Beauty standards around the world

Natural beauty looks from around the world

You’ve probably noticed that different people age in different ways. For example, some racial groups are more likely to develop wrinkles at a later stage in life than others. At the same time, some other groups may be more prone to sagging skin or age spots. Also, different regions of the world have their own beauty standards and their own methods of skin care. And famous women just prove this fact because each woman is beautiful in her own way.

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This experiment by journalist Esther Honig is really something interesting to watch! During the experiment, she took a simple and plain photo of herself. After that, she asked Photoshop artists from around the world to alter it, according to beauty standards in their countries. 23 artists gave her a completely different look - the results are quite astonishing and tell us a lot about beauty standards around the world! Have a look for yourself:

From tall and slim to petite and curvy, women across the globe come in all shapes and sizes. So it’s no wonder that every country has its own beauty standards that usually stand apart from the others. And, among them, some nations have such an uncommon way of seeing beauty that it just leaves us speechless.

A plus-size Colombian-American woman said she was 'pleasantly surprised' after asking photo editors from around the world to take her image and “fix” it according to the beauty standards in their own country.

Twenty-four-year-old Esther Honig had people in 27 countries Photoshop her face according to their beauty standards. The results are shocking.

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