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Gwyneth Paltrow Talks About Her Marriage to Coldplay's Chris Martin in Harper's Bazaar: Does She Have the Ideal Female Body?

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Harper's Bazaar has the latest scoop on GOOP goddess Gwyneth Paltrow -- but the magazine seems more intrigued by her yoga- and cleanse-toned body than her marriage to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.


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A little excerpt: "As she falls naturally into yoga stretches during the course of the conversation, supple as a cat, you realize that this is a woman for whom working out has become essential," the article begins. "At 39, she looks stronger than she did in her 20s, lean and toned, with the streamlined contours of an athlete." Er, alright.

The mag goes on to explain that, "Today, like every other weekday morning, she has spent an hour and a half with her trainer, Tracy Anderson, doing dance aerobics and a precise series of exercises that changes every 10 days. The aim, she says, is "that you're muscular, but you don't get used to anything."

Harper's also grills the mother of two about the latest of her famous 12-week detox cleanses. "I have a lot of inflammation in my system, so I'm not having anything I'm allergic to -- no gluten, no dairy, no sugar," Gwyneth Paltrow says.

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But here's the good part: Paltrow, who rarely talks about her famous hubby and is almost never seen with him, finally gives us a little bit of an inside peek at their relationship. "He's very communicative," she says, "which is rare for a British man." She continues, "I want to maintain my marriage and my family, so I have to be here when he comes home. ... you have to compromise. ... you have to be a wife, and that is part of the equation."

Her life may seem nauseatingly perfect, but Paltrow says one of her ex-boyfriends cheated on her "all the time." Hard to believe, huh? In any case, do you think Gwyneth Paltrow has the ideal female body?
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  • Tia 2012/02/02 16:11:20
    No
    Tia
    +18
    There is no such thing as an Ideal Female Body, as there is no such thing as an Ideal Male Body

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  • iHatespam 2012/02/03 06:11:03
    No
    iHatespam
    I think she looks pretty good tho
  • jim 2012/02/03 06:05:49
    No
    jim
    Nice, but not ideal.
  • Barbara 2012/02/03 05:07:39 (edited)
    Yes
    Barbara
    +3
    Well, I meant no, but I think she looks great! You don't have to be perfect to look good because no one is perfect. The majority of the time, she chooses clothes that complement her body type and I think it's great that she does yoga and tries to keep herself healthy. She really has great hair!
  • hannah 2012/02/03 05:04:16
    No
    hannah
    +2
    there is absolutely no ideal female body
  • taitaFalcon23 2012/02/03 04:36:32
    No
    taitaFalcon23
    there is always someone you like more for whatever reason; my vote is for April Bowlby from the Two and Half Men Episodes as 'Candy'. Not as a blonde though... she looks better as a brunette.
  • wtw 2012/02/03 04:10:07
    No
    wtw
    She seems to think so!
  • Tamara McMillan 2012/02/03 03:53:38
    No
    Tamara McMillan
    Her looks are smokin' hot but I think others are just as good if not better. Can not recall the actress's name now but the one in the Evolution movies looks flawless in a bikini from pics I saw of her. Some men also think a woman with more defined curves or a bit more meat on their bones would be better.
  • Ariel 2012/02/03 03:52:14
    Yes
    Ariel
    +1
    Yes, her body is amazing, but the ideal body depends on the person.
  • Rono 2012/02/03 03:45:54
    Yes
    Rono
    +1
    It really depends on whom it's Ideal to. Some like the short, some tall, some like them big and some small. Some like the thick, and some like thin. The only thing that's really important is the you're happy with you.
  • Steve J 2012/02/03 03:34:15
    No
    Steve J
    I guess Twiggy started it all in the 1960s. Twig-like, stick-like figures perambulating on the catwalk. Or should I call it the walk of cats?
    This feline walk is only for the modelling industry. In everydaylife most men would consider the ideal woman's figure to be voluptious eg Marilyn Monroe.
  • Mark Shoffner 2012/02/03 03:17:35
  • Daedalus 2012/02/03 03:08:46 (edited)
    No
    Daedalus
    +1
    She looks great but I like a wide variety of women.

    So hold off on the Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow eugenics projects.
  • Nilbud 2012/02/03 03:05:14
    No
    Nilbud
    +2
    She had to get married to an ass.
  • Saphirra 2012/02/03 03:00:41
    No
    Saphirra
    +3
    (Before anyone gets upset please hear me out) This question has a huge gray area due to the lack of cultural-sensitivity. In one culture (particularly the US or China where the desirable WHR is between .60 and .80 ) she may, but in a place like Cameroon (where the desirable WHR is about .8+) no she does not. So if the question was more specific in a cultural context then my answer would be different. I know not many people think this deep into it but I couldn't help myself. Sorry. >.<

    *WHR= Waist to Hip Ratio
  • Untouched Saphirra 2012/02/03 12:09:13
    Untouched
    +1
    i agree...her waist is wide. no amount of butt would make her whr look better tho it'd be bigger(from the side only)
    other than that, she's pretty ok
  • Saphirra Untouched 2012/02/03 15:55:18
    Saphirra
    +1
    She has a great body not sure if it falls under "ideal" but everyone's "ideal" is different. lol
  • Untouched Saphirra 2012/02/03 22:47:21
    Untouched
    yep, tastes differ :D
  • Ariana Irizarry 2012/02/03 02:52:45
    Yes
    Ariana Irizarry
    +1
    She has pretty curves just like me
  • Steve J Ariana ... 2012/02/03 03:43:08
    Steve J
    +1
    Well, come on Ariana, let's see some of your pictures!
  • Ariana ... Steve J 2012/06/22 19:28:25
    Ariana Irizarry
    ummmm no lol
  • Jimbo 2012/02/03 02:48:27
    No
    Jimbo
    I don't think she is all the pretty either.
  • 10997 2012/02/03 02:22:02
    No
    10997
    +1
    "Ideal" is definitely a stretch but that doesn't mean she doesn't have a nice body. On the other hand, someone give me a gun so I can shoot whoever gave her the clothes in those pictures. They make me want to claw my eyes out. They make her body look terrible and the way the magazine got her to pose looks so ridiculous and silly that it hurts me to look at it.
  • ☆Snapefangirl☆ 2012/02/03 02:15:59 (edited)
    No
    ☆Snapefangirl☆
    +1
    She has a nice body; it's just not my version of ideal. I personally like this:
    Maria Felix
  • Kevin1111 2012/02/03 02:03:37
    No
    Kevin1111
    +1
    I think we could define an "ideal" body if we were careful how we define it.

    If we define "ideal" as the most attractive to the opposite sex, we could show pictures of people in swimsuits to thousands of people and ask them to rate them for attractiveness. Each person may have their own preferences, but we would come to a consensus of what people, in general, find most attractive.
  • Hey! I like your eyes<3 2012/02/03 01:08:53
    Yes
    Hey! I like your eyes<3
    +2
    She's gorgeous.

    Nuff said.
  • Little Miss Unicorn 2012/02/03 01:07:12
    Yes
    Little Miss Unicorn
    +5
    The ideal body doesn't mean having big boobs, or being skinny, or having big hips.
    The ideal body is the one that you were meant to have. That's the body she's meant to have, so that's HER ideal body.
    Real women don't have curves, real women don't have big or skinny thighs, small or no waist, fat or thin abdominals or big or small boobs. A real woman has the female human reproductive system and that's that.
    gwyneth paltrow beautiful
  • Bigbrow... Little ... 2012/02/03 01:53:03
    Bigbrowneyes
    +2
    That's so sweet. :) I don't like hearing 'real women' have this or that either.
  • Little ... Bigbrow... 2012/02/03 02:20:10
    Little Miss Unicorn
    +2
    Thanks! Me too. I don't have a small waist and big hips, so I'm kind of offended when everyone says "Real Women Have Curves". I think curvy bodies like Sofia Vergara's and Marilyn Monroe's are pretty, but women who don't have them shouldn't feel bad either.
  • Bigbrow... Little ... 2012/02/03 02:40:24
    Bigbrowneyes
    +1
    Exactly. I have a small waist but I am very small like 13-year-old sized almost and I am certainly not voluptuous. We all come in lovely different shapes. :)
  • Jo Bigbrow... 2012/02/03 07:05:30
    Jo
    +1
    its an offensive term, and I wish they'd find some other way to get thier meaning across
  • 2585661 2012/02/03 01:04:57
    No
    2585661
    +1
    No boobs!
  • Erin Innocent 2012/02/03 00:54:00
    No
    Erin Innocent
    +2
    she reminds me of a tree >.>
  • Jackie G - Poker Playing Pa... 2012/02/03 00:51:34
    No
    Jackie G - Poker Playing Patriot
    +1
    But she looks darn good!
  • Builder 2012/02/03 00:41:48
    No
    Builder
    +1
    I saw her in a movie call shallow Hal and she has a nice butt ....but she doesn't have the curves of say a Selma Hayek. She has a nice face but it would be hard to call her beautiful. True be told I wouldn't kick her out of the bed any time soon!
  • cm 2012/02/03 00:41:41
    No
    cm
    +1
    nice but not ideal
  • Pablo 2012/02/03 00:38:10
    No
    Pablo
    I've seen better; a little more meat and boobs. Photo shoots can make anybody look better than without touch up. I've seen many beautiful women in NYC in the fashion and textile trades. Yea, real hot stuff.
    Pablo
  • birdie1224 2012/02/03 00:23:21
    No
    birdie1224
    +5
    yeah she's healthy but she doesn't have womanly curves. everyone has different views of the ideal female body i believe sophia vergara has the ideal body sophia vergara sophia vergara
  • kelly 2012/02/03 00:21:07
    No
    kelly
    I was just going to say there is no such thing as an ideal image but then i learned someone already said that. Now im not saying anything against ms paltrow here but we have got to stop comparing ourselve to other people especially when it comes to image. We are all beautiful and as cliche as it sounds its true
  • largo1 2012/02/03 00:19:41
    No
    largo1
    +1
    On what planet?
  • GirlyGirl™ 2012/02/03 00:14:11
    No
    GirlyGirl™
    +1
    I think she's a little thin, but her body image is certainly good. That's what's important. As for her "cleansing" and always striking yoga poses, I'll pass on those. She inherited some good genes from her mother!

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