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"She can have a tummy and still look yummy," Chubbettes, August 27, 1956 (i.imgur.com)

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From LIFE Magazine.

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[-] [email protected] 110 points 1 year ago

"Honey, you aren't chubby. Your friends are just really too thin. You are perfectly fine the way you are... Oh! I forgot, I bought you some new clothes, have some Chubbettes..."

[-] [email protected] 73 points 1 year ago

The girl in that add isn't even chubby, she looks like a normal weight to me. I guess that's part of the point of the ad, but...

[-] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

She looks normal weight because she's wearing Chubbettes 😉

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