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Beauty Race

Changing your face? Or changing your race? This year, Insight celebrates its 10th anniversary as a forum and we’re looking back at some of our most memorable shows. This week we revisit the phenomenon of people changing their physical ethnic traits – using everything from skin whitening creams to double eye-lid surgery. Twenty-year-old Heidi Liow told Insight that although she values inner beauty, she has gone under the knife several times. "I do like Caucasian features. I also wanted to look like a manga character, like in all those Japanese cartoons, like Sailor Moon," she said. What are the pressures or influences spurring people to get cosmetic surgery and what is considered 'beautiful’ today? Subsequent to this recording, Insight discovered Dr Andrew Kim gave Heidi Liow and Glenda Bui an 80% discount to publicise his practice. SBS had no prior knowledge of this agreement.

English
  • Originally Aired August 4, 2014
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-G
  • Production Code 315107907532
  • Network SBS
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