If She Has Your Nose, She’s Getting Surgery
November 25, 2009 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Beauty, Surgery
Picture a couple having a conversation not long after their baby daughter was born – and the mother says to the father, “If she has your nose, she’s going to get surgery.” Sounds too way out there? Not if you’re in Venezuela, say researchers from the Central University of Venezuela.
Venezuala has the honor (?) of holding the most international beauty pageant winners in the world. The women are known for their beauty – but a lot of that beauty is created, not natural. Of course, this isn’t unusual, cosmetic surgery to enlarge breasts, “fix” eyes, remove sags, and to make …read more
Plastic Surgery Pageant in Hungary
October 27, 2009 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Surgery
There’s no whispering, questioning or denying at this pageant: yes, the winner did have plastic surgery. So did the runners up, as did everyone else who entered. Miss Plastic Surgery Hungary 2009 is a pageant meant to help show women what plastic surgery can do for a woman and to promote it in a country where cosmetic surgery isn’t a popular option.
There were 18 contestants and they had to prove that they had had cosmetic surgery to be eligible; Botox and other types of injections were not considered. While the type of surgery didn’t matter, the majority of the women …read more
