The Six Sexy Shapes of Women Revealed

Kelly Brook

Are you a broccoli or a carrot? No, we're not out of our minds -- here's a list of women's bodies as per six new 'type's!

A British survey has divided women's body types into six distinct categories.

The survey, for the Vitality Show 2012 -- the UK's largest health, beauty, fitness and wellbeing event, underwayfrom March 22 to 25 at London's Earls Court -- studied 3,000 volunteers volunteers, the Sun reported.

And here are their findings!

Butternut Squash

Women whose bust and hip sizes are the same, but whose waist is smaller by about 10 inches are butternut squashes.

One example of this shape is glamour model Kelly Brook.

Image: Kelly Brook
Photographs: Ultimo lingerie campaign

Christina Hendricks

Narrow-waisted

One in five women is a butternut squash, like Mad Men star Christina Hendricks, with her voluptuous figure.

Image: Christina Hendricks
Photographs: Cover of New York Magazine, February-March 2010

Cameron Diaz

Carrot

This means that your bust and hips are wider than the waist, but only by about 6-8 inches.

Hollywood A-lister Cameron Diaz is carrot-shaped.

Image: Cameron Diaz
Photographs: Cover of GQ Magazine, May 2008

Nicole Kidman

A smaller bust-waist-hip ratio

Experts undertaking the survey found that one in four women is carrot-shaped. Nicole Kidman also has this body type.

Image: Nicole Kidman
Photographs: Cover of British GQ, December 2009      

Jennifer Lopez

Pear

Pear-shaped women have a waist that is at least 10 inches smaller than their hips, but the bust isn't as large as the bum. Jennifer Lopez is a famous pear.

Image: Jennifer Lopez
Photographs: Cover of Vanity Fair Italy, February 2011

Kristin Davis

Bootylicious

Twenty three per cent of the women surveyed were found to be pears. Another celebrity example of this body type is Sex and the City star Kristin Davis.

Image: Kristin Davis
Photographs: Cover of Fitness Magazine, May 2010

Jennifer Hudson

Apple

With this type, the waist is equal to or larger than the hips and bust and there is no more than a 2-4 inches difference between all three. Slimmed-down singer singer Jennifer Hudson is a typical apple shape.

Image: Jennifer Hudson
Photographs: Cover of Essence Magazine, April 2011

Kerry Katona

A less defined waist

Eighteen per cent of women were found to be apples -- British singer Kerry Katona is one of them.

Image: Kerry Katona

Photographs: Cover of Fabulous Magazine, January 2011