Brazil is the king of "culto de corpo", with Italy running a tight second. The Cult of the Body means dieting, plastic surgery, and keeping to a strict societal ideal at all times.
Brazil ranks #1 in plastic surgeries : To the 2,359 teenagers interviewed, beauty is not a question of luck,
but of application and achievement, something that everyone has the
right to work towards.
The LA Times did a great series of articles on this in the 1990s, comparing LA's fetish with thin & surgery with Brazil's fetish.
Made me damned glad I did not grow up in Brazil, growing up in SoCal was hard enough. I always tell folks that there is nothing wrong with me that 4 - 6 more inches of height won't cure... ;o)
"beauty is not a question of luck, but of application and achievement" - that's so deep. And that it is such a narrowly defined vision of beauty is crazy to me.
Ah, you missed one heck of a night. Wendy flew into MPLS to perform with Prince on 7.7.7 and Sheila E. even did a guest spot. He played for 12 hours, 3 different venues. The P man was HOME and it rocked. His guitar...omg, if you read a review that doesn't mention the man's guitar, they weren't at the show. He blew me away, again and again and I've seen him perform for a crowd of 10 at the studio and for thousands upon thousands since 1984 and this was one of his best night's ever. Was so lovely to see Wendy. I missed Lisa though. They are still doing their thing from what I know. GirlBros. Productions, something.
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Brazil ranks #1 in plastic surgeries : To the 2,359 teenagers interviewed, beauty is not a question of luck, but of application and achievement, something that everyone has the right to work towards.
The LA Times did a great series of articles on this in the 1990s, comparing LA's fetish with thin & surgery with Brazil's fetish.
Made me damned glad I did not grow up in Brazil, growing up in SoCal was hard enough. I always tell folks that there is nothing wrong with me that 4 - 6 more inches of height won't cure... ;o)
5' 0", curvy, and proud.
Thanks for link, Jen.