Woman Had Her Face Photoshopped In More Than 25 Countries To Compare Their Beauty Standards

The use of Photoshop to enhance the appearance of models and celebrities is often criticized for promoting unrealistic standards of beauty, but one woman's incredible experiment uses the image-editing tool to examine how those standards vary around the world.

Esther Honig, a 24-year-old journalist based in Kansas City, Missouri, sent an image of herself to 40 people in 25 countries with the request 'Make me look beautiful.'

The resulting images were altered by professional photo re-touchers in Sri Lanka, Morocco, the Philippines and elsewhere, illustrating the drastically different aesthetic preferences of various cultures. Miss Honig shared the series, titled Before & After, on her website.