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Tag: Beauty (Concept)
Karolina Shiino’s Brief Reign as Japan’s First Foreign-Born Beauty Queen
Karolina Shiino, a naturalized Japanese citizen who was born in Ukraine, resigned two weeks after winning the Miss Japan crown.
Chinese Women Who Defy ‘Beauty Duty’ With Buzz-Cuts and Bare Faces
Some in China are rejecting high heels, makeup, diets and other norms centered on appearance that they see as costly and unfair to women.
Xuxa Was Brazil’s Barbie. Now She’s Saying Sorry.
Xuxa was once Brazil’s biggest TV star. Now many are wondering whether a thin, blond, white woman was the right idol for such a diverse country.
Xuxa Was Brazil’s Barbie. Now She’s Saying Sorry.
Xuxa was once Brazil’s biggest TV star. Now many are wondering whether a thin, blond, white woman was the right idol for such a diverse country.
The Met’s Maya Show Asks: Can Art Ever Be Innocent?
A riveting show at the Metropolitan Museum surveys the complicated art of the ancient Maya, in which beauty and brutality are surreally entangled.
Beauty Over Brains: Japan’s Skin-Deep University Pageants
The contests reflect a culture that often judges women by their appearance and slots them into rigid, gender-defined roles.
How Sabyasachi Made the Sari Haute
As his country’s most famous designer, Sabyasachi has persuaded Indians to see the luxury in their fashion heritage. Can he persuade Americans too?
Rolling Deep: South Korean Youth Roam the City in Hair Curlers
The young South Korean women who wear them say they are not only functional, but also a sign of shifting ideas about beauty and a reflection of the country’s generational divide.
Women Posing in Children’s Clothing? Fad Sparks Body-Shaming Concerns.
It’s the latest viral challenge to sweep Chinese social media, igniting worries that it reinforces the country’s narrow beauty norms.