You are More than Beautiful

Beauty stan­dards seem to change over time. Somehow it seems to be linked to sta­tus and per­son­al out­ing of wealth. It used to be pop­u­lar to be curvy because that meant you were a wealthy per­son. In North-Korea this is still the case but on the oth­er side of the bor­der things have changed. In Seoul the aes­thet­ic surgery indus­try is explod­ing. Nowadays one of the ways to show off wealth by appear­ance is plas­tic surgery.

Pressure is high in Seoul in almost every part of life. Getting into a good school, find­ing a good job, find­ing a man and hav­ing a wealthy life is not tak­en for grant­ed. People have to com­pete with each oth­er all the time. And of course beau­ty is a very impor­tant part of this com­pe­ti­tion. But Seoul takes it to a next lev­el. A pic­ture on your school appli­ca­tion or job inter­view is a must. That’s why looks are a very impor­tant part of you future. Girls get nose jobs as a grad­u­at­ing gift to get a bet­ter job. The prob­lem is now that the com­pe­ti­tion isn’t real. The Ideals; the K‑pop stars the dra­ma stars are not nat­ur­al look­ing peo­ple. So how can the aver­age per­son keep up with this?

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