It's sad that some people think that there are only five.. In reality every body is different and to try to classify every body type into five different molds is sad. They are all beautiful. And different.
To explain this better: (do not get offended I'm just trying to explain this in the simplest way I can)
Rectangle: no boobs, no waist, no bum (same as banana)
Pear: narrow shoulders, no boobs, big hips and bum and usually big legs. Fat is mainly distributed in the legs, hips, bum and thighs.
Hourglass: has both boobs and bum the same size (whether small or big, usually big). Fat is usually distributed...everywhere; arms, abdomen, bum, boobs...etc.
Apple: big boobs, sometimes waist (not usually though), no bum or legs (as in skinny legs). Fat is distributed in the boobs and the abdomen
Banana: kinda same as rectangle. Fat is distributed in boobs, bum, face and abdomen. However, unlike the hourglass it creates a shape kind of like a ruler.
>Hope this helped in your understanding of women body shapes :) I'm pear btw haha
When I read the word "hourglass" my head pronounced it "hoorglass" and I was like wtf is a hoorglass and realized it said hourglass.. That was a moment of shame smh
Then you're an hourglass. Hourglass means both the upper and lower part of your body are of equal size. However, if you think your lower part is bigger, then you are a pear.
Its by a certain amount I think. (sorry I looked up body shape calculators online) so if your like a 30-24-37 you are pear shaped, but if you are 33-24-36 you are more hourglass. But in my case Id have to agree with ordinarygirl, because I am an hourglass with the legs of a pear :P
I think what ordinarygirl meant was that the top of her body had the curve of the hourglass, but her lower half was larger than it. It's like a bottom heavy hourglass. Pear shape doesn't seem to come in at the waist as much as hourglass. I'm like that too.
It does come, I'm a pear shape, and the small waist is a characteristic of pear shaped bodies. I'm not saying though, that other bodies can't have it, everyone has a different body, but it is characteristical of a pear shaped body to have a small waist.
FABULOUS!
Rectangle: no boobs, no waist, no bum (same as banana)
Pear: narrow shoulders, no boobs, big hips and bum and usually big legs. Fat is mainly distributed in the legs, hips, bum and thighs.
Hourglass: has both boobs and bum the same size (whether small or big, usually big). Fat is usually distributed...everywhere; arms, abdomen, bum, boobs...etc.
Apple: big boobs, sometimes waist (not usually though), no bum or legs (as in skinny legs). Fat is distributed in the boobs and the abdomen
Banana: kinda same as rectangle. Fat is distributed in boobs, bum, face and abdomen. However, unlike the hourglass it creates a shape kind of like a ruler.
>Hope this helped in your understanding of women body shapes :) I'm pear btw haha