Thread: chinese ladies and their beauty fixation...

Hi,
They are a strange lot when it comes to image.
In Malaysia (1960s), the Chinese boys mostly rode Honda 100cc sports with the mirrors crossed over so they could admire themselves as they zoomed around the town. All sorts of extra lighting (think Indian trucks) including red globes lighting the inside of the exhaust pipe.
One just had to be seen to be so fashionable for street cred.
Cheers

I watched it and was horrified.

The program did end on a slightly optimistic note about the introduction of some regulation of the industry. It also mentioned the fact that that leg operation is now banned. However, I wonder if that will stop it.

When we lived in Thailand it was common for Thai women to have surgery to have bags put under their eyes to look more Western.
They were also rubbing zinc cream on their skin to look white, which was a problem as they could suffer zinc poisoning.
The brown-skinned Asian girls wanted to look white like Westerners, while the white-skinned Western girls wanted to tan and look brown.
It's a funny world.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

When we lived in Thailand it was common for Thai women to have surgery to have bags put under their eyes to look more Western.
They were also rubbing zinc cream on their skin to look white, which was a problem as they could suffer zinc poisoning.
The brown-skinned Asian girls wanted to look white like Westerners, while the white-skinned Western girls wanted to tan and look brown.
It's a funny world.

Yeah, we lived in singapore it was the same deal. A number of local women I worked with spent a fortune on changing the shape of their eyes to look more western and skin whitening products and procedures were a big seller. Was sort of an unofficial competition in the office.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

.......The brown-skinned Asian girls wanted to look white like Westerners, while the white-skinned Western girls wanted to tan and look brown.
It's a funny world.

At the beach (Penang) you would see the RAAF wives/daughters splayed out, almost sizzling in the sun and the local ladies under a tree, wrapped in a towel and wearing a huge hat.
Cheers