Beauty is in the eye of the…magazine
It should come as no surprise that notions of beauty have traditionally been prescribed by culture and history. There are ideal appearances that are so deeply-rooted into some societies that people continue to adhere to them. In s asian, this is no different. Across the region, traditional beauty fits into a single, neatly-defined box. Fair skin, flat stomachs and abs, moody broody looks.
But does that mean it should? After all this is 2021, and surely we as people are evolving? I’ve got Sandhya Rawat who like me believes we should be distorting notions of beauty, taking cultural tropes and amalgamating them with contemporary ideas. If it were up to me I would be leading a quiet beauty revolution, by exploring the cultures that define them, but I’m getting ahead of myself.
Join me and Sandy as we discuss what is considered ‘beautiful’ in eye of the industry, prejudices faced when modelling (and body shaming), Beauty in western world vs beauty in Bollywood and how Sandy is determined to change all of this!
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