A diverse cast of models shows how the standard of beauty for women has changed dramatically over time.
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HAIR & MAKEUP
T. Justine Reilly @Tjustine
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Cathleen Cher
MODELS
Savannah Winters (Ancient Egypt) @itssavannahwinters
Sarah Portillo (Ancient Greece) @nocturnal_wonder / @Nocturnal_1der
Hannah Jun (Han Dynasty) @hannahEjun
Ryn Higgins (Italian Renaissance) @rynhiggs
Alyssa Noelle (Victorian England) @msalyssanoelle
Anna Halberg (Roaring Twenties) @AnnaHalberg
Sierra Santana (Golden Age Of Hollywood) @vivalasantana
Mackenzie Stith (Swinging Sixties) Vine – MackenzieStith
Laura James (Supermodel Era) @lauraellenjames
Courtney Soldan-Els (Heroin Chic) @courtneywasall
Sydney Ladd (Postmodern Beauty) @sydneyladd
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I'm sorry… where's the male ideal bodies cuz I don't see it…
Nowadays everyone doesn't hafto fit in with the trend your beautiful the way you are we're all unique and imperfectly perfect.
Of course the beauty standard now is the most and most impossible to achieve lmao
Can we just all agree that all of these women are absolute beautiful
Sorry, wrong era.I'm just gonna travel back to 1400 – 1700
I found the modern one innacurate
Wow the 1990s wouldve loved me
2:15 I realised I'm not straight
Egyptians are not like this We are different in shape🤷♀️
All of the 'curvy' ones are way exaggerated lol. Look at ancient Greek statues, they embody the beauty ideal of the culture and they're more like models than this girl
When you fit exactly none of these body types. Not even close. Meh oh well 😂😂 ‘‘tis life
I also like the 20s and the Egyptians 2020 is WIERD what is it with your butt
I would fit in the 20s
What are these "eras"? From the Han dynasty to the famous "Supermodel era"… ah yeah, sure.
i mean the italian renassance would have loved me😂
every single one was unique, different and gorgeous. <3
The Ancient Egypt/Roaring Twenties would love me.
What about Victorian Scotland? 🙃
Some beautiful girl just born in wrong time
Idk if it's just me but I feel like some of these body types didn't suit the ideals of the time they were representing. Especially the Golden age.
I'm conventionally attractive in the 20s, 60s, and 90s
Plot twist: BuzzFeed actually time travel to ancient times and old times and take the female they see
Today's version is the fucked up one 🙉
Someone, please invent a time machine I could've got myself a date in the Italian Renaissance.
1:34 ok, but why is there Marilyn Monroe in the background?
She was a stick…
okay maybe not a stick, but she was pretty tiny
I knew I was born in the wrong decade duuude
If there's any era to not be chubby (by the era's standars oc) it's the victorian era.
thigh gap? who on earth wants that? 🤢
I would fit in perfectly in the roaring 20s
roaring twenties would have loved me
Roaring 20s would’ve loved me
OOF the roaring 20s would love me🤪😚
just wanna point out that all the women in this video were absolutely gorgeous
So…my body is Hollywood era with Egyptian skin🤔…not bad
Let’s admit it. We enjoyed the comments more then the video.
1960 and 1990 went slenderman
No I’m serious. Is all the twisting needed?
2020 standards be like thick thighs small waist big boobs big butt but you still have to be skinny like what
Ancient Egyptians weren't black. If you look at ancient wall paintings and manuscripts from the time you'll see that Ancient Egyptians = brown, Greeks, Libyans, Phoenicians and Romans: white, Nubians and other Africans: black. End of story.
So, I am pretty–in italian renaissance
Was this video any other girl's gay awakening? It was sure mine, I'm just like "All these women are so beautiful…"
I'm not fat, I'm an antique beauty
That depiction of the golden age of Hollywood is just about normalizing plus sizes in current day and nothing to do with actually depicting the truth. I’m sure that Judy Garland, when she was being made to subsist on nothing but chicken broth and amphetamines (at the age of 16!!) would be really impressed with our grasp of beauty standards of the time – and with our total disregard of what most women put themselves through in order to try and attain it. Ahh… Buzzfeed. All about the political agendas once again: 99% ideology, 1% truth.
Thicc thighs, tiddies, round eyes, cute chubby face and Loli…… Wait. I mean Lol Im just kidding, noo …… Don't arrest me….. NOOOOO!!!JJAHSHBZKAHYKALXOW
Historian brain: The 30s one isn't even remotely accurate, body standards at the time were in favor of really petite and skinny hourglass figures.
Lesbian brain: heheh pretty ladies
T find the Egyptian body type my fave
Bruh they're all beautiful
Who else had a really hard time reading the texts.
The super model era would have loved me