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UglyGreed

(7,661 posts) Fri Dec 19, 2014, 07:23 AM Dec 2014

Woman Tells Photoshop Artists From Around The World To Make Her “Beautiful.” Here’s What Happened

Beauty means something different to everyone, and for a lot of people it is very much influenced by where they live and what kind of cultural and societal cues shaped their preferences as they grew up.

Plus-size Colombian-American model Maria Southard Ospina was curious about what was considered beautiful in different parts of the world, and decided to do an experiment to find out. She provided 21 different photo editors from various countries with a photograph of her, asking them to ‘fix’ and ‘perfect her’ according to their country’s standards of beauty.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/12/19/woman-tells-photoshop-artists-from-around-the-world-to-make-her-beautiful-heres-what-happened-images/

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Woman Tells Photoshop Artists From Around The World To Make Her “Beautiful.” Here’s What Happened (Original Post) UglyGreed Dec 2014 OP

Bravo for the Icelandic editor! mwooldri Dec 2014 #1

Yes, UglyGreed Dec 2014 #6

+1 She was already beautiful. Scuba Dec 2014 #7

Other than subtle tweaks & some make up, most left her intact SoCalDem Dec 2014 #2

She is UglyGreed Dec 2014 #5

LOL Canada, it's cold outside Bosonic Dec 2014 #3

Yeah lol UglyGreed Dec 2014 #4

She's already beautiful. They all failed the test. chrisa Dec 2014 #8

That's plus size? Standards are way off ryan_cats Dec 2014 #9

This would be a lot more interesting if she actually worked with professionals instead of randos on Brickbat Dec 2014 #10

Interesting that we judge other cultures' standards of beauty... Orrex Dec 2014 #11

Only One Nit To Pick ProfessorGAC Dec 2014 #12

mwooldri

(10,303 posts)

1. Bravo for the Icelandic editor!

Reply to UglyGreed (Original post)

Fri Dec 19, 2014, 07:51 AM

Dec 2014

She has natural beauty - she doesn' t need to be 'shopped.

UglyGreed

(7,661 posts)

6. Yes,

Reply to mwooldri (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 19, 2014, 09:20 AM

Dec 2014

I believe most people would also agree.

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

7. +1 She was already beautiful.

Reply to mwooldri (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 19, 2014, 09:26 AM

Dec 2014

SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)

2. Other than subtle tweaks & some make up, most left her intact

Reply to UglyGreed (Original post)

Fri Dec 19, 2014, 08:07 AM

Dec 2014

except Macedonia who "trimmed" her..

She's fine just the way she is.

UglyGreed

(7,661 posts)

5. She is

Reply to SoCalDem (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 19, 2014, 09:19 AM

Dec 2014

and I'm glad to see she is comfortable in her own skin.

Bosonic

(3,746 posts)

3. LOL Canada, it's cold outside

Reply to UglyGreed (Original post)

Fri Dec 19, 2014, 08:47 AM

Dec 2014

UglyGreed

(7,661 posts)

4. Yeah lol

Reply to Bosonic (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 19, 2014, 09:17 AM

Dec 2014

funny stuff!!!

chrisa

(4,524 posts)

8. She's already beautiful. They all failed the test.

Reply to UglyGreed (Original post)

Fri Dec 19, 2014, 09:47 AM

Dec 2014

ryan_cats

(2,061 posts)

9. That's plus size? Standards are way off

Reply to UglyGreed (Original post)

Fri Dec 19, 2014, 10:00 AM

Dec 2014

That's plus size? Standards are way off. She looks good and she looks healthy. I can't believe that is plus sized? No wonder women complain about such a harsh standard. Models, to me, look boney and unhealthy and I don't understand the appeal.

Brickbat

(19,339 posts)

10. This would be a lot more interesting if she actually worked with professionals instead of randos on

Reply to UglyGreed (Original post)

Fri Dec 19, 2014, 10:01 AM

Dec 2014

the Internet.

Orrex

(63,216 posts)

11. Interesting that we judge other cultures' standards of beauty...

Reply to UglyGreed (Original post)

Fri Dec 19, 2014, 10:09 AM

Dec 2014

based on our own prejudices about standards of beauty.

It's a rare person who doesn't hold such prejudices. Certainly I've never met one.

ProfessorGAC

(65,076 posts)

12. Only One Nit To Pick

Reply to UglyGreed (Original post)

Fri Dec 19, 2014, 10:21 AM

Dec 2014

She says only 3 of the 21 countries did anything drastic, but she didn't name Italy.

That looked pretty drastic to me. They changed the size and shape of her eyes, slimmed her face and darkened her complexion. That seems like more than minor touch-up, like some of the photos seemed to be.

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