Cast member Angelina Jolie poses at the premiere of "Maleficent"
Cast member Angelina Jolie poses at the premiere of "Maleficent" at El Capitan theatre in Hollywood, California May 28, 2014. The movie opens in the U.S. on May 30. REUTERS

Angelina Jolie, Katie Holmes, Britney Spears and other Bollywood stars were targets of an Indian newspaper who were scrutinised for their physical appearances. The title of the article by a leading Indian publication, Times of India, was 'Hot babes with ugly legs'. The link has now been deleted.

According to the Independent, the Indian publication had written about that Angelina Jolie, the epitome of style and grace, had skinny legs and legs with bulging elbows and knees. It had written that her knees could use some meat.

About Britney Spears' legs, it had written that the legs could look more at home at the wrestling ring. Katie Holmes, described as 'cute and pretty', was said to to skinny on the top and had rather thick legs with muscular calves.

The other celebrities who were targeted by the publication belonged to the Bollywood industry like former Miss World, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and actress, Aditi Rao Hydari. The article comes in days after it had criticised Bollywood beauty, Deepika Padukone, for her cleavage show.

The editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine, Louise Court, was shocked with the piece and said that it had made her jaw drop. She was infuriated with the piece because the women struggling with body image were made more vulnerable.

She also said that creating the ideal of a perfect woman could put pressure and criticism on womankind as a whole. She added that the article should have been about their achievements, rather than criticising the way they look.

The chief executive of Beat, a charity for eating disorders, Susan Ringwood, said that 'perfect' celebrities were getting criticised for looking less than ideal. It was, in no way, making the rest of the people better and then it was actually making people worse because it takes the world away from what actually counts as beauty.

Founder of Body Gossip, a campaign for positive body image, Natasha Devon, agreed with Susan and said that this kind of heavy scrutiny of women's bodies could lead to a process called 'compartmentalisation.' She said that it could lead to eating disorders as well as body dysmorphia. She said that when one looks in the mirror, they could look only at the perceived 'flaws'.

According to MSN Healthy Living Web site, there are certain body-shaming habits that need to be killed. Adrienne Ressler, a body-image specialist, suggests the following ideas to stop one from body-shaming.

1) Never make a judgement on body weight even if it is a positive one.

2) In case of someone making a comment about your weight, don't get offended. Instead say 'thanks for noticing, I haven't really been trying.'

3) Don't give backhanded comments like "That dress really makes you look thinner!"

4) Don't make statements like 'I wish I could be anorexic for a day!' as it is unhealthy to do so.