BODY CONFIDENCE WEEK: What is your body type?

Okay, so step one of loving your body is to know it. Be honest with yourself. Do you have large hips? A large bum? Big boobs? Is your waist small or wide?
Remember, bodies aren't black and white. You can be athletic due to the fact that you have a wide waist, but you might do much exercise. You could also be athletic by having small boobs and small bum, but you could still have a tiny waist, like Audrey Hepburn. Eva Longoria is athletic from the front, and pear-shaped at the back, meaning she has a wide waist and quite narrow hips but a large bum. Tyra Banks has large breasts and a large bum, but little waist definition. So in reality, choosing your body shape could just be a judgement call.
Ready to find out your body type? Here goes..

Hourglass - aka Coke bottle, Cello or 'X' Shape.

Kim Kardashian is well known for her hourglass  figure

Typically known to be the 'perfect' figure, this is characterized by hips almost as wide as shoulders, a small waist, large breasts and a large bum. Although this is supposed to be the ideal figure, there are few models with hourglass shapes, and in clothing, an hourglass shape may seem too wide. Hourglass' often see themselves, or can be seen as 'fat', purely because you have curves you have to carry a little bit of extra weight. If this is your body type, count yourself lucky. Many women want this figure and many men are attracted to it. Retro icons with the body type are Sophia Loren and Marilyn Monroe, and modern celebrities with this body include Kim Kardashian, Scarlett Johansson, Kelly Brook, Holly Willoughby, Jessica Biel, Christina Hendricks, Rose McGowan, Dita Von Teese and Sophia Vergara

Top Heavy - aka Inverted Triangle, Strawberry or 'V' Shape

Pamela Anderson is famed for being top heavy

Being top heavy often means having large breasts, but a small bum and narrow hips. You may or may not have a small waist, if you have a large bust your waist is likely to appear smaller than it is. Although you may long for Beyonce hips or a J-Lo bum, many men are attracted to this kind of figure, and people who dislike a large behind area will see this as the perfect figure as opposed to an hourglass.

This is sometimes synonymous with an 'apple' shape. There is different beliefs about this. Some people believe being an apple shape is just having large breasts and some people believe that an apple has a large stomach and but skinny arms and legs. Either way, if you are an 'apple' shape, you would most likely come under the category of top-heavy.
Elizabeth Taylor was top heavy, as are Pamela Anderson, Kayla Collins, Rhian Sugden, Katie Price, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato and Youtube sensation Laci Green.

Pear - aka Bottom Heavy, Triangle, Bell, Spoon or 'A' Shape

Nicki Minaj has a pear shaped body.

A pear shape is when you have smaller breasts but large hips and bum. Whether or not having a large bum is a good thing determines whether or not this is a good body shape to have, but it is the most common body shape for women and since wide hips are a secondary sexual characteristic developed for childbirth, this type of body is very feminine. This body shape, because of the wide hips, generally tend to be the most similar to an hourglass shape than any other body shape (which is why Nicki Minaj - pictured to the right - is often noted for having an hourglass figure when she's actually a pear shape. Celebrities with this kind of body include Nicki Minaj, Jennifer Lopez, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Beyonce Knowles, Eva Longoria, Rihanna and Kate Winslet.

Athletic - aka Boyish, Ruler, Banana, Waif, Rectangle, 'I' shape.

Megan Fox has an athletic body

An athletic figure is when the person is very slender, with a small bum, small breasts and often with little to no waist definition. The 'athletic' figure is the most open kind of figure, because some very slender people also have very tiny waists, and some people with 'athletic' figures have little or no muscle tone. It is also open due to disagreement on what is 'big boobs' and what is a 'big bum'. Although many people with athletic figures may feel quite unfeminine due to lack of curves, many of the worlds sexiest celebrities have this kind of body and there are many women long to have this kind of figure. Retro style icons with this body shape are Audrey Hepburn and Twiggy, whilst modern celebrities with this body shape are Megan Fox, Cameron Diaz, Jessica Ennis, Keira Knightley, Emma Watson, Nicole Scherzinger, Kate Middleton, Selena Gomez, Jennifer Aniston and many supermodels such as Kate Moss, Miranda Kerr, Rosie Huntington-Whitely and Gisele Bundchen.