7:35 pm - 09/16/2012
Most college students learn about the golden ratio, a mathematical proportion considered aesthetically pleasing by designers, artists and architects. But one Chinese beauty contest has caused outrage for dictating that its college student contestants have specific body proportions, down to the placement of their nipples.
The contest, held by the website Campus Model, is searching for the "ten most beautiful college students" in Hubei Province, according to Gawker. Its rules outline stringent requirements for applicants, including standards for hips, waist and bust measurements. It even states the desired distance between a contestant's pupils.
1. The space between the eyes and mouth should be 36 percent of the face’s total length.
2. The height of the individual should be 7.1 times the height of her head.
3. The distance between the two nipples should be at least 20 centimeters.
Derided by critics as "humiliating, disrespectful and ridiculous," the contest's most controversial requirement is that applicants prove that their nipples are no more than 20 centimeters apart, according to Global Times. The prize for winning is about $1,600.
A spokesman for Campus Model told the Times that the measurement criteria were based on "traditional Chinese and more modern Western aesthetic values," and were necessary because the organizers wanted the winners to be "extremely good-looking."
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Perfectly Spaced Nipples Required In Chinese College Beauty Contest
Most college students learn about the golden ratio, a mathematical proportion considered aesthetically pleasing by designers, artists and architects. But one Chinese beauty contest has caused outrage for dictating that its college student contestants have specific body proportions, down to the placement of their nipples.
The contest, held by the website Campus Model, is searching for the "ten most beautiful college students" in Hubei Province, according to Gawker. Its rules outline stringent requirements for applicants, including standards for hips, waist and bust measurements. It even states the desired distance between a contestant's pupils.
1. The space between the eyes and mouth should be 36 percent of the face’s total length.
2. The height of the individual should be 7.1 times the height of her head.
3. The distance between the two nipples should be at least 20 centimeters.
Derided by critics as "humiliating, disrespectful and ridiculous," the contest's most controversial requirement is that applicants prove that their nipples are no more than 20 centimeters apart, according to Global Times. The prize for winning is about $1,600.
A spokesman for Campus Model told the Times that the measurement criteria were based on "traditional Chinese and more modern Western aesthetic values," and were necessary because the organizers wanted the winners to be "extremely good-looking."
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Pancakes are delicious. All the men who I've been with seem to agree, so no shame for big nips here.
What's the criteria? Is there a standard? The size of like, iHop pancakes? Or the size of those pancakes some guy cooked in a spoon like heroin in that photo meme?
so there
the uppity reaction from across the pacific is always fun tho
White people don't have a monopoly on fucked-up beauty standards, people.
Also IA with you. Should I also state that I'm Chinese and wave that card around?
The Chinese beauty standard is tiring. You have to look like 'generic white person' while retaining your Chineseness or else they'd hate you
just different, not any better or worse
This diagram...