“Esther Honig, a 24 year old freelance journalist from Kansas City, put the saying ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’ to the test with this fascinating project titled Before and After. Honig sent an unaltered photo of herself to over 40 Photoshop enthusiasts in 25 different countries and made the simple request: “Make me beautiful.”
Check out the astonishing results here at My Modern Met: Woman Had Her Face Photoshopped in 25 Countries to Compare Beauty Standards Across the Globe.
Awesome. I see the shape of her face is also altered.
Yes, Photoshopped, and in some cases, poorly. Loved the idea.
I saw this on the news…Honestly, I liked her face untouched the best. The cultural definitions of beauty were fascinating to me though. It was a great idea.
I’m an admirer too of the more natural the better. (Rachel, if you are reading this, take note. Mimi has great wisdom on this topic.)
Hey Rachel – if not wisdom, a lot of research and arguably more opinion than anyone could tolerate. I’m always around…
Wisdom. Deep wisdom.
Laughing..
Interesting project indeed!p
It is Rajiv…
Interesting post thanks for sharing
~ American Male Contributor B.W.
Thank you.
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I find this interesting yet at the same time intriguing …. Goes to prove beauty is in the eye of the beholder!!
Yes! Thanks for sharing.
Always, David!! 😎
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A fascinating reflection
It is Bob. Thanks for sharing.
WMS. I watched this on the news the other day with a degree of morbid fascination. Wouldn’t ‘t it be interesting now to do the same thing with a photo of a MAN?…
Awwwww, you just had to go there. Can you just leave us be?
Interesting project, David! I agree with the commenter who suggested the same experiment should be done using a man’s face. Great post!
🙂 Thanks Elisa. Loved it too…
I think some of the shriek-worthy views (Germany, US) may not be representative of the culture, but it was still interesting.
Yes, I didn’t think the US version was particularly merit worthy.
David this is great. It is interesting to see the so called standard in each country. I really liked the ones which left her looking very natural and not perfected. I’m 50 so I don’t have an issue with comparing myself against others. I did when I was younger, we take what we like the least in ourself and compare it to somebody’s best. Best that has Photoshop beauty. Young girls and boys have so much to deal with all the social media. I would not consider myself in the beautiful category on the outside but no dog either. It took many years to see what I was doing and I had control over the bad thoughts. I sound so corny and like an old lady which I’m not, life has shown me it’s really what’s on the inside. The rest, slip and slides over time. A good honest heart never goes away. I would love to do that on myself. It’s social standards is fascinating.
Thank you. Terrific insights. I too am drawn to the most natural looking. Yet, find it fascinating how the definition of beauty is so different from one culture to the next.
I’ve been thinking about your insights all day. Then came across a quote that seems to capture my thoughts on similar topic:
That’s very nice. I will remember that post a long time. I would love an experiment that involved teenagers and how they would make someone beautiful. I don’t know about countries but kids today don’t have a chance. With the social media bulling, photoshop, which you think the kids know by now. If someone made me over it would so fun.
I’m an attractive not beautiful 50 yr old who only care about what I feel good in. That would be great. Some the countries with tons of make up would look so funny on me. That would be something great for schools or parents to educate kids on reality. Give anyone a make up and hair team everyone could look red carpet ready. I hope it gets passed around. Have a good evening. 🙂
🙂 Thank you
This is great David. So interesting to see how other cultures perceive beauty.
What I also noticed is how my own inner judge showed up …. 😉
Interesting Val. I didn’t think about my own inner judge showing up, but it certainly did too…
I liked the Venezuelan version, fairly natural looking.
More natural the better for me.
That’s quite a variety. No wonder men get confused!
That’s right!
Tempted to put yourself forward for the same treatment, David? I’d pay good money to see the results 🙂
As long as the photoshop isn’t in your hands and the money is right, I might take a swing at it. 🙂
Every man has his price 🙂
Laughing. He/she does!
On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 1:25 AM, Live & Learn wrote:
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Interesting experiment that proves that beauty is in the eye of the beholder…or illustrator.
Yes, it certainly is Ray.
The shriek-worthy ones aside, many of the differences were subtle, an eyebrow reshaped, smoothing out her jaw. It is very clear it is the same woman in all the photos.
Yes…it was the same woman. Especially the eyes…
Niiice idea! This says a lot about us….
It does!
I cannot believe USA came up with THAT! UGH! I did like the looks from Bangladesh and Pakistan, however.
I agree!