What is considered beautiful in your country & culture?

[bombdotcom]

I guess I am asking, what is the standard of beauty in your country and/or culture.

In America:

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A lean, toned body with long legs. Hair color & eye color aren't necessarily important. Tanned is usually preferred for brunettes and of course fair skin for blondes.

In my cultures:

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Culture 1: Overweight, thick over exaggerated curves, light skin, long hair, straight nose

Culture 2: Dark hair, curvy, light skin, light eyes, European looking, long thick hair

i'm mixed, that's why there are two cultures :)

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Obviously this question is a generalization. If there were no such thing as standards of beauty, Brazil wouldn't have the highest plastic surgery rate, East Asia and India wouldn't have the biggest skin bleaching products. Certain features/body builds are considered more attractive in different parts of the world.

[Anonymous]

Considered beautiful:

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link <-- MILF

link <-- she's a celebrity, but she can pass as your everyday cute girl.

link <--half-white

The men:

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link <-- used to be a teen idol

link <-- both half white, both gay, married to each other. Damn, I used to have a crush on both of them! lol

Average:

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Arabic faces are also considered attractive.

Body types:

women: skinny/slim/slender, petite, big boobs not necessary, your typical Asian girl. at least 170cm for models, but since the guys are mostly 165-175 cm tall, the average girl is 160 cm tall.

guys: skinny to average, definitely not muscular.

[desidoll]

I live in a multiracial country,Malaysia so each of the races have different standard for what beauty is.Since Malays are the majority and they rule this country so I will take them as an example.These are how women suppose to look like to be called beautiful or hot-

(light skin,small frame of body,long hair,)

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Most of the Malaysian celebrities are either mixture of Arabic or European but Malays claim them as 100% pure lol. The real Malaysian women actually look like these

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However in my culture,tall curvy body,light skin, and small thin nose with big eyes will be considered as beautiful.

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[neveryoumind]

Yep you are right on tht the first person I thought was aishwariya rai. People from south Asian countries tend to think that she's the ideal type of beauty.

[desidoll]

Yeah and many people from other countries seem to agree about it.I think she is gorgeous too.

[cavmanier]

Ironically maybe I find link to be the most attractive girl.

[bombdotcom]

Yeah, of course you do...

oh the things people on here say

[cavmanier]

Uh no I'm being serious lol. link is close but not as attractive

[bombdotcom]

Of course you are

[cavmanier]

Trolling me or what :O

[bombdotcom]

No

I just think people on here are full of shit, cause they usually are

[cavmanier]

She's really good looking. I just searched for her pic and she's a model which I'm not surprised.

[bombdotcom]

Sure

[cavmanier]

Is only white girls are attractive what you want to hear? The other girls aren't white either so I don't understand.

[bombdotcom]

I'm not sure why you're so defensive. Calling an average minority chick beautiful doesn't mean it's true lmao

And I'm not even white, so bye. I couldn't care less what the uggo guys of girlsaskguys like. Y'all will call a horses ass beautiful

[cavmanier]

So since you think I'm ugly I can't have an opinion of whether a girl is attractive or not.

[bombdotcom]

Where did I say you're ugly? I don't even know what you look like. And I think it's odd that you're so defensive.

Some of y'all are so lame with your fetishes on here

[cavmanier]

I don't feel defensive. I understand you have your opinion. I was trying to understand it.

For a second I though, "Maybe I just felt differently about that individual for who knows what reason" but then I saw that she is a model I though, "It's unlikely it's just me." She reminds me of an Asian Katie Holmes, but cuter.

[bombdotcom]

There's nothing to understand

[cavmanier]

Well I didn't understand the skepticism but nvm.

[Daph81]

I actually agree with Cavmanier. That girl is really down-to-earth and sweet, and has a cute smile. She's one of the cutest asians. Not cute like the japanese cosplay girls or like Cocochanel's picture, but she has a cute face. Looks low-maintenance too. So I can totally understand that some guys would prefer her to Miranda Kerr.

[desidoll]

@Cavmanier:Maybe that's your opinion but here in Malaysia she is the type that most guys would preferred.If its true that they adore the average women so much,there won't be so many beauty products or collagen introduced by certain celebrities.Women in Malaysia suffer themselves a lot to look like the women in the first link I showed.Why? Because guys here drool over them though they know the average girl in this country don't even look 50% like them.

[Anonymous]

in the UK it is mostly the same as America with celebs being the most beautiful and women wanting to get their bodies to look like theirs.

angled elfin features like high cheek bones and eyes are considered beautiful and delicate, tiny noses are considered beautiful too. we like to look youthful and elf like but there's a percentage of teens now who love the katie price (former page 3 topless model) look > link

beautiful:

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ideal body type for most people here:

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or for the teens nowadays:

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what the average person looks like here:

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there are uglier than this and prettier but this is a good mix of the kind of women I see every day

[cavmanier]

It looks like your beauty women have professional photographers, make up artists and the photos are photoshopped. The girls in your average person photo have little to no make up, aren't photoshopped and they are older.

[bombdotcom]

It's like that in every country. it's not limited to just her country

[Daph81]

link What's the deal with her lips? I don't get how men could find women with lips like that attractive. Her upper lip looks like it'd been stung by a bee.

[TedStar]

Country

South Africa

This is the standard

Asian- link

Black- link link link

Indian- link link

Mixed- link link

White- link link

[Tarvold]

In Australia, our definition of beauty is 6'3"+, broad well defined shoulders, 6 pack, pecs, and big toned arms. Examples:

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[bombdotcom]

And women?

[Tarvold]

hahahaha... Miranda Kerr and Jennifer Hawkins. Basically toned beach bodies with long legs.

[bombdotcom]

Miranda Kerr <3 love her. She's freaking beautiful. Orlando Bloom downgraded with his supposed new love interest

Jennifer is pretty as well!

And I HATE the second picture you linked. I've seen so many dudes on here use it. Don't know why. Thor they are not

[Tarvold]

The rumor around town here is that she left him for a billionaire.

[bombdotcom]

I always read that she would cheat on him regularly. When she's travel to do photoshoots and whatnot.

Either way, she's gorgeous. He was once gorgeous. Their kid is adorable. She was a VS model, sot he proof is in the pudding.

[abundantlyrich]

that sounds like a description of a neanderthal man

[MaskofInsanity]

In Australia most guys favour that stereotypical beach babe kinda look (slim and curvy) link though race and whatnot aren't too big a deal. A chick with a hot body and pretty face is just attractive in general.

[sammy_31]

Well I have to agree with you sort of.

In the US it is what celebrities & models look like.

In my culture it's the Latina who has a beautiful body, face, attitude, etc. basically also has European facial structure with a curvy yet lean body.

Beautiful is in the eye of the beholder so...idk. lol :)

[Anonymous]

All I know is that in South America and in the carribean we like our women with curves... heck I think the world does. I know for sure that Latin men like our women not pale, either a nice tan or a caramel complexion... a nice amount of chest, a small waist, and a niie round booty. We love a women with curves. Hair... most brunettes.

[rdrgzjcqln]

Well I'm Latina and dark long hair and curvy body is usually what draws men in. Of course, having a brain and knowing how to cook is also a must.

[bombdotcom]

Yeah, my mom used to tell me that if I didn't learn to cook I'd never find a husband

[rdrgzjcqln]

Well, if you can't cook and you are an independent woman, you can't really depend on Mcdonalds to feed you 24/7 lol. Marriage is overrated anyway

[Anonymous]

I'm West Indian decent and the beauty standard for women is to be light skinned, have small straight facial features, straight, wavy or loose curled hair and a curvaceous body. It's all about hips and backside for the most part.

[palek]

I'm not interested in anyones version of beauty but my own. As far as I'm concerned black hair, brown eyes and brown skin are necessary ingredients towards perfection.

[bombdotcom]

And you're the only one who feels that way...lol

[palek]

I just came in from church. We had about 5,000 people in attendance and at least 5 to 10% of em were "mixed" couples, so I guess I ain't alone! ; - )

[bombdotcom]

Yeah, black woman-white guy is the least common pairing in the US...

[palek]

It is becoming more common fairly rapidly. My wife is originally from W. Africa, and we know several "mixed" (black wife/white husband) at the church we attend.

[bombdotcom]

It's not becoming common at all...at least among young people who have options and don't have to settle for a black person

[palek]

"settle for a black person"? I hardly think so. I had a profile on a dating site for several months stating that I was ONLY interested in dating black women, and had numerous white women contact me. In fact, I had a 33-year-old white airline attendant (and a very good-looking one at that) begging me to take her out, but I had no interest. Black women are the bomb!

[palek]

Not in my experience! Black women are far and away the cream of the crop and once a white guy discovers that he'll never again settle for less.

[bombdotcom]

No one thinks that but the desperate. But ok.

[palek]

Too bad they outlawed slavery. You missed your calling!

[LoveBambi]

oh but that final response :'D

[bombdotcom]

It's odd how a moderator removed my post

But as I said, I'm mixed and wouldn't exist.

But you've made the desperate black girls on here happy with your answer. They now know at least someone likes them

[GingerRage]

A standard of beauty that is universal is posture, or specifically, good posture.

[aDzNichilista]

Fair skin is a prevalent beauty standard in the country I live in.

[CasaNorba]

being decent with nice personality and strong core values

[Anonymous]

who's the chick in the second link of your culture? and isn't the girl in the second link of America's culture a user on this site?

[bombdotcom]

Ninel Conde, a Mexican singer :p

and no, whichever user you're talking about is using a commonly faked picture. The girl in the link is a site model. A lot of girls on here use pics of site models and pass them off as their own

[Dionysos]

I think they all look good.

[bombdotcom]

They don't all look good but uh...you have no other input?

[Dionysos]

Just saying the outside isn't all that important, and that even in American culture, we can see beyond it when it's important.

[bombdotcom]

The outside is rather important. More important than what's on the inside. When was the last time you ever heard a guy or girl say "damn, that girl/guy has some nice brains!"

And since none of these girls are important, there's nothing to see beyond

[Dionysos]

For most guys there are two standards. We go for pretty and willing when we're looking for just sex. When we're looking for a life partner though, the important stuff is almost all behavioral. Seriously. No way in hell am I gonna hook up long term with an empty headed bimbo, no matter how pretty she might be.

[bombdotcom]

I think that's the right thing to say, but actions speak otherwise

[Dionysos]

And actions are taken by individuals. There seem to be a lot of statements in this thread about what whole groups of people are supposed to think. Stereotypes tend to start from a kernel of truth, but that's as far as they go. The rest is done by folks parroting"common wisdom". Look at married couples. If guys only married perfect physical specimens there wouldn'tbe very many couples.

[Anonymous]

big boobs, small waist, big ass.

[bombdotcom]

What country?

[Opinion Owner]

every country.