Ten years ago, thin eyebrows and arctic blond were considered popular trends, and today they are hardly signs of bad taste.
Fashion trends change so often that a universal definition of beauty simply does not exist. But residents of some countries have invented for themselves such strange beauty canons that long-term worship can not surprise them.
1. France
Paris is the world capital of fashion, in which the most attractive and popular models from all over the world come together twice a year. Contrary to the prevalent pattern, local girls do not always look like descended from the pages of glossy magazines. French women claim to be the creators of the body-building movement, which they call au naturale. Many of them praise the cult of self-love and refuse from cosmetics, perfumes, hair removal and diets. While the whole world follows the work of makeup artists at the shows Chanel and Dior, Parisians chuckle at the dependence on buying a deodorant, extending the carcass or foundation.
2. Ethiopia
Unhappy love leaves the scars on your heart and teaches you to avoid painful relationships - all the girls, except the women of Ethiopia. They from the teenage age scarize the body, creating patterns from cuts. Scars are the only chance to create a family, no matter how beautiful or rich the Ethiopian is. A marriage permit is issued by the father of the bride when she considers that the number of scars on her skin is sufficient.
3. Mauritania
The models from the European covers in Mauritania are counterposed by the obesity of the extremely dangerous stages for the health. The finder or small completeness here is a sign of the poor health and poverty of the family from which the girl originated. Starting from the age of five, the girl is forcibly fed with high-calorie foods. There are cases when children were beaten to death due to refusal to eat. The procedure for feeding is called gavage - the process of feeding geese is also called so that they become producers of fatty liver foie gras. If a modern girl in Mauritania is trying to get rid of excess weight, the husband leaves her and takes the children with him.
4. Japan
The country of the rising sun regularly surprises Europeans with strange trends and canons. While the residents of other countries believe that youth is the absence of wrinkles, flabbiness and stretch marks, the Japanese know the secret of maintaining eternal youth. In Japan, the symbol of blossoming youth is strongly curved teeth, the shape of which can be deformed in the dentist's office. Local men are delighted with the shortcomings with which they have long and successfully fought with braces. In Japanese, this trend is called "yoba".
5. Kenya
Africans like to check the possibilities of their bodies: they are piercing champions, tattoos, tunnels in the ears. The latter, by the way, in one of the countries of the hot continent were considered too small to emphasize female beauty. Black girls from Kenya laugh at the Europeans, gradually widening the holes in the ears with special plugs. Those of them who were born in the Masai tribe turned into a cult long lobes of ears, drawn by the terrifying inexperienced observer earrings of large beads, tusks of elephants, semiprecious stones.
6. Iran
Iranian women like American attachment to plastic surgery: here, surgery to change the appearance is developed by leaps and bounds. True, the financial possibilities of most residents of the country are too modest to allow themselves to regularly lie down under the scalpel. Since the most popular surgery is rhinoplasty, the Iranians quickly found a way out. A straight nose is a symbol of the success of the family from which they originate, but it is impossible to correct its shape at home. But it is not difficult to attach an adhesive plaster to the nose in order to simulate the rehabilitation period after correction of the tip of the nose. Go with such a bandage some fashion victims manage for years.
7. China
Since the 10th century in China, there is a tradition to bandage girls from well-to-do families for the same reason that they are fed heavily in Mauritania. A rich wife does not have to work: maidens are engaged in cleaning and cooking for her. Her task is to please her husband with her beauty, one of the manifestations of which is considered to be "the leg, like the petal of a lotus." You can achieve it in one way: by constantly bandaging the front of the foot and fingers. To walk on such a stop is impossible, therefore in the middle of the 20th century a decision was made to abandon the monstrous tradition. But in some rich clans even today they raise daughters, forcing them to bandage.
8. Thailand
Women's beauty standards in Thailand suddenly became relevant for men. The tourist wave, pouring into this country a couple of decades ago, created a need for exotic entertainment for the guests of the country, tired of the endless beaches and spicy dishes of national cuisine. Girls of easy virtue were quickly pushed back by transgenders - guys who changed sex to female. They take part in costumed performances, beauty contests and erotic shows. They can be recognized by their defiant behavior, bright makeup and minimum clothing. It has reached the point that a tradition has developed in poor Thai families to accumulate funds for a son for surgery and make-up lessons - to provide him with a comfortable existence.
9. India
The women living in the north of the country 50 years ago were considered to be well-known beauties. Rumors about their attractiveness did not give rest to the men who steal young girls in this region almost every day. To save the daughters from the fear of parting with the stepfather, the mothers came up with inserting special ebony plugs into their nose, spoiling the pleasant impression of appearance. The innovation has taken root and is still being applied.
10. New Zealand
Here, as in Ethiopia, they like to cause suffering to girls before entering adulthood. The willingness of a Maori woman to marry is reported by tattoos on her face. The services of artists who make ritual patterns are valued very highly - and that's why: the more space the picture occupies and the more intricate the ornaments, the more the bride's family will receive money from the groom.