These Photoshopped Portraits Show How People Define Beauty In 19 Different Countries

Business Insider ^ | 06/26/2014 | Aaron Taube

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In an effort to get a glimpse of how the world thinks about beauty, the journalist Esther Honig sent out a photo of herself to graphic designers in more than 20 countries. Their task: to edit the photo to make Honig look "beautiful" — however the designer defined the term.

The results are telling. Each photo represents the personal and cultural beauty standards of the designer, with the American editor giving Honig bright blue eyes and long hair, and the Israeli designer darkening her eyes and skin.

You can read more about the project at Honig's website. Click below to see photos from the 19 different countries she's posted so far.

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You can read more about the project at Honig's website. Click below to see photos from the 19 different countries she's posted so far.

This is her ORIGINAL photo:


This photo of Esther Honig has been photoshopped by beauty designers in more than 20 countries.

[Smellin Salt]

She looks like Groucho in the Indian version.

[ClearCase_guy]

The UK version surprised me — didn’t seem at all British.
And the US one was just ugly and weird.
And the folks in India seems to really like eyebrows.

[Genoa]

Ha ha! Morocco!

[stevio]

You all can stop at Argentina, it doesn’t get any better.

[icwhatudo]

The US version was the worst. Looks like a 6 year old did it in 1st grade computer lab.

[ansel12]

Israel made her into a man.

[Politicalkiddo]

The Italian one looked the best to me.

[cripplecreek]

She looks just fine the way she is in the real world.

[SeekAndFind]

She looks like Groucho in the Indian version.

REALLY? WHERE ARE THE GLASSES? :)

[SeekAndFind]

Ha ha! Morocco!

At least they didn't cover her face...

[SeekAndFind]

The Italian one looked the best to me.

[yarddog]

I thought the one from Morocco was the ugliest. Oddly, I think I have seen a photo of a Moroccan Princess who was hot.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Israel made her into a man.

What say you folks?

[informavoracious]

British Muslim.

[Antoninus II]

I think she looks good as is! I wouldn’t mind waking up to that in the morning...

[Mamzelle]

Interesting—but reminds too much of a little girl playing make up with paper dolls. Italy the prettiest.

[ansel12]

It would be very easy for that to pass as a young dude.

[Talisker]

So Esther Honig figured out a crunchy-granola eco-friendly dare-you-to-avoid-sounding-racist way of screaming LOOK AT ME AGAIN AND AGAIN!

Just like the little narcissistic liberal tw@t she really is.

[ransacked]

I’m in love with the original!