Keira Knightly is a beautiful young actress, who I always envisioned as being very tall, in the close to six foot range. But when I observed her with more attention I realize that she had a very long torso, which gave her this tall appearance, because when looking at her lengthy stomach and back ones eyes naturally imagine lengthy legs to match. However Keira is in fact only 5 feet 7 inches at most, if not less!
She is also very thin and flat chested which do not help in visually shortening her torso. In these bikini images one can best observe her disproportion. Nevertheless, she is attractive and famous, giving us all long torsoed girls a boost of self confidence.
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I wonder what her inseam is? I hazard a guess it's no more than 30".
ReplyDeleteActually, you say about envisaging her as very tall when you just see her torso, but cover the top half of her body in the last picture (bikini with back to camera) so that you only see her legs. You'd only envisage her at about 5'2" then.
ReplyDeleteYes, I so wish we could know their inseam, I suppose only if some costume designer spills the beans.
ReplyDelete-Yes, quite right, looking at her torso, I would think she were 5 feet 11 inches or so, and just looking at her legs, she appears as if she might be 5'2".
Yes, I actually think they can hardly be much longer than mine, little 5'2" (just under) midget that I am lol
ReplyDeleteFunnily enough though, I was in a clothes shop today, and heard a woman behind me saying her legs were 29" (the same as mine). I turned round hoping she might be taller than me, or at least the same height, but she looked at least an inch shorter, and her legs still looked short :O I told myself she was wrong lol
ReplyDeleteI have a 30'' inseam and I am 5'3.75'' Is that considered short or average?
ReplyDeleteMost of the pictures you see are from the knees up. Those that show from the hips to the feet are mostly seated. Small thing if your looking at the person only. The picky person may have a problem. As far as I see she is just fine.
ReplyDeleteI think Keira is absolutely stunning. Remember her in that green dress from Atonement? It's because of her long body that she looked so elegant and amazing in it. Yes, she does give the illusion of being much taller than she is which isn't a bad thing at all IMO. I'm only 5'5 but everyone thinks I'm taller because of my proportions. I think having a long torso does give a very elegant and sexy silouette. It's just a shame I don't have her beautiful face lol
ReplyDeleteI have a 32" inseam and im 5"9. Are my legs reaaaaally short for my height?
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