I'm a pear and I will never get that hourglass shape because I am so VERY a pear up top (at my highest weight, 235, I was a B-cup. Now I'm at 178... and a B-cup.) And my hips/thighs are a force to be reckoned with! But, I think I will like my pear-ness when I'm less a size 12 and more a size 8, maybe?