Hispanics As the Beauty Ideal

[SlowwHand]

Charo. Hispanic, and no spring chicken.

[Imran Siddiqui]

what the hell she's doing with a fat slob like me

Just let them think you have a big penis .

[Worthingtons]

Well This thread has come to the conclusion that there are beutiful women of every type, and it's whatever floats yer boat.

All my girlfriends have been typical english girls, all ultra white, altho only one with Blonde hair.

I still fancy spanish women tho! definatly.

Japanese women are nice too, but not Middle Eastern.

[Jaguar]

I'm with Speer on this one. Blond hair blue eyes is the "evil standard of beauty that we should be morally outraged at" But give me any other hair color, skin color, or eye color and I can name 10 widely agreed on as beautiful women with it.

But tell me to name a beautiful 250 pound female and I won't be able to.

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Blonde is still the beauty standard. Anectdotal evidence from many woman shows that as soon as they went blonde, they started getting more attention and more success. Even Bunnygrrl noticed it. When she wears her blonde wigs, she gets treated like a star and men wonder what the hell she's doing with a fat slob like me . . . and she's Black!

Marilyn Monroe wasn't a natural blonde. Her career didn't happen until she became a blonde. The same with Jane Mansfield and a zillion other stars.

Then why do I consistently get spams saying:

FREE ASIAN AND LATINA COLLEGE GIRLS!

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


Dude! He's using centimeters, not inches.

90 - 60 - 90 = 35 - 24 - 35.

An American who understands them thar Eurocom's metric system. Maybe cause he's a commie himself.

[Ben Kenobi]

she just looked sexier with that platinum blonde hair.

Have you even seen a photo with her natural hair?


Azazel:

Two points, which are going to get your lovely pictures deleted.

No naked hands over breasts,
No cleverly placed hands as in your first picture.

Good try to resurrect the babe thread.

Albert:

Beauty is what you make of it. I usually date larger women, just because I like the look.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Have you even seen a photo with her natural hair?

Yeah, she just looks like a normal girl-next-door. But with platinum blonde... YOUZA!

[Ben Kenobi]

We must be talking about different photos.

I'm talking about the one that started her career.

[Imran Siddiqui]

So am I.

I'll take platinum blonde Marilyn anyday over brunette Marilyn.

[Kidlicious]

I'm very disapointed to find only one pic in here

About women... I love all of them.

[Ben Kenobi]

I'd love to post that series..

However, all the pics would get me banned.

Here's one clean shot I found with Norma Jean.

[Imran Siddiqui]

obiwan: LIKE I SAID... give me platinum blonde Marilyn ANY DAY!

[Imran Siddiqui]

[JohnT]

Sorry, but I must emphatically disagree with the idea that beauty is subjective and not objective, that objective opinions of beauty do not necessarily cross cultural boundaries and scope. Cross-cultural research into beauty has shown the opposite, really:

Research shows that even three month old babies stare at photos of the faces of attractive people longer than at photos of unattractive people. The human face and eyes are innately very attractive to babies and hold a baby's attention. This attraction to human faces and, particularly, the attraction to attractive human faces, seems to be built into our psychology. It does not depend upon the culture we grow up in.

There seem to be cross-cultural ideas of facial beauty: preferred features in females are small lower faces with smallish chins, delicate jaws, high cheekbones, full lips, wide smiles and large eyes which are large in proportion to the length of the face.

The most attractive male faces seem to be those that, while emphasizing masculine features such as a strong chin and prominent brow which are suggestive of dominance and strength, also combined these with more feminine, softer features. This may be attractive to women because while it offers typical male characteristics it also suggests a man with nurturing qualities who may be interested in children. According to some research women are most attracted to stereotypically masculine hard facial features during the time in their menstrual cycle when they are most likely to conceive. The rest of the time they prefer men with more feminine facial features. It is suggested that this is because the 'hardness' suggests toughness and survival capability while the attraction to feminine features in men at other times of the cycle suggests an attraction to more nurturing men who would be more likely to assist in child rearing.

Tallness in men is attractive-it suggests dominance, status, and power and therefore the possibility of resources. Masculine dominance and power are epitomized in the giant stone heads of the ancient Olmecs of MesoAmerica. These are thought to be representations of their rulers.

http://www.beautyworlds.com/humanbeauty.htm

On the other hand, race and culture do play a small part:

However, interestingly those faces considered to be the most beautiful are typically those which have the greatest number of facial features average to any particular culture/race. It is thought that the typically average is attractive because the average suggests something which has adapted to its environment and is healthy. Of course, as the racial mix of a culture changes so might then the ideal of a beautiful face.

ibid.

Information about the importance of symmetry in beauty can be found in the link.