“I’ve always viewed Miss America as the girl next door, and the girl next door is evolving as diversity in America evolves,” Nina Davuluri said last weekend before becoming the first beauty queen of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hi, everyone. I'm Jessica. As an Asian American woman, I have had experiences dealing with beauty standards within both Eastern ...

Over the course of the last century, Western beauty ideals – thinness, light skin, large breasts, large eyes, a small nose and high cheekbones – have seeped into countries and cultures around the ...

Ethnic beauty is a much discussed topic in the beauty industry today. Any article, blog or posting on this topic seem to attract a frenzy of attention. Many are viewing it as a panacea to rejuvenate ...

While Western standards of feminine beauty have spread across much of the rest of the world in recent decades – particularly the obsession with slender figures as epitomized by “Size 0” runway fashion ...

On occasion it is useful to outline definitions and frameworks. One thing that I often hear (i.e., I am constantly told) is that beauty is a subjective, and culturally defined, construct. In ...