Different ideas of beauty around the world

[AptaMer]

Thought this was a very cool idea. A reporter sent picture to freelance photoshoppers in different countries asking them to make her look beautiful.

http://www.boredpanda.com/global-beauty-standards-before-and-after-esther-honig/

Very different results from different people and different places. It's interesting to see, IMO.

OK. So which style do you think looks best?

PS- I liked Argentina & Australia (Thought they looked the most Mermaidy :mermaid kiss: )

[SeaGlass Siren]

But I don't see anything

[GreenAsSin]

Here is a link for the news story: http://business-review.eu/featured/journalist-has-her-portrait-photoshopped-in-25-countries-we-asked-for-her-opinion-on-the-romanian-version-66373

The photoshopping isn't professional but it's enough to get the message across.

A surprising number of them actually don't deviate very far from the original image, which is what I found the most surprising but also the most refreshing part of the project. Argentina, the Philippines, and the US were the most jarring for me though I already know how absurd the US's beauty standard is.

[Echidna]

ah yes, I saw that.
personally, I liked the original picture best, and all the versions of it with little make-up, no jewelry, and little/no deviation from the original face.
the one from India (which basically was the girl trimmed on Indian) looked also good, it just was a different person/ethnicity.
not sure why they thought she would automatically be prettier if she looked Indian, but hey.
darker skin at any rate works better to conceal blemishes, so less make-up needed.

The one where she was super-pale looked neat too, if not very natural.
I'm surprised this was supposed to be the German beauty standard however, because it's not.
I'd have expected a Japanese, Chinese or Thai photoshop to be that pale.


however, the US pictures were a freak show imo.
absolutely horrible, Frankenstein would approve.

[Mermaid Galene]

I totally agree with you, Caltuna!