While dark skin and black hair are characteristics that resemble most Mexicans, tall, skinny and blond women are considered the standard for beauty in Mexican society.

What is the standard of being beautiful in our culture?

Being tall, fair, slender, having light eyes and light hair, and Aryan features became the platinum standard for beauty. Women across the world have been experimenting with cosmetics and beauty aids since time immemorial.

What is the Latina beauty standard?

In Latin cultures, the beauty standard is for women is to have a little bit of meat on their bones. Jillian Hernandez, 33, a doctoral candidate in women and gender studies from Rutgers University said, “Latin women are just like other women.

What are beauty standards?

Beauty standards are the individual qualifications women are expected to meet in order to embody the “feminine beauty ideal” and thus, succeed personally and professionally. Both beauty standards and the feminine beauty ideal are moving targets. They change over time and from culture to culture.

What are American beauty standards?

America has a culturally accepted norm of what makes someone beautiful. A standard that is hard to meet. Being light-skinned, blonde and blue-eyed is the benchmark of beauty, of what is most desirable. These theories also help explain why certain physical attributes are more valuable in American society.