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All right.
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-Hi.
-How are you?
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I'm scared.
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Have you ever had
any Botox or fillers? Okay.
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Some common areas to get Botox,
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where people start is,
they do just a little bit of Botox.
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I'm in the City of Angels,
chasing that age old cliché,
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eternal youth and beauty.
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Do you want to do Botox today?
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Good question.
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This is such a loaded situation
for me.
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Why do I feel
like I need to do this?
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Well, we live in a world
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where beauty can lead
to success, fame and money.
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When I saw
these billboards of myself,
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which were clearly photoshopped,
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it probably messes
with your head a little bit
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'cause you're like, "Wait,
I don't look like that at all."
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And for too long,
conventional attractiveness
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has meant one homogenous thing,
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razor-sharp cheekbones,
a super slender body
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and a face like thunder.
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Oh, and whiteness.
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So much whiteness.
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I started getting bullied
in school, in my community.
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What's going on?
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How did we get
these beauty standards?
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Can't I have both?
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Have they become damaging?
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And if so,
how can we redefine right now
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what's bonkerlicious and beautiful?
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This is real modelling.
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Beauty is such a fun thing
to be able to play with,
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but everyone
should be able to play with it.
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Everyone should be able
to feel that.
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Did you feel beautiful?
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Oh, my God, I hate this one.
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I know! As a child?
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I... No, I didn't feel beautiful
when I was young, no.
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I felt very weird.
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So, this is me and my family.
These are my sisters.
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Look how pretty and happy
and lovely they look.
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Just gorgeous.
And then, what is that?
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What is that?
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God, you've got a bug
on your windscreen.
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Like, who is that? Why?
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If that came out of you,
you'd be scared, right?
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That is my father's son.
Look at that.
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What is that? That is a boy.
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I mean, looking at these photos,
when I was younger,
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I just felt
more like I was out of place
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and like wasn't... didn't belong.
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So, just a lot of rejection
when I thought of modelling
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because I was too short
or my eyebrows were too big.
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They'd always try and bleach them
or stick them down,
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and they would just never
stick down.
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Eyebrows were not a thing back then.
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You know, as a model,
of course, there were parts of me...
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of course, I felt
beautiful sometimes or pretty,
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but it was always
through the eyes of other people.
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I know that in this film,
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I'll have to take
a long, hard look at myself.
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I'm white.
I'm a size and shape that sells.
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And despite those early rejections,
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I've had an easy route
into the fashion industry.
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Today, I feel gross saying this,
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I'm a pretty typical example
of our contemporary beauty standard.
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But times are beginning to change.
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This is Nyakim Gatwech,
aka "Queen of Dark,"
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a model who's at the full front
of an emerging beauty revolution.
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But she's had to fight to the nail
to get there.
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Selfie 1C. A cam only.
Take one. Marker.
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-Would you do like a model face?
-How do you do that?
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-I look like a clown, look crazy.
-You look crazy.
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-That's what I do.
-I love it.
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I mean, I have so many questions,
but first... tell me about yourself.
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I was born in a refugee camp,
not South Sudan.
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Came to America when I was 15.
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And, um... I started getting bullied
in school, in my community,
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-at the grocery store.
-Why?
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Because... just being different,
just having this complexion.
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People started calling me names.
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I hated myself.
I didn't think I was beautiful.
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I didn't think
I fitted in this beauty standard.
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The Western world standard
is not me. It didn't look like me.
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-That standard of bullshit.
-Yeah.
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-It literally is bullshit.
-It really is.
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Like, when did you first start
meeting agencies?
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What was that feedback?
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-What was that experience like?
-Well...
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I go see these agencies.
That's when they was like,
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"We already have
a girl that looks like you."
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Literally, they told me
the name of the girl.
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Like, how are they saying
there's someone that looks like you?
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There were too many white people!
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Hello? There are so many people
that look the same.
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Are you serious?
That makes no sense.
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That made no sense.
That was when I was like,
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"If you really wanna do this,
you have to create your own lane."
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Yes.
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Nyakim decided
to bypass the fashion industry
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and that old-school ideas of beauty,
and do it alone,
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collaborating with photographers
to raise her profile
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through self-funded shoots.
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I got lucky enough
for one buy on Instagram.
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And then I was able
to take that opportunity,
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and I've been running with it
ever since.
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She's now got
almost a million followers
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and is starting campaigns
for Rihanna's label,
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Savage X Fenty, plus loads more.
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I don't want another black girl
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to go through the shit
what I went through.
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I want them to just be accepted
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if they...
if this is what they wanna do.
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If they wanna be in fashion,
I want them to just be accepted.
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Modelling gives you a platform
where you could use modelling
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to inspire other people,
to make a change.
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I wanna be somehow a little bit,
however tiny it is,
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some change in this world.
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-That's what I wanted.
-But I didn't think... Yeah.
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-That's what I want.
-And you've done it already.
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But you're still just
at the beginning of all of that.
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-Thank you.
-No, don't thank me. Thank you.
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Do you think you're beautiful now?
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Exactly.
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She is the epitome
of a supermodel, of a superhuman,
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of the type of person that is
what a model should represent, okay?
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How someone that sweet
has gone through so much,
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has been treated like that,
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and ever thought
the things that she did?
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It's completely insane.
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Nyakim's story is so inspiring,
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but sadly familiar
to anyone who doesn't fit
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on narrow and exclusive ideas
of what's beautiful.
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But how did we get to a place
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where she and others
have had to fight so hard?
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How did we get
these so cold beauty standards
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in the first place,
and what exactly are they?
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Stay. Yeah. Sit. Good boy.
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What we find hot
comes from our ancestors' search
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for the healthiest partners
to make the healthiest babies.
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And we plant the physical signs
of fitness and fertility
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along the way.
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Oh, no, that's not...
I'm so confused.
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Am I meant to kiss her hand?
What am I to do?
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Let's start again.
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I'm not this.
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In women,
these include a young face,
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with big eyes and bow lips,
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a tiny waist and childbearing hips.
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In men, height, broad shoulders
and a strong jaw.
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But what we find hot
isn't just about genetics.
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You've also got to throw in
our culture and experiences as well.
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So how much does this affect
what we find beautiest?
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-What a list of bachelors!
-Yeah, I know!
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Ah, where am I gonna find
my perfect partner?
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Oh, wait!
This hairy little boho behind me.
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Dr Carlota Batres
explores the relationship
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between who we find attractive
and what culture we grew up in.
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So I signed up
to take one of her tests.
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Should I be scared?
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I'm gonna show you some faces today,
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and I'm gonna ask you
some questions
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about how you feel
about these faces.
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I don't judge people very well,
so let's see what happens.
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Carlota takes
computer-generated faces,
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manipulates certain features,
then asks people to rate them.
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So, who do you find more attractive?
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I would tend to usually go
for the more masculine man.
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You are right that we are
manipulating masculinity here.
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Traditionally,
more masculine features
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include bushy eyebrows,
a wider nose and a stronger chin.
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They got eyebrows, yeah.
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Technically, I have a manly face.
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You have masculine eyebrows, yes.
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So, 65% of the participants
in our sample
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chose the more feminine faces
more attractive.
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But these were participants
in the US.
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If I would've run the study
in my home country of El Salvador,
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I would've found
that the majority of participants
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find the more masculine face
attractive.
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This is not because people
in El Salvador
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have a thang for bushy eyebrows.
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Subconsciously, our brains
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are making snap judgements
about future partners.
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So there's this link
between masculine and health.
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If you're in a country
with higher health risks,
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there's a stronger preference
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for the more masculine
healthier face.
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But it's a trade-off.
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You get top-notch genes,
but less commitment,
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or so the science says.
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More masculine men
are less likely to get married.
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More masculine men
have higher rates of infidelity.
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And so, if you're looking
for a long-term relationship,
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-Marry a woman.
-...you are...
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No, I mean...
God, humans are so simple.
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-Let's do another one.
-Which one is more attractive?
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Oh, they're both very pretty.
Can't I have both?
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Someone has a wider face,
and someone has a smaller face.
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I don't know.
What are their personalities like?
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That one.
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The majority of the US participants,
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like you, found this face
as more attractive.
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But, again, if we run this study
in my home country,
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we find that this face
is more attractive.
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In developing economies,
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a fuller face
implied more access to food
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and therefore, better health.
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I don't know.
This makes me annoyed, this game.
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But in the US, it's the opposite.
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What in the US
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leads to viewing malnourishment
as maybe more attractive.
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-Modelling. Fashion.
-Yeah. So social media, Internet...
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-Social media, yes.
-Exactly.
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So the faces that you're exposed to
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lead to your preference of them.
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Whoa. Stop the sequence,
please, editors.
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This feels like a massive idea
that nearly got away.
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So the faces you see most often
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influence your concept
of what's hot?
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Dr Carlota, spell it out.
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Yeah, so familiarity
is a big influence
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on what it is
that we find attractive.
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So the faces around us,
the way that those faces look,
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is what we end up
finding attractive.
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And the way
that the faces around us look
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is influenced by culture.
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Okay, so here's
where I think we are.
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Beauty is the mix
of ancient fertility signals
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and specific cultural preferences.
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These then spread through the media
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to become the template
we all aspire to.
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No longer is beauty
about basic bonkability,
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now it's also about elite, status,
power and some big benefits.
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And the stakes are high for the ones
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who are judged
the world's most beautiful.
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Fame, riches,
and possible motion-picture fame
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are the prizes.
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Welcome to the concept
of beauty bias,
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aka pretty privilege.
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Women on trial
are 35% less likely to be convicted
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if they're beautiful.
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People judged attractive
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earn on average
10% more than their colleagues.
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And in the US and Europe,
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conventionally handsome politicians
attract around 20% more votes.
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So it's no wonder
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that people take extreme measures
in the pursuit of beauty.
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Colombia, hottest women
in the world.
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So say the tourists at the least.
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Here the relationship
between beauty and success
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is especially obvious.
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Meet Diana.
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She was once
a Colombian beauty queen.
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But natural looks were not enough.
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I decided to have surgery
because I had a self-esteem issue.
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I wasn't pleased with my body.
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Once I took the decision,
my life changed.
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I've had breast enlargement,
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liposuction
and a butt augmentation.
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I also had lip fillers
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and a nose job.
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Diana surgically-enhanced body
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is known in Colombia
as the "narco aesthetic."
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It's understood
that narco aesthetic
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comes from the gangsters
and Colombian narcos.
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One of their works of art
is the construction of their women.
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Women are part
of the full narco macho package.
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And what the narco started,
the country copied.
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Colombia is now eighth in the world
for plastic surgeries per person.
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Men want to make a lot of money
to get the prettiest women.
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For them it's like a prize.
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It's men that take women
to the plastic surgeon
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and ask the surgeon
to enlarge the breasts.
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They ask for a bottom this size,
and it's like they're making dolls.
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Women have been designated
as the object for show
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the luxury item
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and the construction
of the silicone filled body.
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It's big business in Colombia,
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and the narcos
were the pioneers of it.
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You might think,
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"Why would women go along
with this?"
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Well, in a fiercely
patriarchal society,
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it's a way for some women
to get ahead.
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I can say that my life
had a 180 degree turn.
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I went from being a nobody
to becoming an empowered woman.
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And there's also been
a financial change
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because I've had new opportunities
for publicity campaigns.
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In Colombia,
only 20% of the population
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go on to higher education.
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So women have found
that being objectified
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is a way to climb
and achieve a type of life.
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For me, plastic surgery and beauty
is not about vanity now,
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it's a way of life.
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Today plastic surgery
is big business all over the world.
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In South Korea,
a tide of women in their late 20s,
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have had a cosmetic procedure.
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Most to make their eyes look bigger.
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Brazil boasts nearly 80,000
bum enhancements each year.
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And the US?
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Well, in 2021,
more than 11 million people
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had some sort of cosmetic procedure.
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Boob jobs and liposuction,
the most common operations.
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You'd think
that those who already conform
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the so-called beauty standard
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might be immune to this,
but we are almost the worst.
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It's so crazy because most models
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are the most
"beautiful seeming people,"
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but the most insecure.
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Sometimes judgemental,
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sometimes just very judgemental
about themselves,
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so paranoid,
like, worry about their body
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and what they look like
all the time.
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It's exhausting.
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I feel so much admiration
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for people who have
so much confidence in themselves.
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And I do, sometimes,
or at least I pretend I do.
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But otherwise, in my mind,
it's always this old...
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this old story that I told myself,
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like, "I am not enough,"
or I think in some way...
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Here's the thing.
The pressure to look a certain way
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gets to me too.
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How could I not consider some way
to alter myself, like Botox?
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I don't know. Don't add me.
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Everyone around me does it.
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And it's starting
to feel weird that I don't.
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That's why you find me here,
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entering a Beverly Hills
doctor's office.
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Yeah, you should get
your boobs done too.
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Why would you do that?
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-What do you want to say?
-Nothing.
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...like a normal person. Geez.
334
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I thought it would be
full of older ladies, but no.
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-You look gorgeous.
-Thank you. So do you.
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-What are you in for today?
-I came about getting some Botox.
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-How old are you?
-28, turning 29 this week.
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-Okay, we're the same age.
-Okay.
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You know, it's just... It's time.
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-It's time.
-You're right.
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-Are you thinking about it?
-I mean, I was...
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No... I don't know.
I'll wait a little bit
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cause it does feel
you get to that "age"
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you're like, "This is when people
start getting this stuff done."
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And all your friends get it done,
and you're like, "Maybe I should."
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Do you feel like there are
celebrities that get stuff done
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-that don't talk about it?
-Absolutely. That's still very...
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-the normal right now...
-Yeah.
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I think, you know, we...
at least for me,
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I feel like we advocate, I advocate
towards being more open and honest.
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And so I think transparency
in terms...
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Transparency is key,
and, like, no judgement.
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That's why I wanted to do this.
I was like,
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"If I decided to get stuff done,
I'll do it on camera."
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Definitely.
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All right.
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Have you ever had
any Botox or fillers?
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Okay, all right. So, um...
I'm not here to twist people's arms.
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Does anything actually bother you?
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Yeah. I look in the mirror
and if there's something...
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I'll find something
to feel bad about.
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I would ask, when someone
was photoshopping my body or face,
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"Whoa, were they photoshopping
and why?"
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It's unrealistic standards
in terms of the fashion industry.
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But yes, can you do
something about it? Absolutely.
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All right,
so I'll put this blue screen down.
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And we'll go ahead,
and we'll get a few photos.
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I guess now's not the time
to pull a model face, is it?
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Great. Perfect.
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Okay, cool.
Let's go right over here.
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Everyone, this is not okay.
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-You look beautiful.
-There are a lot of bags there.
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I mean, you know,
some common areas you get Botox,
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you know, the forehead, the brow,
the sides of the eyes.
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Where people start is,
they do just a little bit of Botox.
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-Yeah, just right there.
-But look at these, doctor.
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You know, I was looking
at some footage of you
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while you were getting
some makeup done.
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Without makeup,
I do see some hollowing you have.
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I'll tell you two things
my patients always tell me.
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It was easier than they thought.
They shouldn't have waited so long.
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If you look in the mirror
every single day,
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and a single thing bothers you
for more than six months,
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if you could do something about it,
just do something about it.
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I can't lie. It is tempting.
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Do you want to do Botox today?
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-Not today.
-Okay.
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Not today, but we'll see.
I'll keep checking in.
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-But I think I'm good.
-Good.
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00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:13,080
-Thanks for coming by.
-Thank you for everything.
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I appreciate all the interesting
bits and pieces you gave me.
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My pleasure. Yes.
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You never know.
I will see you around.
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-Thank you, doctor.
-Come back anytime.
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I don't know
what I took away from that
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apart from "I'm scared."
I'm terrified for the future
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and what's being normalised
in terms of the way people look.
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If I imagine the future,
I see all these white leaders
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who've had Botox since their teens.
Is that weird?
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So I just feel
like "fixing" all these things,
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is it really fixing
what we need to fix,
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which is the void within us
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to wanna be better, wanna,
like, change things about ourselves?
404
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The problem for me is that people
aren't as honest as they should be
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about what they get done.
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And I don't know,
and I'm not saying
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anyone in particular,
408
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but I do wish someone
would stand up and say,
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"Look, I've had this done,
and this is why."
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You don't even have
to go into what it is you have done,
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but at least people
are not selling this idea
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that they are that perfect
with nothing.
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'Cause it's not fair.
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I just think with the rise
in popularity of plastic surgery,
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and how popular Instagram is,
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and how many people think,
you know, one in three girls,
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feel worse about themselves
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because of Instagram
or social media. It's not okay.
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The desire to change ourselves
in pursuit of beauty
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is growing and growing.
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And a lot of fingers
are pointing at social media.
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It's rife with filters
that can make us all look beautiful.
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Virtually. And it's enough faces
all the time.
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But is social media bad for us?
Or can it be a force for good?
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Dr Jolanda Veldhuis
and Dr Mara van der Meulen
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are studying whether social media
affects what we find attractive.
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And like all good brain scientists,
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they're gonna stick their subjects
in a scanner.
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Today it's Lotte's turn.
430
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I'll just slowly move your bed
into the scanner.
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-Okay, see you.
-Hey, Lotte. Are you ready?
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Yes.
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Lotte's task
is to look at pictures of bodies
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and rate if she finds them normal
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or too thin.
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She's been shown
what other people her age,
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her peer group, think.
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As she does this,
Jolanda and Mara watch closely
439
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for what's happening
inside her head.
440
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Okay, here goes, Lotte.
Let's play. First one.
441
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So, there she scored it
as being normal.
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And now she will see
the peer feedback.
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And peer feedback
stated that it is a too thin model.
444
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Lotte's hit with 60 different images
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and has three seconds
to judge each one.
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So now it's very interesting to see
what is happening in Lotte's brain.
447
00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:21,960
Dr Mara is particularly interested
in how Lotte responds
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when she and her peer group
disagree.
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When our participants
thought that models looked normal,
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but the peer feedback was,
"No, this model is too thin,"
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that was when we noticed
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the strongest activation
of these two regions.
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Maybe making them think about
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"Okay, but if what I consider normal
is not actually normal,
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then how should I view
these models?"
456
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Lotte's brain is forcing her
to question her own judgements.
457
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And the more you do that,
the less comfortable you feel.
458
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That's why social media,
where peer feedback is everything,
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is so influential.
460
00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:01,800
Okay, there it goes.
461
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We have the combination of being
exposed to these ideal bodies,
462
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to all these beautiful women
and how amazing they look,
463
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and we also know what our peers
think of these bodies.
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So that makes it very difficult
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for adolescents
to form their opinions themselves.
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Because you know
what your peers think,
467
00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:20,280
you might start to wonder,
"Okay, how should I think
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00:25:20,360 --> 00:25:22,440
about these ideal bodies?"
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If you think people look too thin,
but your peers all say "normal,"
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you tend to fall into line
and cherish skinny too.
471
00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:32,920
But it works both ways.
472
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If your friends
prefer a curvier body shape,
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then after a while, so will you.
474
00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:41,080
Which means
you really need to watch
475
00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:43,000
where you place your likes, folks.
476
00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:47,360
The user is not only
the consumer of the media,
477
00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:48,760
but is also the creator.
478
00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:51,520
Social media offers also
479
00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:55,240
a platform to discuss
what we think is healthy,
480
00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:56,760
what we think is normal,
481
00:25:56,840 --> 00:26:00,040
but also what we think
is like a realistic body image.
482
00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:03,720
I use social media a lot,
483
00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:07,080
and I try to promote
individuality and self-acceptance.
484
00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:09,480
But look at these images of me.
485
00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:11,960
Despite the eyebrows
and goofy faces,
486
00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,240
I'm still that old-school
beauty standard.
487
00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:17,960
Do you feel
like you're part of the problem?
488
00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:19,960
I did feel part of the problem
for so long,
489
00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:22,200
and that's why
I've tried to move away from it.
490
00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,280
There's nothing wrong
with beauty, but...
491
00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:27,120
I personally have...
492
00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:29,280
I've always had
a bit of an issue with...
493
00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:32,080
the industry which is fashion.
494
00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:35,880
Okay, I can't go into this...
495
00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:38,680
No, there's nothing wrong
with beauty.
496
00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:40,720
Beauty has been sold
as this one thing,
497
00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,400
about, like, being skinny
and all these things,
498
00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:47,080
and when you meet people whose lives
have been destroyed by "beauty,"
499
00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:48,480
it's horrifying,
500
00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:51,480
especially when you're part
of that industry. It's not okay.
501
00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:54,840
People will destroy their lives
over "trying to be beautiful."
502
00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:59,720
Our craving for beauty
is harming us.
503
00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:04,320
It makes us spend money,
seek surgery, and feel inadequate.
504
00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:07,640
So what now?
505
00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:10,200
Well, I believe
there's a new beauty revolution
506
00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:11,600
starting to happen,
507
00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:13,320
and I want to be a part of it.
508
00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:16,960
Let's go find the people
who aren't changing themselves
509
00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:19,760
but changing the world around them.
510
00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:25,880
This is Johannesburg, South Africa,
511
00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:28,160
where colonialism and apartheid
512
00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:31,600
have deeply shaped ideas
about who and what's beautiful.
513
00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:36,240
Lesego makeup tutorials.
Scene 8, slate 11, take 5.
514
00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,720
Lesego Tlhabi
is an award-winning satirist
515
00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,400
using comedy
to confront beauty standards.
516
00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:47,280
Her most popular character
is Coconut Kelz.
517
00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:52,000
How is it, girls? And welcome
to Coconut Kelz's makeup tutorial.
518
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:53,400
A lot of you have asked me,
519
00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:56,440
"Kelz, how can I achieve
your Caucasian glow?
520
00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:58,520
And how can I make
myself have makeup
521
00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:01,520
that will take me
far away from that Africanness?"
522
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,680
Eww. Anyway, so I bought
four foundation shades.
523
00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:08,040
We've got African Migrant,
which we don't wanna use.
524
00:28:08,120 --> 00:28:09,960
We've got Meghan and Harry's Baby.
525
00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:11,920
We've got Oh, KKK.
526
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,400
The one that I'll be using today
is White Privilege.
527
00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:19,840
Growing up in an affluent suburb
of Johannesburg,
528
00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,640
Lesego noticed
how small differences in skin tone
529
00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,280
made a huge difference
in how you got treated.
530
00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:29,000
It's known as "colourism."
531
00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:31,920
My formative years
were very much me
532
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,360
being one of only three black girls
in my class.
533
00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:36,760
For me, that was
the first time I realised
534
00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:41,440
that anything close to blackness
was not seen as beautiful.
535
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:46,560
Unfortunately,
in a black-majority country
536
00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:49,760
and Asian-majority countries,
the closer you are to whiteness,
537
00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:52,440
you get treated better.
538
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:56,080
You get thought of
as more intelligent and beautiful,
539
00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:57,720
and you get more opportunities.
540
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,520
Lesego also hosts a popular podcast.
541
00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:03,800
This time as herself.
542
00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:05,200
-Hi.
-Hi.
543
00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:07,880
Oh, my goodness. How are you?
544
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:09,400
-I'm good. How are you?
-Good.
545
00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:13,520
Today with journalist Zanele Mji,
she's tackling colourism head-on.
546
00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:18,320
My romantic life at university
was nonexistent.
547
00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:20,160
Like, just nonexistent.
548
00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:22,360
And now when I look back,
only when I look back
549
00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:24,320
to understand
the role colourism played...
550
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:27,240
You know, there were
just certain girls who were liked,
551
00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:29,160
petite, with straight hair,
552
00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:35,760
who, if they were around,
you may as well be the wallpaper.
553
00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:37,840
How did you deal
with those social dilemmas
554
00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:41,320
in terms of being the darker girl
and having some of the conversations
555
00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:43,240
maybe with your light-skinned
friends?
556
00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:46,160
It's like such a painful thing
that divides us as friends
557
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,960
'cause we love to go out
and spend time together,
558
00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:52,360
but there's this constant thing
that's happening,
559
00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:54,920
that other people
are injecting into our dynamic.
560
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:59,000
I've talked a lot about colourism
with my dark-skinned friends,
561
00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:01,440
and never discussed it
with my light-skinned friends.
562
00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:04,720
Why do you think colourism
is the unspoken "ism"?
563
00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:09,000
I think people get uncomfortable
with admitting their privilege.
564
00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:10,480
They just do...
565
00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:13,120
I guess it must be tricky
for black women
566
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,680
to admit their own privilege
567
00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:18,880
because it's not a position
they're put in... often.
568
00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:21,400
But I think we're getting to a place
569
00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:24,560
where, as black women, we actually
need to start owning that stuff.
570
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,840
Lesego wants
to bring issues around colourism
571
00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:30,960
to the widest possible audience.
572
00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:35,040
And by mixing authentic
and impactful podcast
573
00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:37,120
with Coconut Kelz'
satire and humour,
574
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:40,720
she delivers a powerful double punch
to white privilege.
575
00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:44,640
So, tap, tap, tap.
576
00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:48,280
As you can see, oh, my goodness,
I'm already a different person.
577
00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:50,960
They wouldn't follow me
around the store
578
00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:52,560
if I had this colour.
579
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:57,480
There we go.
Got rid of any signs of Africanness.
580
00:30:57,560 --> 00:30:58,880
Oh, that's beautiful.
581
00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:01,640
Oh, my goodness, I look
like Queen Elizabeth's daughter.
582
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:03,640
This is... beautiful.
583
00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:08,000
And, voilĂ , ready for the covers
of any fashion magazine.
584
00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:15,000
Some choose to fight
585
00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:17,560
particular forms
of beauty discrimination.
586
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:19,200
But here in the US
587
00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:22,040
I've come to hang out
with a very special person
588
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:23,840
who wants to change
our understanding
589
00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:25,360
of beauty itself.
590
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:29,400
-No, I've never been to Saks before.
-Really?
591
00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:33,880
-Hi!
-Hello!
592
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:35,600
-Welcome.
-Thank you very much.
593
00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:37,000
-Hi, Alfie.
-A pleasure.
594
00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:41,520
This is author, influencer,
and activist Alok Vaid-Menon.
595
00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:44,200
-So shoes...
-These are functional.
596
00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:45,960
-Those are stunning functional.
-Yeah.
597
00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:48,640
As a non-conforming
transfeminine person,
598
00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:50,600
Alok's been told they're ugly,
599
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:52,760
by fools, obviously.
600
00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:54,920
But it's inspired them
to rethink beauty
601
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:56,520
in a radical new way.
602
00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:00,760
-Is this your house?
-Yes, it's...
603
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:04,040
My living room is over here.
This is my best friend.
604
00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:06,560
I've been thinking posing back.
This is all day.
605
00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:11,200
We're playing dress-up
at Saks Fifth Avenue.
606
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:15,440
For me, beauty
is an everyday practice of freedom.
607
00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:19,760
And yes, there are people
who are sad about it
608
00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:22,680
and say, "You should shave"
or "You should do this."
609
00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:25,880
Or "Life would be easier."
And that's all irrelevant to me.
610
00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:28,600
In fact, if anything, it sh...
611
00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:31,760
it's testament
to the power of this beauty.
612
00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:35,440
Is the purpose of beauty
to make people comfortable,
613
00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:38,040
or is the purpose of beauty
to be yourself?
614
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:43,280
I think
it's about undefining beauty.
615
00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:46,720
We have such limited images
of the world,
616
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,920
of what it means to be beautiful
that when I look at myself,
617
00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:53,160
I'm like, "I've never seen anyone
in the world look like this."
618
00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:55,800
"Undefining beauty."
619
00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:57,640
Why I have
any definition whatsoever?
620
00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:00,480
I agree with you, how much fun
you can have with clothes,
621
00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:02,920
especially when you don't stick
to anyone's rules?
622
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:05,760
What is really bad
is the fear of being seen.
623
00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:10,520
I think most people are petrified
with people looking at them.
624
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:13,680
And one of the luxuries
of being gender non-conforming
625
00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:16,600
is, from a very young age,
I had to get over that fear
626
00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:18,320
because if I lived my life
627
00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:20,920
being concerned
about other people looking at me,
628
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:22,320
I wouldn't exist.
629
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:26,200
It's so liberating
because now I genuinely feel
630
00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:28,520
like I'm only getting dressed
for myself.
631
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:31,320
I've been in the fashion industry
for a long time, and I...
632
00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:34,760
It definitely redefined
my idea of what beauty was
633
00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:37,840
because for me
I used to dress up constantly.
634
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:40,240
It has something to do
with being in the public eye,
635
00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:42,960
but that's why I love wearing black,
'cause I like to hide.
636
00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:45,360
-Right.
-I like to not stand out as much.
637
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:49,080
I like to kind of be...
Yeah, more hidden, I suppose.
638
00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:50,720
I think fame...
639
00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:53,880
-It's a way of people's creativity.
-Sure, a hundred percent.
640
00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:56,160
Because you always have
to be editing, pleasing.
641
00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:59,320
People are gonna have issues
about what I'm doing and saying,
642
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:01,080
who I am, what I look like?
643
00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:04,480
So what? Like, I only look
like what I wanna look like.
644
00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:07,480
-And no one else really matters.
-No.
645
00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:09,320
-It's liberating.
-That is beauty.
646
00:34:18,240 --> 00:34:21,600
Beauty is such a fun thing
to be able to play with.
647
00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:24,200
But everyone
should be able to play with it,
648
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:26,280
and it shouldn't be
this thing that...
649
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:28,800
that is only reached
by a certain amount of people,
650
00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:30,360
or, like, the way that people...
651
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:33,680
You know what I mean?
Beauty should be universal,
652
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:35,880
and everyone
should be able to feel that.
653
00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:39,280
But how do we get
to the promised land,
654
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:41,320
where we all feel beautiful?
655
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,120
Well, remember that science bit
656
00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:45,280
about familiar faces
being attractive?
657
00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:48,560
It seems all you gotta do
to love more faces
658
00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:50,360
is see more faces.
659
00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:53,480
The more different faces
that we're exposed to,
660
00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:56,920
the more different and varied
what we find attractive is, right?
661
00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,920
So one of the... positive things
662
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,880
that is happening right now
on a lot of ad campaigns
663
00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:06,680
is just seeing
a greater diversity of people.
664
00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:08,880
And that is going to influence
665
00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:12,680
and start normalising
more of a range of attractiveness.
666
00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:17,040
So depending on your environment,
the same person can change
667
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:19,800
what they find more attractive
within just three days.
668
00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:22,480
So let me get this right.
669
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:24,480
Just a few days
of surrounding ourselves
670
00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:26,400
with different faces and bodies
671
00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:29,120
would change
what you find attractive? Wow.
672
00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:34,160
Diversity in our media,
on our TVs, on our billboards,
673
00:35:34,240 --> 00:35:37,160
that's the key to our beauty
revolution right there.
674
00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:39,520
People's attitudes are changing
675
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:42,400
and in fact I hope that with things
like series like this,
676
00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:45,000
that bring knowledge
about these biases,
677
00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:48,000
about "Well, why did I think this?"
or "Why did I think that?"
678
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:52,240
that that can actually change
the way that we perceive faces.
679
00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:53,800
Knowledge is power.
680
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:57,800
So instead of saying,
"These biases shouldn't exist,"
681
00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:01,680
understanding that they're there
so that we can combat that.
682
00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:04,640
Now there's a group
taking those ideas
683
00:36:04,720 --> 00:36:07,520
out of ad campaigns
and into the world...
684
00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:11,040
loudly displaying
an inclusive new vision
685
00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:12,880
of what's hot and happening.
686
00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:21,440
Line the models up there,
so they're out of the way.
687
00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:24,080
And then that gives this space
to audience.
688
00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:28,640
University student Astelia
is in London's Trafalgar Square
689
00:36:28,720 --> 00:36:31,640
to set up a groundbreaking
alternative fashion show,
690
00:36:31,720 --> 00:36:33,200
The Real Catwalk.
691
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:37,400
This is where the models enter from.
692
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:40,000
It's a yearly worldwide event
693
00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:42,520
bringing body positivity
to the street
694
00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:44,600
to campaign
for more diverse representation
695
00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:46,520
in fashion and beauty.
696
00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:50,480
For Astelia, though,
it's also personal.
697
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:54,920
I've never been in a bikini before
during The Real Catwalk, ever.
698
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:57,560
I never thought
I was good enough or pretty enough.
699
00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:01,680
Never thought I was skinny enough,
have big enough boobs, everything.
700
00:37:02,240 --> 00:37:05,680
I got bored of the way that I felt
every time I looked in the mirror.
701
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:08,840
So I said, "I'm gonna switch up.
I'm gonna change it."
702
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:10,800
Astelia hasn't looked back since.
703
00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:12,600
Hundreds of other people
are here too
704
00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:15,240
with all sorts
of body shapes and sizes.
705
00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:24,680
Representing people as they are
706
00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:27,160
and showing that everybody
regardless how they are,
707
00:37:27,240 --> 00:37:29,960
can be and is beautiful.
708
00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:33,800
Beauty is an expression of the self,
not an expression of the body.
709
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:40,960
We're torturing ourselves.
We need to put our bodies out there
710
00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:44,520
and show that we are real,
we are normal, we are worthy,
711
00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:45,920
no matter what you look like.
712
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:50,720
If everybody could meet over here.
We're gonna get started.
713
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:08,520
It's not easy showing yourself off
in public.
714
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:10,360
Yeah!
715
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:14,720
But it proves we're all hot
despite what we're led to believe.
716
00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:19,200
All bodies are beautiful
no matter how different they are.
717
00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:22,120
I just feel on cloud nine.
718
00:38:22,720 --> 00:38:24,480
I told myself,
"You're not good enough.
719
00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:27,600
You're not normal. You don't fit
into the beauty standards."
720
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:29,480
And you feel like that,
you feel like...
721
00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:33,120
I hide away.
Hide my body, my lines, my chips.
722
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:35,160
And I should be,
"No, I shouldn't hide.
723
00:38:35,240 --> 00:38:37,560
You're beautiful.
You're gorgeous just as you are."
724
00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:47,640
The people that came today
are so brave and so courageous.
725
00:38:47,720 --> 00:38:51,560
They felt like they could do this,
and bear all and be themselves.
726
00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:54,880
You can all see
how much representation is needed
727
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:57,680
'cause everyone
is so bloody beautiful.
728
00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:04,760
These are real people,
and this is real modelling.
729
00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:09,080
It's all about me, not about you.
730
00:39:12,720 --> 00:39:17,560
So, the million-dollar question,
maybe the billion-dollar question,
731
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:19,960
is beauty or what we find attractive
732
00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:22,880
genuinely changing
in our generation?
733
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:25,480
Is there
a beauty revolution underway?
734
00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:27,040
Well, it seems so.
735
00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:28,720
And I wanna be a part of it.
736
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:30,360
So let's join together
737
00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:33,240
and bring on
a more inclusive future.
738
00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:35,680
I have a moral obligation
739
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:38,320
because mothers
would come up to me and say,
740
00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:40,360
"My daughter
wants to model because of you."
741
00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:43,280
And I would go,
"No. No, please, don't say that.
742
00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:45,040
I will cry. Like, don't."
743
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:49,920
I just... I think beauty is far more
if you're a good person or not.
744
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:54,240
I meet people
who are so much more beautiful
745
00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:57,240
because they're self-confident
no matter what you look like,
746
00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:01,520
skin, shape, hair, colour,
whatever, where you're from.
747
00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:04,840
That is beautiful.
It's about what makes you happy.
748
00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:08,120
It's about what makes you
feel confident or sexy.
749
00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:10,040
Not what about you
turns other people on,
750
00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:13,240
it's about what makes you
turn yourself on about yourself.
751
00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:16,160
That for me
is the most interesting part.
752
00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:23,640
-All right, that's the end!
-Yes!
753
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:28,720
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