In a story recently reported by Reuters via the China Daily Newspaper, China has plans to anoint its first Miss Plastic Surgery this October.
It said that the competition is open to women from any country, the only requirement in the made-to-order competition is proof of inauthenticity -- in the form of a doctor's certificate of cosmetic surgery.
The idea for the pageant came after one woman was barred from a traditional beauty contest because she had spent more than 110,000 yuan (7,138 pounds) on plastic surgery that changed her entire face.
According to the story, there has been a recent rise of China's "man-made beauties" due to a common sentiment that better-looking women find better jobs and marry wealthier men.
Chinese people spend about 20 billion yuan a year altering their looks. Communist China, which once considered make-up and beauty contests as bourgeois, has increasingly latched on to pageants and played for the first time to the Miss World competition in 2003.
Plastic Surgery in America
The choice of plastic surgery is a steadily hot topic of debate in America and abroad. Many people are looking to celebrities for direction. Celebrities such as Joan Rivers, Sharon Osbourne, and Pamela Anderson have been very forthcoming about their elective cosmetic surgeries, while celebrities such as Halle Berry, Penelope Cruz, and Sharon Stone are a little more wary of it.
Trends have included people choosing surgeries to have some part of themselves resemble a celebrity such as Brad Pitt's eyes or Britney Spear's body. Another trend includes people requesting several surgeries in order to look exactly like their favorite celebrity.
Are you ready for plastic surgery?
Opting for a surgical procedure is a serious matter. While many celebrities are having the procedures to appear youthful in their very competitive job market, others are doing it to simply feel better about themselves or to feel more attractive.
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