Thoughts: Define Beauty!

Beauty for Tibeto- Burman ethnic group is those women with slender neck hence women wear huge brass rings around their neck to push their head up and lengthen the neck. These coils are first applied to young girls when they are around five years old. Gradually with age, the number of brass coils worn increases to elongate the neck.

Beauty for Pre 20th Century Chinese is those women who had tiny feet and so women deformed their feet by binding the feet which involved breaking the arch of the foot in such a way so that the foot had desired shape of about three and one-half inches from toe to heel and fitted the ‘lotus shoes’.

Beauty for The Ethiopian Mursi and Surma women is to have their bottom teeth removed and their bottom lips pierced, then stretched, so as to allow insertion of five inches diameter of clay lip plate.

Beauty for 16th century women (and modern tightlacers) is achieved by having the sand glass hour figure and so they wear a very well-fitted corset to reduce the volume of the torso, push the lower ribs inwards and shrink the waist circumference. As a consequence, internal organs are moved closer together and out of their original positions.

Beauty for some modern women today is accomplished by wearing high heel shoes.

Carla said:
"Although terribly uncomfortable, I will stand like a strong warrior in these marbled Alexander McQueen heels because I love them that much!"
Anonymous commented on Carla's note:
"Those marbled Alexander McQueen heels are amazing! Totally worth the pain :-)"

Natalie said:
"I have yet discovered a pair of heels that haven't eventually started to hurt my feet, do they exist?!"

So tell, is it really: whatever it takes to look beautiful ?