Remembering - Hilda, the plus size model

[packman]

Hilda was a plus-size girl who was definitely not shy about her plump body. Not only was she one of the only curvy girls in the pin-up game at the time, but she was also a hilariously clumsy girl that was fun to look at. Hilda graced America's calendars from around the 1950s to the 1980s












More of Hilda - I find them cute and a celebration of life:

https://www.boredpanda.com/plus-size-pinup-girl-hilda-duane-bryers/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic

[LakeArenal]

1. Plump once was a positive. And as you can see cute.

Twiggy brought in the emaciated standard we now have.

[kimbutgar]

2. My parents had a bachelor male friend when I grew up that only dated plus size women

When I was growing up my a Dad and a Mom would talk about how big the women he ( we called him Uncle Harry ) would bring to their parties. The women were always gorgeous, dressed well, manicured nails and smelled good. There was one lady I liked ( Gigi) who always friendly and talked to me. I was upset with Uncle Harry when he brought a busty stripper instead of Gigi the next time my parents had a party.

[Aristus]

3. I discovered Hilda about seven or eight years ago.

Very appealing.

Most guys I know like a woman with curves. Hilda is incredibly charming (and sexy...)

[pressbox69]

4. Does anyone know who she really was?

[csziggy]

6. The artist made her up

She is all the more special in that Duane Bryers did not base her on a real life model, but instead fashioned her from his own imagination and fantasy.

'She's a creation out of my head,' the artist told online pin-up gallery ToilGirls in 2002.

'I had various models over the years, but some of my best Hilda paintings I've ever done were done without a model.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2385046/Hilda-Fifties-plus-size-pin-rediscovered-year-creator-Duane-Bryers-dies.html

[lillypaddle]

5. She's lovely

soft and beautiful.