Beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder, especially because beauty standards differ around the world. – See more at: “https://onlinedoctor.superdrug.com/perceptions-of-perfection/” class=”local_link” >Superdrug’s Online Doctor service sought to explore these questions by asking 18 female graphic designers to Photoshop a female form based on what is deemed lovely in their own country.
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Take a look at the images below to see how beauty is perceived in 18 different countries.
The company is not the first group to use Honig’s idea.
A handful of images were altered so much they were unrecognisable from the original photo as the designers changed the woman’s waist, thighs, shoulders, ankles, shoes, bra, underwear and hair. The results were pretty interesting, but they were nowhere near as drastic as what this study produced. The thinnest portrayals belonged to China at 101 pounds (45.8 kg) followed by Italy at 107 pounds (48.5 kg).
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The experiment also shows that some beauty standards – like the obsession with thigh gaps and unrealistically tiny waists – can potentially pose health risks, which doesn’t exactly come as a surprise. “And the range of depictions found in our study appears to confirm this notion”.
