Maureen

Main Regions: India, Brazil, Middle East, Mauritania, Burma

 * [|Enigma of Beauty (NatGeo)]
 * [|Beauty Ideals Around the World]
 * [|Manturian Women (Fat and Divorced=Beautiful)]


 * What (un)natural approaches do women take to achive the desired look?**
 * [|Beauty Tips (from a Blog)]
 * [|Omani women (Middle East)]
 * [|Mursi Lip Disks Africa]

In Africa, the women in the Mursi tribe do not envy Angelina Jolie’s full lips at all. Instead, they prefer to ornament their lips by placing a wide disk inside their open lip. The Mursi tribe in Africa practices a womanhood to stretch their lips significantly. In this tradition, a mother cuts her 16-year-old daughter’s lower lip and inserts a wooden disk in the new gap. The size of the disk, which reflects the woman’s bridewealth, is increased every month if the daughter chooses. Once a woman receives her disc, society sees her as an adult with reproductive potential. **__USE THIS ONE__** OR- Certain African tribes and women in Asia and the Middle East, cultures consider the opposite beautiful. "The Mursi tribe in Africa practices a womanhood to stretch their lips significantly." In this tradition, a mother cuts her 16-year-old daughter’s lower lip and inserts a wooden disk in the new gap." The size of the disk, which reflects the woman’s bridewealth, is increased every month if the daughter chooses. **__NO__**

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