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Want to know the reasoning on how Thai women's hair is so silky, long and their skin is flawless and glowing? Well it's because they use special secret ingredients. These include:

Coconut Oil - includes numerous health benefits which you can use of the face, body and hair.

Tamarind - great beauty product like facial cleansers.

Papaya - great beauty product again, mainly used in body and face masks.

Lemongrass - Women appreciate this for it's beauty benefits because it is detoxifying and exfoliating ingredients.

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This tradition starts in children at a very young age.

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This is a picture of a typical beautiful Thai woman in the other parts of Thailand (not northern with the Kayans). Her lighter skin, wider eyes, and petite features are considered beautiful. This idea of beauty is also an old tradition and idea as well. This is the standard that women meet for men still to this day. It is a very different look than Kayan women.

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In Thailand, cosmetic surgery has been practiced for decades. The most well known hospital specializ-ing in aesthetic surgery is the Yanhee Hospital in Thonburi. This hospital attracts tourists from all around the world for its expertise in cosmetic surgery. Down below is an actual picture of an advertisement shown at the Yanhee Hospital in Thailand.

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Most of Thai women have black or dark coloured rich hair either straight or curly. The ideal features in Thai advertisement shows that women would rather their hair be straight, with silky, smooth and shiny highlights.

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These three women are exactly what the beauty standards look like in all the other parts of Thailand (other than northern parts). Tall, thin and skinny looking, with small facial features and pale, bright skin. Although the women in the middle is dark, she is known to Thailand the 'Dark Beauty'.

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Beauty of the body is the particular concern of women in Thailand. The attractiveness of your face is valued in both sexes, as in the phrase commonly used: naa taa dii, (which means good looking face and eyes). Although, in general, women's bodies are considered beautiful and attractive (suay or ngaam), not men's.
The ideal body image for a Thai women is thin, sleek looking with petite features. Thin and tall, similar to what we see here in Canada and the U.S.

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The concept of 'face' is very important in Thailand. This means that on the one side, one should not lose one's face by bad or immoral behaviour. One should rather maintain one's reputation which is called 'rak sa naa' in Thai.
On the other side, the 'face' (in the sense of reputation) is also determined by physical beauty. Hence, Thai people strive for 'naa taa dii' which means 'good eyes and face'. Thus, 'beauty' is a matter of physical attractiveness and good behaviours and manners in Thailand.

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Beautiful Thai girls must not have a big nose or a big jaw or really any big facial features in general. Even having a 'refined' nose is popular as a lot of Thai women get Rhinoplasty.
The most exceptional and natural characteristic about a women's face in Thailand is how 'slim' they can be and that it narrows to a sharp end at the chin, which tends to make the face look more feminine.

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First of all, after researching all of this information, I was very intrigued with Thailand's type of beauty because in a way, it is sort of similar to our beauty standards here in North America (as they follow images shown by advertisements and the media surrounding fat shaming and cosmetic use as well), but also VERY different.

Different in a way that they wear rings around their neck? Very strange how the more longer your neck is, the more beautiful you are. I definitely could not picture myself wearing these rings, as I could imagine how comfortable they must be to wear all the time.

That is also what I found very interesting. How different the two beauty standards are from the north of Thailand to the other parts of Thailand. The Kayan women and girls dress a total opposite way compared to the rest of Thailand, and I wonder how it got to a point to be so different?

I also find it crazy that how they believe the more white and bright your skin is, the more beautiful and feminine looking you are. I think people with darker skin should embrace their skin and show confidence in it, as it is beautiful and different. This trend is kind of racist as it resembles the whiter race more dominant in society which is very negative and not reflecting the true meaning of beauty in my eyes at all.

After all, beauty is really in the eye of the beholder, and I personally believe that no matter the race, one colour does not seem more beautiful than the other, ones facial features is not more beautiful than the other comparing by smallness, and one's body is not more beautiful the more small and thin it is. Everyone's body is beautiful in their own and unique way and I personally believe that you shouldn't have to change the way you look for the public and society to look at you normally. It is really crazy when you think about it that way.

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Most Thai women have naturally small eyes meanwhile they would prefer to have double eyelids which makes their eyes big and round. 'People who have single eyelids would do double eyelids surgery to make their eyes look bigger.'
This trend has also resulted plus sized contact lenses to also make their eyes seem bigger rather than smaller.

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This is a picture of an older Kayan woman in her neck rings. This woman would be considered beautiful in Kayan society (northern Thailand) as it is a very old Kayan tradition. Kayan elders are seen as more beautiful because their necks have stretched further over time, adding more and more rings as they get older, making their necks very long. Eventually, their necks are being held up only by these rings.

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In some parts of Thailand, beauty is mainly based from their old traditions, but in others, beauty has a completely different meaning (some standards that are similar to Japan).They are extremely concious about themselves and how they appear. Thai culture is generally a very respectful culture. Women are taught from a very young age to be polite, soft-spoken and respectful. So it is not just the physical appearance; but also the behavior of Thai women which is beautiful. The women of Thailand are taught that if these beauty standards are met, the higher they will stand socially, economically, and the higher their marriage partner's economic status will be. Also these beauty standards are BECAUSE so they can get a man that finds them attractive enough to marry. It's all about attracting the opposite sex and getting their attention to make them feel beautiful.

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Since most Thai people are born with medium to dark skin, they prefer a lighter complexion. They hold an opinion that pale skin looks cleaner and thus provides a better aura. This conception also prevails that the lighter skin one has, the better social advantages are offered, as it stands for youth, health and wealth which is further considered as a symbol of high quality and modesty in women. Also the whiter the skin you have the higher the future marriage partner's social class could be.
However, having white skin alone does not make the girl pretty. She must also have pretty facial features.