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The feminine beauty ideal is a specific set of beauty standards regarding traits that are ingrained in women throughout their lives and from a young age to increase their perceived physical attractiveness. It is experienced by many women in the world, though the traits change over time and vary in country and culture. [1]
Attractiveness or beauty is the display of these traits and one of the most important predictors of reproductive success. Physical attractiveness may have evolved as a signal of good health, fitness, and genetic quality. Certain physical features, including symmetry, clear skin, and waist-to-hip ratio, signal reproductive health. Individuals ...
Precolonial and indigenous Philippines already had established, well-defined ideals and standards of beauty. Most of the precolonial and native languages of the Philippines saw and described beauty as natural—meaning, what is pleasing to the eyes and to the other senses, in nature, is considered beautiful. Precolonial Filipinos were recorded ...
A beauty pageant or beauty contest is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of contestants. Pageants have now evolved to include other criteria, such as personality, intelligence, talent, character, causes, and charitable involvement, through closed-door interviews with judges, or the conventional question-and-answer round(s) in the finals.
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The politics and economics of Indian beauty Pageants in India started as early as the 1940s, and the first Miss India was crowned in 1947, the year British colonialism ended.
Mister Pilipinas Worldwide (commonly abbreviated as MPW) is a beauty pageant and organization that selects the Philippines' official representative to major international pageants such as Mister Supranational, Mister International, Mister Global, and Manhunt International, and other international pageants such as Mister Cosmopolitan, and Man of the Year.
Throughout her decades-long career in Hollywood, Kristin Davis has had an up-and-down struggle with body image and conforming to the impossible beauty standards that the industry has for women.