One of the Internet beauty sensations of 2015 is Cut Video’s series “100 Years of Beauty” which travels the world to profile how beauty ideals have changed over the past century. Their latest installment brings them to China. In the video, model Leah Li shows how transformative beauty has been in the culture, from the glamorous look of the 1920s to the modest beauty under Chairman Mao. See for yourself below:
This Is What 100 Years of Chinese Beauty Looks Like in Less Than a Minute
A gorgeous evolution.
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