Eighteen years old and, by her own description, a petite, fashionable young woman, she wasn t your average cadet.

The area was first named Petite Côte ( Little Coast as opposed to the longer coastline on the Detroit side of the river).

There was something to be said for poise. As the other women became increasingly loud, a petite, fair skinned woman sat quietly watching and smiling.

Among notable events, a number of additional appointments were made to the petite territoriale (local administration) by three presidential decrees issued in July and September.

The Western ideal of beauty is often characterised as petite, blonde, buxom and blue eyed and yet how many people around the world actually fit this stereotype?