In order to explore how the perception of female beauty varies across the globe, journalist Esther Honig embarked on a fascinating project called “Before & After.” She contacted nearly 40 designers from all over the world using freelancing websites and sent them this unaltered image of herself…
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Honig’s simple request for each designer was “Make me beautiful.”
With rates varying between $5 and $30 per Photoshop job, the level of skill varied from one designer to the next, with each picture demonstrating both a cultural and personal interpretation of what beauty is…
Argentina
Australia
Bangladesh
Chile
Germany
Greece
India
Indonesia
Israel
Italy
Kenya
Morocco
Pakistan
Philippines
Romania
Serbia
Sri Lanka
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Venezuela
Vietnam
United States
OK, some of these were pretty bad, but this last one is just ridiculous. Apparently, you can’t get good Photoshop work for $30 in the U.S…or maybe we actually are this incredibly screwed up when it comes to what we think is beautiful.
(via Bored Panda)