From Asian to Caucasian

As a 1.5 generation Korean-Australian, I view the world in hybrid eyes. I find myself at times blurred by influences of the East by cultural heritage and the physical world of the West where I have actually lived all my life. While investigating and researching images of beauty in Korea and the aesthetics of traditional feminine beauty I am astounded by the amount of people (and not just Koreans but other Asians too) who believe that there is only "one valid definition of ideal beauty" (Wolf 1992).

The blog: THE GRAND NARRATIVE, addresses many social issues in South Korea today due to the globalisation,, more like, the Americanisation of the country in recent decades.
http://thegrandnarrative.com/2010/03/18/korea-cosmetic-surgery-caucasian/

The images below are sourced from THE GRAND NARRATIVE:

Even before the Westernization of South Korea, Koreans from before the Chosun Period (14th Century) had a compelling desire to have pale. clean skin.

The image in the background shows an advertisement for a cosmetic surgery practice. The steady transformation of Korean and other Asian women's desire to be have Caucasion facial features mean that one operation will not be the end to achieving the "new feminine ideal".