Modelling agency calls for stick-thin girls to rival Twiggy | RetroFocus

In 1967 an Australian modelling agency wanted to emulate the success of UK superstar Twiggy. Stick-thin, big eyed young girls were particularly encouraged to apply to become "Spriggy".
This episode of This Day Tonight aired on ABC TV Australia some time in 1967 (date unknown).
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[@emperorofpluto]

“Well I don’t know if she’d be good enough to be a model but she’s a nice little girl ...” Mum’s vote of confidence

[@charliedawson4877]

Talk about honesty.

[@MsElijah16]

They were real back then aye

[@jemmajames6719]

Oh as my mother would have said no she’s too ugly! Meaning me, not the girl in the video!

[@lillianlilo7447]

Lol. And she's standing right next to her mother and she didn't even flinch at that comment. That daughter just got used to her mothers criticisms.

[@NoirL.A.]

australian accents sounded alot more british back then.

[@jemmajames6719]

MACABRE L.A. A lot of people went over there in the fifties, my Grandfather wanted to go as he’d been out there in the war and loved it, but my Grandma didn’t want to.

[@ashleybellofsydney]

@BİR ADIM DAHA ATARSAN SEĞNİN KELLENİ ALIRIM You do know that Australia was settled by the British in 1788?

[@dewchamp5716]

I dunno, sounds Australian enough for me

[@jadeverkos]

it's because most of them probably were british :) that's where all the white people in australia originally came from

[@hudson4569]

BİR ADIM DAHA ATARSAN SEĞNİN KELLENİ ALIRIM if you colonise somewhere its your colony, your civilisation and your land. So you are the people of that lad

[@paxielle]

Everyone out here with their natural nose

[@sarahbasto6520]

Love that!

[@ccverdera6298]

Does everyone just get plastic surgery on their nose now? I feel like I see more people now with “perfect” noses but in this video there are so many differently shaped noses

[@brucetenhave6952]

I'm a bit oblivious to the whole nose thing....nobody I know has changed their nose or had any plastic surgery

[@Truthhurts7937]

Yes 😊

[@Wowwwzaaa]

You mean the gonzo nose?

[@meheretoday6968]

It is good to look back and see how things were in the past. Thank you ABC I enjoy these videos.

[@Sasaaa14400]

0:23 me watching all of those skinny cute girls and not giving a damn

[@Tester-sh1mn]

Thank god for that, otherwise we’d think you’re a lesbian

[@pinkegg3179]

2:35 shes so beautiful

[@drowningin]

You like spinners eh?

[@yammmit]

Josefie Krakowski II boomers were once young too

[@skysharma7100]

👀

[@oblimistic]

my thoughts, i wonder if she had a career in modeling because that bone structure is amazing

[@NxDoyle]

"The _vultuous_ girls."

[@sydelle3941]

They're absolutely beautiful. Wow and... so soft spoken

[@tasha3757]

It's amazing how different their accents are compared to young Aussie girls today. It was a lot more eloquent sounding back then . I understand why elderly speak the way they do now!

[@Algorhythmical]

Do you diet? No I just put rinses through it 😂😂

[@thebunker489]

0:23 there's my grandma!!

[@taherpatrawala_]

For real or you just joking?

[@DanZaiOfficial]

Do you dye it?... No... It's my natural hair... No. I said do you diet?

[@fredsalfa]

I thought he said dye it

[@bonniemagpie5166]

😂

[@philip5940]

Benny Hill never got on that bit of word play . But he did have pasturised,, past your eyes .

[@melanietoth1376]

I'm completely distracted by both of their noses.

[@tytube3001]

3:01 Patrick Swayze

[@adogonearth9519]

Why?

[@kin5238]

?

[@bronsavage1417]

Damn. Legs 11! They had some creative nicknames in the 60's! 3:10

[@CesareVesdani]

Twiggy is the image that made these girls wear mini-skirts and black eye lashes with short bob hair.

[@misst.e.a.187]

Actually, the mini skirt was created by Mary Quant before Twiggy came onto the scene

[@misst.e.a.187]

Actually, the miniskirt was launched by Mary Quant before Twiggy came onto the scene in in '66

[@jhibberd6290]

​@@misst.e.a.187 Mary designed them and Twiggy made it famous

[@JJ-bm3fh]

2:56 look its bruce jenner

[@JaimeeL901]

More like kaityln 😂

[@JJ-bm3fh]

@Light in the Piazza calm down

[@soda_fairy]

Fascinating

[@alleymedrano2207]

I need a part 2 please 😂

[@sarahbasto6520]

I've always been through a lot of bullying in school for being skinny. It was not my fault!

[@philip5940]

The ABC, BBC and the teachers were the role models . ABC staff even emulated the BBC staff. On TV shows and productions too .

[@paulnguyen8910]

Another model, Mia Farrow, from Los Angeles, CA, now 77, had similarities to Twiggy. She introduced her pixie cut in December 1965.

[@teodelfuego]

0:18 for the guitar line

[@tuckerandfriends]

I've always liked Twiggy but no one can compare to her! But there was two that could've done a great job at it!

[@MyChannel-ov6jk]

Beautiful

[@christianebobadilla9757]

1967 or around..? WOW! It's been a LONG time!.... ;-)

[@GiveItUpDot]

2:31 attractive girl

[@joelongo450]

You like Boomers

[@primekrunkergamer188]

shes ur grandma now shush

[@alexmurphy5548]

You like your grandma

[@Liverpool5095]

@@primekrunkergamer188 Marilyn Monroe could have been the grandmother of someone today, that has nothing to do with anything, people still talk of her looks. The comment was that she was attractive at the time of this video. Just like people talk about Marilyn Monroe being attractive, obviously they're not talking about how she looks now as she's long dead. Use your brain.

[@primekrunkergamer188]

@@Liverpool5095 I know that and I was joking. Use ur brain

[@NxDoyle]

Was the intro music part of the original report? Or added for the re-up?

[@teodelfuego]

Love the little guitar passage that starts at 0:18

[@teodelfuego]

It sounds very much correct for the period (mid-60s.). But it also sounds like something St. Etienne would produce on one of their excellent albums.

[@Tanzz-telly]

I wonder how people tried to lose weight. Like what was their diet like. But I think they worked very hard like running around and running errands

[@robwright1286]

True that

[@PikaJess123]

Sounds from the interviews like a lot were born skinny anyway tbh and this was their chance to feel beautiful and desirable without needing "curves"

[@PeaceOfMake]

@Light in the Piazza What are you even saying.

[@PeaceOfMake]

@Light in the Piazza I mean, sure, but you also said that pesticides cause gluten intolerance. And it's obviously gluten causing gluten intolerance.

[@PeaceOfMake]

@Light in the Piazza Oh, I see, you don't even know herbicides and pesticides are not the same thing, but urge ME to do my own research. Interesting.

[@RhyBeezy]

Woooowww...

[@Zepster77]

Could someone please tell me the artist of the intro music??

[@johnlesliediaz6349]

0:20 taylor swift is a model back then.

[@nickm1546]

The photog looked like Hitchcock

[@ashqelal2850]

Who won that competition?

[@Red-vp6pb]

Twiggy McTwiggen

[@anielchall9708]

@@Red-vp6pbtwiggy mctwiggers Mc twigerson

[@His-ln7yd]

Lady in the thumbnail looks like Adele in her teens 🤔

[@Bluoed]

What kind of mum says that about their kid? 3:20

[@misst.e.a.187]

What was wrong with what she said?

[@yolosdeathdave]

Except the Kinds of Mums who say everything in a postive way every other all kinds of mums do say stuffs like that sometimes worse but in reality both mom and daughter or son knows they don't mean it in a negative or bad way then there are really bad mums who do say worse things and do really mean it which will hurt the happiness of both mum and daughter or sons but i do feel bad for those kind of kids i was one of them but my mum is not bad from head to toe but toe is real bad i do wish i get a all positive parents who mean it but thats like realy rare and almost impossible so we gotta work with what we got fortunately i avoid my parents neagtive advices and be happy with them whenever i can sometimes i try to do some weird things which sets my mom go kaboom and i just slam my door and admit defeat other times it works rarely and we laugh so most kinds of kids get these 50 50 mums and nobody except the mum above knows what kind she is or ask her daughter Congratulations you read it all

[@Rosyandguildy]

3:11 she found those names a little too funny💀

[@Satanna.avemaria]

Spriggy 😂

[@Scalihoo]

I'm just here for some jiggly

[@zoezoe727]

Huhh??

[@thenegativoneify]

What is twiggy?

[@jeremyhodge6216]

Model Agencies are different today 🤨

[@MidCoastAdventures]

0:35 Two noses? 😲

[@plucky856]

These days things are different, I heard the ABC was looking for "Springy", the transgender socially aware Kangaroo.

[@chefxhyrule242]

Plucky 😭😭😭

[@stickitpickit5462]

That’s hilarious

[@realradiant1r69]

Lol! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jasmc3683]

Lol first she says 'age is no constraint on potential' but after referencing the 10 year old competing againt the 38 year old, she mentions that 'one is a bit too mature'. Ew

[@emmabennett7699]

Why are these commemts so mean about that woman's nose? You people are really offended by normal features.

[@philip5940]

Diet and dye it was good word play .

[@arrowb3408]

Twiggy was an elegant pretty girl and now still an elegant golden girl. Hardly can find one like hard on Melbourne City. I only spot less than my right hand fingers including mature age women a year. HAHAHA Never forget these type of girls and

[@100YardFumble]

OMG Becky... Look how thin she is

[@donner101]

Sprigy required apply within to Nosey.

[@MothraVsTheWorld]

the Off Branding of a person

[@starlord2593]

Hey what's the difference between Twiggy and a counterfeit Dollar ANSWER = one is a phony Buck the other is a Boney F.....

[@ademarbenitezaranjo8299]

lol

[@bry120]

Twiggy vs Boney

[@RaveDave871]

In 2023: Do you di-et.......no, not my bush 😳🙄

[@Akenaten1]

So everything she’s not! 😂

[@arjay3803]

60s: thin models 2000s: Thick models

[@oblimistic]

being thick started being a thing in the mid 2010s, the early 2000s was just as bad

[@nicholasgodena4432]

@@oblimistic we are now encouraging the obesity epidemic and we shouldn't judge but likewise it needs to be taken account that it is just as unhealthy

[@seren4740]

2000s: thin models

[@emmabennett7699]

​@nicholasgodena4432 if I hear this argument one more time I'm gonna scream.

[@user-pc7ef5sb6x]

who the hell is twiggy?

[@fredsalfa]

Funny people trying to refine their Australian accents to a more English accent

[@highwaymaintainer]

Nowadays they call "large and in charge"

[@MidCoastAdventures]

Tragic body image. Very WW2 like...

[@dazmanoz2053]

#YELLOWVESTS

[@thomasraymer1085]

A little weird. People were into this?

[@iexist7408]

I wish I could go back in time when thin was beautiful. Fat people harass me like CRAZY cuz I’m thin. I’m trying to become obese now

[@babitakumar5144]

You should try to become who you want to. Other people will always have an opinion as to how someone else should be- that's them talking about their inadequacy. Stand up for yourself today and every single day.

[@alainaatk.6210]

Have you been on Pinterest? I think thin is in 😂

[@iexist7408]

1 year update. I stopped trying to gain weight. I’m gonna accept myself for who I am. And not stress about my weight

[@Bart-Did-it]

We have a 10 yr old her !! Da F she drew a stick figure Twiggy and it’s her idle lol not really . My mother had this attitude and she modelled her self after Twiggy it was a Beautiful out come to look at but not the bulimia ,Anorexia during her time and the Mental Health problems that followed when her age took it all away. Her age and her love of smoking and drinking Gin&Tonic and Champagne it caught up with her those wonderful 60’s . The averts said it was healthy to smoke and made you Beautiful and radiant 🤦‍♂️. Lady said it’s great they are getting a look in it’s always been about the curvaceous or big lass , Now it’s there turn. Yup your turn to become ill if you don’t look after yourself while your chasing the dragon .

[@GaryS-lp4oz]

So many people think that skinny models don’t eat, those people are wrong most skinny models eat healthy and exercise. It’s sad to see all of these overweight people taking jobs away from people that have worked hard for the body they have, I am a personal trainer and most of the people that come to me saying that they can’t lose weight due to health problems are wrong! sure they might not be able to become a size 6 (UK) but they can usually get down to at least a size 12 with a good amount of muscle when they put in the work, eating healthy and exercise doesn’t just help the body it also helps the mind.

[@inthedesert2008]

Pretty clear from this video that not all bad things for women’s health are caused by men.

[@Astro80s]

Were just a piece of meat who can talk and walk and do

[@Wowwwzaaa]

Omg 0:32 Gonzo’s wife 😂

[@joeyvigil]

Look at that nose.

[@alexrobbins4891]

The inspiration for squidworth

[@calmblueocean7243]

I was anorexic in my teen years - this is just terrible!

[@SRBOMBONICA86]

I am naturally skinny ,wish I lived back than ugh

[@philip5940]

​@@SRBOMBONICA86 to be a high jumper , it's best to be skinny tall. Yulia levchenko is an example and other athletes are similar.

[@TwanJaarsveld1]

Wtf is twiggy

[@zoeweathers9225]

Are you 10? Who doesn’t know who twiggy is? She was an iconic model in the 1960s.

[@SRBOMBONICA86]

She is a model ha ha

[@williamm374]

My best friend once had a little too much to drink and gave me advice. "Bill, you need to stay away from twiggy women. You need a woman with a big butt. They make stronger and healthier babies." So far, Cardi B, Kim Kardashian, and Blac Chyna haven't been returning my texts.

[@zoeweathers9225]

Its bs that small women cant have healthy babies. My mom has teeny hips and she gave birth to a healthy 10 lb baby.

[@thinkingallowed7042]

@@zoeweathers9225 She wouldn't tell you about the pain and damage from childbirth which is easier for women with womanly hips.

[@zoeweathers9225]

@@thinkingallowed7042 trust me she did. She said it hurt like hell but not an abnormal amount and that she tore slightly. Its really not a big deal if you have small hips, maybe if they’re extremely petite?

[@SRBOMBONICA86]

That's a complete lie , Philippine women are very skinny small and they have TONS of kids ,infact women with large hips and breast can sometimes be much worse for giving birth and breastfeeding

[@SRBOMBONICA86]

Complete lie ,trust me ,as someone who assisted births ,women with wide hips HAVE A LOT MORE ISSUES ,and big breasted women have much more trouble breastfeeding than small breast women

[@martianmerit4285]

Society deciding how people should look.. Pathetic

[@theworldofjuniperthecat1307]

That lady’s nose would be fixed these days.