SO much for imperfection – some showbiz stars have limb perfection.
This week, actress Michelle Keegan showed off her perfect pins in a shoot for fashion firm Very, wearing a sexy bodysuit and black tights.
And according to science, her body really is perfection on legs.
A study by psychologists at Liverpool University and University College London found the ideal leg length is 1.4 times the upper body – just like Michelle’s.
KATE JACKSON compares more celebs to see how they measure up – with surprising results.
For example, who’d have thought that proportionally, 5ft Kylie has the longest legs of them all?
Height: 5ft 4in
Legs factor: 1:1.42
THE former Corrie actress is a dedicated fitness fan and works hard to get those incredible abs and toned limbs.
At 5ft 4in she’s no skyscraper, but Michelle – who played Army medic Georgie Lane in the BBC1 drama Our Girl – has the ideal body-to-leg proportions.
And that surely deserves saluting.
Height: 5ft
Legs factor: 1:1.57
SHE may be small, but when it comes to the legs factor, Kylie is mighty.
The 52-year-old singer has amazingly long legs compared to her petite body – longer than the “perfect” ratio, in fact.
We first got a good look at them in gold hotpants in 2000, in the Spinning Around video – a head-turner if ever there was one.
Height: 5ft 4in
Legs factor: 1:1.42
AS a designer, 46-year-old Victoria knows how to elongate her lower body, using heels, flares and high waists.
But she’s also lucky her legs are long compared to her body, inching just over the “perfect” ratio.
Height: 5ft 5in
Legs factor: 1:1.14
SHE’S no stranger to a short dress or teeny bikini, and when you’ve got fab pins like 29-year-old Rita’s, why not flaunt them?
The singer tones her legs with tough workouts and recently unveiled the results of a £450 cellulite-busting procedure.
Height: 5ft 10 1/2in
Legs factor: 1:1.4
SHE may tower over other film stars – such as ex-hubby Tom Cruise – but Nicole isn’t the longest legged here.
Even so, the 53-year-old’s proportions are just like one of her hit movies – To Die For.
Height: 5ft 6 1/2in
Legs factor: 1:1.5
THE Britain’s Got Talent judge isn’t shy when it comes to showing off her own attributes – including her long, graceful pins.
Alesha, 41, who once released a single called Tallest Girl – is more than happy to wear mini skirts or gowns with daring thigh-high splits to make the most of her almost endless limbs.
And not surprisingly, hers were once named Britain’s Sexiest Legs.
Height: 5ft 4in
Legs factor: 1:1.4
WE’D give the 49-year-old Britain’s Got Talent judge a golden buzzer for her tanned, toned pins.
They have only looked less than fab when she broke one last winter – and then she rocked a plaster cast.
Height: 5ft 10in
Legs factor: 1:1.3
WE’RE pretty sure fans of the former Page 3 girl tend to focus their attention somewhere other than her leg-to-body ratio.
But it turns out that 40-year-old Kelly has got much more up top than the average woman, in relation to her leg length.
RESEARCHERS have also found that the most appealing leg-to-torso ratio is different for fellas.
Men are thought to be more attractive when their legs are equal in length to their torso.
That’s good news for Tom Cruise. At 5ft 7in he was overshadowed by then wife Nicole Kidman, who is nearly four inches taller.
According to science, he actually has the ideal leg-to-body ratio. David Beckham, 5ft 11in, also has perfect proportions.
But at 5ft 9in Simon Cowell actually has proportionally longer legs. His ratio works out at 1:1.2. Lanky Peter Crouch might be nearly a foot taller than the Britain’s Got Talent supremo at 6ft 6in, but his legs are also 1:1.2.
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