepers and a hanging lower lip that made her look like a frightened animal.

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Twiggy was the poster child for the youth quake.

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Sally Lindsay, who played barmaid Shelley Unwin in Corrie, wrote on Twitter that her first TV job was playing Twiggy's girlfriend in The Royle Family, "and he was so kind RIP lovely man x".

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The trend for older women to suffer from eating disorders and body image problems may be the result in part of an aging Twiggy generation, the 60s being among the first decades in recent history where being stick-thin was the ideal.

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