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From Alice Joyce to Kim Kardashian: Feminine Beauty Ideals Throughout the Years

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Modern beauty trends prescribe their fashion rules for women around the globe. And if today girls with full lips and sharp cheekbones are considered to be the ideal of beauty, some 50 years ago a girl with such facial features would hardly be on the list of beauties.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the ideal of beauty was considered to be tall girls with large breasts and a wasp waist. The Gibson Girls turned out to be the personification of the feminine ideal of physical attractiveness. The main beauty trend of the 1930s was the eyebrows. More precisely, their absence, as the eyebrows kept getting thinner and thinner until they were basically just a single drawn-on line.

Clumsy teenage girls with long slender legs became the new beauty ideal in the 1960s. However, with the 1970s, the age of fitness and athletic women began, with a spike of bold, bright colours and heavy make-up. Nowadays, slim and fit girls of athletic build are considered fashionable and beautiful, with the main trends of olive skin, puffy lips, high cheekbones and fluffy eyelashes.

© Photo : Public domain"Gibson Girls" (engraving after original drawing, titled Picturesque America, Anywhere Along the Coast) in beach attire (cropped image), illustration by Charles Dana Gibson. The pen-and-ink illustrations of artist Charles Dana Gibson during a 20-year period spanned the late 19th and early 20th century in the United States and Canada. The artist saw his creation as representing the composite of "thousands of American girls".
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"Gibson Girls" (engraving after original drawing, titled Picturesque America, Anywhere Along the Coast) in beach attire (cropped image), illustration by Charles Dana Gibson. The pen-and-ink illustrations of artist Charles Dana Gibson during a 20-year period spanned the late 19th and early 20th century in the United States and Canada. The artist saw his creation as representing the composite of "thousands of American girls".
© Photo : Public domainAlice Joyce, an American actress, who appeared in more than 200 silent films during the 1910s and 1920s.
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Alice Joyce, an American actress, who appeared in more than 200 silent films during the 1910s and 1920s.
© AP PhotoAmerican film actress and sex symbol of the 1930s Jean Harlow, was one of the biggest movie stars in the world. Often called the "Blonde Bombshell" and the "Platinum Blonde", she was famous for her "Laughing Vamp" movie persona.
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American film actress and sex symbol of the 1930s Jean Harlow, was one of the biggest movie stars in the world. Often called the "Blonde Bombshell" and the "Platinum Blonde", she was famous for her "Laughing Vamp" movie persona.
© AFP 2023US actress, Hollywood icon Katharine Hepburn, became one of the most acclaimed actresses of all time. She was outspoken and her longstanding affair with US actor Spencer Tracy brought drama and controversy to her life. But no woman has matched the four Academy Awards she won and the American Film Institute counted her among the greatest film icons, alongside Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, and Bette Davis.
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US actress, Hollywood icon Katharine Hepburn, became one of the most acclaimed actresses of all time. She was outspoken and her longstanding affair with US actor Spencer Tracy brought drama and controversy to her life. But no woman has matched the four Academy Awards she won and the American Film Institute counted her among the greatest film icons, alongside Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, and Bette Davis.
© AP PhotoAmerican actress, model, and singer Marilyn Monroe in the famous scene from the movie "The Seven-Year Itch". She became well-known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters and was one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s. She was emblematic of the era's changing attitudes towards sexuality.
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American actress, model, and singer Marilyn Monroe in the famous scene from the movie "The Seven-Year Itch". She became well-known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters and was one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s. She was emblematic of the era's changing attitudes towards sexuality.
© AFP 2023Belgian-born British actress Audrey Hepburn was known for her radiant beauty and style, and her ability to project an air of sophistication tempered by a charming innocence.
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Belgian-born British actress Audrey Hepburn was known for her radiant beauty and style, and her ability to project an air of sophistication tempered by a charming innocence.
© AP Photo / Nick UtActress Farrah Fawcett waits between shots during the taping of the second "Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes", in Mission Viejo, California, 1977.
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Actress Farrah Fawcett waits between shots during the taping of the second "Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes", in Mission Viejo, California, 1977.
© AFP 2023 / Timothy A. ClarySupermodel Elle MacPherson displays a see-through mesh top with a jean suit during the Todd Oldham Fall 1995 fashion show in New York.
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Supermodel Elle MacPherson displays a see-through mesh top with a jean suit during the Todd Oldham Fall 1995 fashion show in New York.
© AFP 2023 / TIMOTHY A. CLARYModel Kate Moss wears a flapped hat with a suede jacket, 07 April 1994, during the showing of the Fall 1994 Anne Klein collection.
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Model Kate Moss wears a flapped hat with a suede jacket, 07 April 1994, during the showing of the Fall 1994 Anne Klein collection.
© AP Photo / Kevork DjansezianChristina Aguilera performs at the first annual Latin Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, 2000.
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Christina Aguilera performs at the first annual Latin Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, 2000.
© AP Photo / Chris Pizzello/InvisionKim Kardashian West arrives at the US premiere of "The Promise" at the TCL Chinese Theatre on 12 April 2017, in Los Angeles.
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Kim Kardashian West arrives at the US premiere of "The Promise" at the TCL Chinese Theatre on 12 April 2017, in Los Angeles.
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