First thing women notice about other women is how FAT they are

Never mind the hours spent choosing new clothes, applying make-up and getting your hair just right: if you care what other women think, the priority should be squeezing in your waistline.

That is the first thing your rivals will be looking at when they size you up, research revealed yesterday.

For the study, 2,000 women aged between 18 and 45 were questioned about how they formed first impressions.

Does my bum look big in this? The first thing women do when they meet one another is to compare figures

The majority admit to reaching an opinion on another woman in a matter of seconds purely by judging their appearance.

 

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Eight in ten admitted they judged other women when they met them for the first time, although one in six claimed they didn’t mean to.

While 54 per cent said they first looked at the size of a woman’s waist, 45 per cent said they checked whether they wore too much make-up.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: WHAT WOMEN NOTICE ABOUT EACH OTHER

• How fat the other is
• Whether they are wearing too much make up
• Each other's dress sense
• How they have styled their hair
• Their smile
• Skin and spots
• How tall they are
• If they have noticeable hair roots
• If they have over done the fake tan
• How they have done their eye make up
• Their shoes
• How big their boobs are
• If she has tattoos
• How short their skirt is
• How straight their teeth are
• Jewellery
• What man they're with
• Whether or not they have white teeth
• Whether they have manicured nails

Four in ten analyse their fashion sense, and the same number look at their hair or beaming smile. A third look at the quality of their skin, while 28 per cent see if they have overdone it with the fake tan.

One in six size up the man a woman is with, one in five take note of how short a rival’s skirt is, while the same number look for tattoos. Other criteria they used to appraise a woman included her shoes, bosom, and how nice her nails were.

The majority (56 per cent) said it took them just 20 seconds before passing judgment on someone, while a conservative four in ten said they gave them a few minutes to impress.

Eight in ten said they were a ‘good judge of character’, but 52 per cent admitted to being sometimes shallow.

Nine in ten said they were fully aware other women were also judging them.

Three in ten admitted they dress up to ‘get one up on other girls’ on a night out rather than impress blokes.

Amanda Davies, a spokesman for hidden-brace specialist Incognito, which carried out the poll, said: ‘It’s obvious from the research that women put a lot of pressure on each other.

‘In fact, I think we’re all a bit insecure about the way we look and in that respect it’s nice to see that smiles came fifth out of the top things women look out for.’