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prejudice or oriental aesthetics ?

Us fashion magazine Vogue posted a modelā€™s photo on the internet aroused a controversial discussion. Why? Because the ShangHai-born model are not traditional aesthetic beauty in majorityā€™s eyes, she has small eyes, fine eyebrows and flat nose, so that some netizens thought the magazine intended to post it and wanted to denigrate asian. Furthermore, there are also some people argued that the modelā€™s appearance is the western peopleā€™s stereotype of Asian. Besides, other netizens stood up for the model. They thought beauty is in the eye of the beholder, not a one-size-fills-all aesthetic but a singular beauty ,and appealed the mass to give more respect to diverse aesthetic.

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Prejudice or oriental aesthetics ?

A US fashion magazine, Vogue, posted a modelā€™s photo on the internetĀ which aroused/created/provoked some controversy a controversial discussion. Why? Because theĀ model who appeared in the photo is ShangHai-born, model and the Shanghainese are notĀ considered traditional aesthetic beauty inĀ the majorityā€™s eyes. she has They have small eyes, fine eyebrows andĀ a flat nose, so that some netizens thought the magazine intended to post it and wanted in order to to denigrate Asians. Furthermore, there are also some peopleĀ who argued that the modelā€™s appearance is only / only reflects the western peopleā€™s stereotype of Asians. Besides However, other netizens stood up for the model. They thought beauty is in the eye of the beholder, not a one-size-fills-all aesthetic but a singular beauty ,and appealedĀ to the masses to give more respect to diverse aesthetics.