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Geisha. Two maiko performing a dance in Gion, the traditional quarter of Kyoto Geisha (芸者?)

Geisha

, geiko (芸子) or geigi (芸妓) are traditional Japanese female entertainers who act as hostesses and whose skills include performing various Japanese arts such as classical music, dance and games. Terms[edit] Geisha (/ˈɡeɪʃə/; Japanese: [ɡeːʃa]),[1] like all Japanese nouns, has no distinct singular or plural variants. The word consists of two kanji, 芸 (gei) meaning "art" and 者 (sha) meaning "person" or "doer".

Has plastic surgery made these 20 Korean beauty pageant contestants look the same? Pictures of contest hopefuls goes viral. A picture of 20 beauty queen hopefuls went viral on Reddit More than 3,000 users debated the wisdom of plastic surgery By Steve Nolan Published: 13:10 GMT, 25 April 2013 | Updated: 15:45 GMT, 25 April 2013.

Has plastic surgery made these 20 Korean beauty pageant contestants look the same? Pictures of contest hopefuls goes viral

Before and after pictures of top 10 Kpop celebrities. Some of them might go under plastic surgery I guess but above all a healthy life style, good habbits and exercises can help you to have a beautiful face and strong body and I think these kpop celebrities have them all Girls Generation Sunny: that's huge change on her face, that's why she is voted number 1 Girl Generation: Tiffany I think she got a new nose ;) CN Blue Jung Shin !

Before and after pictures of top 10 Kpop celebrities

Smile to let everyone know you got new teeth. Uniface Mask Offical Site. Kate Upton's 34Ds are the ideal size and 75% of girls love her boobs. Kate Upton is said to have an ideal breast size of 34D Just one in 20 women polled said they “hated” their breasts, with most complaining that they were unhappy with the size.

Kate Upton's 34Ds are the ideal size and 75% of girls love her boobs

The nation’s average breast size is 34B, just like singing sexpot J.Lo, 44, the results of a survey of 2,000 women revealed yesterday. And most women said their dream boobs would be two sizes bigger at 34D, the same as Kate, 21, singer Katy Perry, 28, and Hollywood babe Jessica Alba, 32. Pop singer Katy Perry is also said to have the ideal boob size at 34D “Most women said their dream boobs would be two sizes bigger at 34D” A spokesman for bra company Triumph, who carried out the survey, said: “While there are many things which can boost a woman’s confidence, it seems that having breasts you love and feel confident in really helps with your self-esteem.

The average woman revealed: Study blends thousands of faces to find what world's women look like. Pictures of hundreds of women were used to create an averageImages of women from 41 different ethnicities were laid over one another before a computer programme deduced the common lookCreated by online tool hosted by experimental psychologists at the University of Glasgow By Lizzie Edmonds Published: 20:16 GMT, 27 September 2013 | Updated: 18:36 GMT, 30 September 2013 If you were described as average-looking, you probably wouldn't see it as a compliment.

The average woman revealed: Study blends thousands of faces to find what world's women look like

But perhaps you would be happy if you looked like any of these computer-generated depictions of the 'average woman'. With flawless skin, youthful faces and bright eyes - these average faces of women from around the world are nothing short of beautiful. The face of the average woman from a variety of countries including England, China and Central Africa has been deduced by scientists. Seoul Fashion Week. Skin Bleaching and Other Ways Korean Women Are Taking Beauty Standards A Bit Too Far. I have pretty pale skin.

Skin Bleaching and Other Ways Korean Women Are Taking Beauty Standards A Bit Too Far

Some might even say I’m translucent under certain lights. It’s not that I don’t go outside (I do have to walk to my classes, after all, and the underground tunnels I’ve been petitioning for haven’t been approved yet so there’s really no way for me to get around going outside). It’s just that homework is much easier to finish when I don’t have to worry about bees landing on my back or spiders hatching babies in my backpack when I’m not looking or the other potentially dangerous creatures that might be plotting against me while I’m sitting out in the open. I’ve never been a big fan of my skin complexion, simply because in a normal week, I can expect to hear “Honey, you look awfully sick” or “Sugar-muffin, you need to get some sun” at least once (and not only from friendly old ladies, which is what I’m imagining in my head for some reason).

It doesn’t take too long to figure out that – in America at least – paleness is not a desired quality. Why South Korean High Schoolers Want Plastic Surgery. Chinese Beauty Secrets - Traditional Asian beautifying techniques: Stay out of the sun! Here's why we Asians avoid it like the plague. A lot of western women like to get the “travelled” look that comes with having a bit of a tan.

Chinese Beauty Secrets - Traditional Asian beautifying techniques: Stay out of the sun! Here's why we Asians avoid it like the plague

But please think about the long term effects this has on your skin! Asian women avoid the sun like the plague for fear it causes premature wrinkling. The sun dries out your skin and removes vitamins from it. So how can you avoid the sun in a hot clmate? Use an umbrella – I know for western women you may feel like doing this may make you look as though you are from colonial times, but using an umbrella is the number 1 way to avoid sun damage to your skin. Use sunscreen – of course! Wear loose clothing that has sleeves – Just bring a long-sleeved shirt with you that you can throw on whenever you need to walk somewhere in the sun (like from your office to your car).

Plastic Surgery Means Many Beauty Queens, But Only One Kind of Face. What K-Pop Has to Do With South Korea's Plastic Surgery Obsession. The K-Pop Plastic Surgery Obsession - Zara Stone. When 17-year-old Hailey Kim looks in the mirror, she doesn't see a pretty person.

The K-Pop Plastic Surgery Obsession - Zara Stone

Her face is too round, she thinks; her lips too thin, her nose not quite right. Her reflection fuels a cosmetic surgery wish list -- bigger lips, higher cheeks, and a more delicate chin. Unhappiness with appearance is de rigueur for many teenagers, but for Korean Americans perhaps more than any other ethnic group, this is increasingly being addressed with a scalpel. California-born Kim has already undergone two procedures: a nose job and double eyelid surgery. These have given her eyes a Western crease and made her nose small and high.

"My cousin had her nose and eyes done, my mom had her eyes done, and my aunts had noses and eyes done, all in Korea," she says. None of these operations, however, are as radical as what she wants to do next. One in five South Korean women has had some form of cosmetic surgery, compared to around one in 20 in the United States. Dr. Plastic surgery boom as Asians seek 'western' look. Asians seek surgery to look 'Western' Western concepts of beauty are a booming business in KoreaGirls as young as 12 undergo surgery to make their eyes appear rounderClinics in Seoul are also tapping a growing market of mainland Chinese clients (CNN) -- Lee Min kyong stretches on the ballet bar in the dance studio.

Plastic surgery boom as Asians seek 'western' look

The 12-year old is a little awkward and nervous in front of strangers, until the music begins. Min-kyong moves to the classical tune, springing easily onto her toes, the very picture of childhood grace and poise. But when the music stops, she falls back into an awkward stance. She lacks confidence, explains Min-kyong's mother, a problem she hopes will be solved when her pre-teen undergoes plastic surgery, to westernize her eyes. South Korean Parents Are Making Their Kids Get Plastic Surgery. A South Korean woman who's had both nose and eye plastic surgery.

South Korean Parents Are Making Their Kids Get Plastic Surgery

(Image via) As I'm sure you'll know by now, plastic surgery is a pretty big deal in South Korea. Remember last week when those photos popped up of all the South Korean beauty pageant contestants who looked exactly the same? Everyone was all, "Hey, those guys sure do love their surgery," with a brief chuckle, before moving on to autotuned Charles Ramsey videos and forgetting about the whole thing.

Then, of course, the internet lost its shit in a monsoon of moral outrage and started to scrutinise why Korean girls are trying to look more Western and how awful that all is. I decided to call up my girl Sparkles (not her real name), who recently returned to live in her home city of Seoul, to find out what the reaction there was like to all this commotion. Girls in Asia Now Wear This Strange Mask Instead of Getting Plastic Surgery. Not everyone who wants plastic surgery can afford it, but now some of those people are able to slip on a Uniface Mask by Chinese designer Zhuoying Li.

Simply put, "the science team behind this unique beauty product has developed 'bionic-skin' technology to produce a human-skin-like mask, which is extremely thin and breathable through its pores. " Continue reading for more pictures and information. Once applied, Uniface stays on and becomes your everyday face. According to the product site, the glue adheres to human skin and can only be removed at professional clinics, by Uniface experts. Teacher small face: On beauty in South Korea.