100 Years of Beauty: Philippines | Research Behind the Looks | Cut 

Correction Marcos is not a corrupt

Please do a man version I'm begging you

No

@@eucliwoodhellscythe602 youre an idiot

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Omg thank you

Bella VAA this is so true.

Well, nursing in Philippines is an university degree...

Like in england people looked down at nurses since they are filipino. From what my bestfriend who is a doctor said :(

Can't deny your country is poor, but you guys have tough spirits by not letting all that bring you down

@Santos Tan and what's ur point? So beauty in south Asia where I live is having light skin. I'm south Asian 100% and I've very light skin. I'm considered naturally beautiful by people here. Now imagine if dark skin were to be a beauty standard in south Asia. Will I be considered naturally beautiful? No.

@Santos Tan so hence, beauty is always conditioned.

@Santos Tan u clearly didnt get my point but okay-

@Santos Tan and u mentioned "naturally beautiful people" so how do u define that? That depends upon where u were raised. If u were raised in Asia, pale skin big eyes, lashes, thin body is considered naturally beautiful if u were born w it. In western countries, tan skin, slim thick body is considered naturally beautiful if u were born w it. The features that are considered naturally beautiful in one place may not be considered beautiful by people of other places. So for me. Shit like being "naturally beautiful" doesnt exist or doesnt exist for a long time. English ain't my first language so idk how to explain this in a better way. AND why u getting butthurt because I said im considered pretty cause of my light skin? I didnt say brown skin is ugly lmao

Everyone is beautiful! Period...

Iris Baul I dunno about where you live but on the North East coast we just see the Philippines as the Mexico of Asia

+Zachary Bittner india is Mexico of asia

shinyeon23 India is the Brazil of Asia.

Zachary Bittner why? because of drugs and crimes?

omgGrrr ful nah, because people constantly say Brazil and India are going to be the next economic power houses but they never end up being one because they have real problems with things like poverty, corruption, infrastructure, etc.

Tarynne Skye lol

I must admit that my contacts with Filipino people is mostly in health care, since that's what I do. But the Filipino people I have known have mostly been very knowledgeable and hard working, with a playful sense of humor and pleasant demeanor. There is nothing inherently shameful about being a maid or a nurse! Much needed professions.

I agree, Barbara Danley . I guess my declaration was just targeted at those who limit our employment/education options to health care alone and who identify us as capable of ONLY nursing or being the household help. It's a very limiting stereotype. I myself am a nurse in Australia but when I tried to pursue another course in a totally different area, I was told by school counsellors that I might feel more comfortable among those of my own kind. The qualities you mentioned are indeed what makes us great nurses (THANK YOU!) but it what makes us excel in other fields too. If I had a dollar every time I meet a person says, "Oh you're Filipino! Let me guess, you must be a nurse/domestic helper/cleaner/maid!" or even worse, when they see my purely Filipino daughter who just happens to be fair skinned "You must be the nanny!"...I would set for life. Hahaha!

+Tarynne Skye, wow, that's awful. I don't think those stereotypes are common here in the US. I have known Filipino people in other professions, especially in the US Navy. The best chef I ever knew was a USN cook. His food could make you moan.

Barbara Danley Well to be honest there really are many filipino nurse and domestic helpers around the world so it cant be helped.(and nurse are respected anyway)

Leira Zetroc it's very common in asian countries and in latin america as well! My parents are from Mexico and there still seems to be some racism towards those who look more indigenous.

Love this

Leira Zetroc The "European aesthetics" part is not that accurate, though. In China, Korea and Japan white skin was and is a beauty standard and of course had nothing to do with caucasian standards, but had the same "roots" (the thing about social class and the tan you get by working outside)

SteviaCookies THANKYOU. as soon as i heard him say the european thing.. i was like. no. that can't be right. i'm pretty sure it has to do with socialstatus becuase pale skin means you're privileged/wealthy enough to not be working in the sun all the time

SteviaCookies Maybe it wasn't brought in by Europeans but it definitely enforced the beauty standards of having white skin because of the issue of racism plus social class differentiation.

Anne Byun just have a positive mind. Those people are just being racist no offense. I'm also from the Philippines and I understand that people prefer lighter skin tone. But really it doesn't matter. As long as you love yourself, no one can bring you down. Btw i love your profile pic ❤️

You're not alone. We are actually blessed for having a tan skin. Filipinos should realized that. I've never use any whitening products bc it's a waste of money and I know it doesn't really work. irarampa ko ang kutis Filipina.

Anne Byun same here! though I'm not really dark, but I still get bullied because of my skin color, as well as my fellow classmates. Students who usually have tanned skin are called "paig", which means "burnt" in English. It's depressing...

Be proud of your ancestors no matter what anyone says. I'm not even Filipino myself I'm Mexican but I love the Filipino culture embrace it because it's awesome 🙌🏽🙂

I'm a filipino, I have a brown skin, growing up in PH, people and even some of my family members called me negro but most of my american friends think that my skin awesome because they said my skin tone is very unique, they actually thought that I'm from Mexico

Buena Sumilhig yeah, poor people are out in the sun farming, so poor people are dark. We use the same rational only opposite in America. someone white but tan is someone who vacations a lot, so tan skin is seen as a positive. Both are just signalling about your wealth though.

Buena Sumilhig I was born dark skin and my grandma and she will tell me every single time to use creams and other stuff to lighten my skin because my luscious tan skin is making me look ugly xD

Well i see people with darker skin more attractive tho. They look more healthy I guess :)

Buena Sumilhig that's sad.. but people say being a morena is beautiful :)

i really can relate. 😭😭 to your sister..

u need to highen ur standards for what u find sad or u will become deeply depressed..

You need to Highen your standards on what constitutes a word.

Jazzordan really its not a real word?

"Highen" is not a word. Your screen name should be Disabled.

Jazzordan relax kid im joking

at least he is doing something and acknowledging shit instead of starting cockfights and selling women -_-

@@Haneenfarwan wtf does that have to do with anything.

@@Haneenfarwan wtf?

@@Haneenfarwan what the actual fuck does that have to do with goddamn video

@@junetta_aep_breaccglas my comment is cuz people are dissing on him and the origins of his name and what he is doing its literally just a fucking video of looks throughout time with clear research and obviously no countries history can be fully 100% covered in a short video thus u get weirdos making comments like dude above

Its because people in the Philippines had more proper discipline its our culture that all of us filipinos should always act sincerely kind polite and disciplined

True. Happy for you! ❤👏😊 every Korean is an artist here in the Philippines hahahh😀

because Philippines was colonized by the Spaniards for more than 300 years, so basically every Filipinos have Spanish surnames (except most highlanders and people from the southern islands because they weren't influenced that much)

you can notice as well that the researcher's last name had a chinese surname because in the philippines theres a good amount of filipino chinese that constitute the population so i guess maybe the researcher might be fil chi am

Tucense basically spain is the philippines bastard father

Zody Logan Lol they actually did this for tax purposes or for census counting. They implemented that Filipinos to adopt Spanish surnames but there are still some old surnames in there because their status of tribes/class were high enough to not be touched. Back then I think Filipinos surnames was too literal. Like it consisted of two words of a thing, idk :)) Haven't researched that far back XD

my name is Spanish 😁

Stephanie Smith lmao

2008 when i was in Boracay Malay Aklan My Hungarian friend told me, you if you have tan skin the same like your sknin you are so lucky if you are living in Hungary because some people thier spend allot of money for making their skin color Tan or "kayumangi" in your words. 😂😂😂 Ohh... really...?

Ka-yoo-Mang(Mon in monkey)- Gi

One good and well known reason is that the mentality of most Filipinos--whether it's just to simply work as a domestic helper in a common household, is that the mere thought itself--of being able to work outside their motherland, would give them the hope to realize the dream of rising their families from the grips of financial hardships. Although it may not be true to all, but this is the common reality for most. Another thing is that, only a few percentage of Filipinos living in the slums (which is a greater percentage making up the rest of the population) are only able to afford the commodity of studying in college, thus the remaining percentage (mostly finishing up until highschool or not at all) opt to work as a domestic worker where (most) Filipinos can put their household managment skills to use such as raising a child or the everyday activities involving domestic activities. Many domestic helpers commonly experience the cruelties of their employers as these OFWs' (Overseas Filipino Workers) worth is reduced to the definition of their stereotype and (most commonly) lack of profficiency in literacy. So, the next time you happen to meet someone who's a Filipino and is currently working a good day's worth of hours into domestic services, just think about the sacrifice they had to endure to leave their families behind in hopes of searching for a better future to provide for him/her and for those he/she has left behind. It would mean the world if people would see them past beyond the stereotypes the others have laid on them. Cheers!

Olivia Devereaux well written.

Lori D thank you!

That stereotype came from the majority of the world being exposed only to Filipinos working abroad. Well-off Filipinos do a lot of traveling but their "home-base" is still the Philippines since they have affluent properties and holdings. Their "privilege" to go to good schools and more intensive education ensures them good jobs that pay well. Sometimes, nepotism comes into play as well. As the researcher here have said, there is extreme wealth and extreme poverty present here in the PH. Those of lower socio-economic status choose to go abroad to get jobs that pay more than what they would have received in the PH, as the previous commenter has stated. A janitor/nurse/maid/etc. here gets minimum wage. The minimum wage here in the PH is exponentially less than the minimum wage abroad, and so they choose to migrate.

+goshadowkenny because in countries where there are abundance of Filipino maids and nurses, they are experiencing shortage of such profession. I cannot really speak in behalf of maids but as a nurse, I can say that in the UK, the nursing profession is in the shortage list. Meaning, there is not enough nurses in UK so the government recruits foreign nurses and that include Filipinos. Since most Filipinos who took up nursing would like to have a better life, they would want to go other countries. UK and other countries who are looking for foreign nurses because of shortage are willing to give visas (with appropriate qualification and painstaking requirements to be fulfilled). That is why most Filipinos in other countries are in healthcare profession. Of course I met some Filipinos who are not in healthcare or working as helpers, so yeah, we live in a diverse world.

Yes that's a good speech

+Ralph delrosario I know you are an filipino and i am Half japanese and filipino

Paula Armada you too

teddy bear did you really think all filipinos look like that? I'm not a Filipino but I've seen youtube videos about "Pinoy Stars, Pinoy Actors and Actresses, and Filipino Celebrities." They all have natural beautiful faces. You should check that out.

THERE IS ONLY ONE RACE (HUMAN RACE). THERE ARE A LOT OF ETHNICITY

Its kind of america's fault but not really they showed us the whites are dominant that others

Well it's a preference and we cant force people to love something they don't so just let them be.

I'm pretty brown.. But more on the lighter side of brown..you think Shawn will like me? 😍😭😂

And yet I've traveled all over asia and spent time in the Philippines. I know a lot of foreigners who have married filipinas most of them are more attracted to the dark skinned natural girls. Seems most filipinos put those standards for light skin on themselves. It confuses me every time I'm there..

secret did you mean Mendes?

Jo

JL Quire mambabatok of Kalinga. Whang od

JL Quire But the reference in the video is from the Pintados which are Visayan. The first ever tattooed people that the Spanish documented where the Pintados who were tattoed from head to toe including the women. You can see the illustrations in the Boxer Codex (1500s)

@@jocelyndelacruz8531 The reference is from the Visayan "Pintados"

Zwitzel Monte I'm one of them. Partly. My father is quarter manubo. We're not ashamed to tell anyone that we're part of that ethnic group. We're proud of it.

is it Manubo or Manobo?

I have cousins that are "subanon". They do have pinkish white skin complexion. Idk of all of them have this kind of complexion or just them.

The ifugao's also have fair skin.

misleading.

True!

So true!!! Its also in the Phils....So many whitening products

In India as well! I just don't get it. We're all beautiful in our own ways!

In Indonesia too. Unless you're a chinese descendant, our real skin is yellow to brown. I don't know why so many women fear of getting dark skin, like it's a bad thing. They say something harsh to their own children if they have dark skin!

because they advertising the beauty is white and pale skin .. some will take injection for white skin. who knows Sooner or later the effect of the products will harm them. especially collagens for white skin.. and blablabla...

Well yeah... having white skin is a beauty standard in most Asian countries...

Well duh? It's Asia!

jocelyn rivas it's a beauty standard

jocelyn rivas which I'm not that fond of

I think that's because of buzzfeed.. I think they have a partnership.. they show cuts videos some time on their site.. but Yes I like this too.

***** I would request you please also to show the research about Iran 100 years of beauty because its video was very interesting by that one can learn allot about how political changes effect beauty

***** Thank you so much

800,000+ now

904,093 now!!

Emily Rose Yeah, i like your suggestion. That's gotta be like 5,000 years of Egyptian beauty in a nutshell.

Emily Storey just 100 years of beauty. :)

Dolores Storey

No. Filipinos being happy and smiling are defense mechanism.

It really is. You have every right to be proud :L

Omo Omo CocoMomo

I was just about to make a comment like this. I was hoping for Jamaica or T&T something!

What part of Jamaica are you from Omo?

:) i'll remember this comment, for when you guys can't answer bc there's millions of them lol i'm so lame

***** Do one for Brazil, please!

I never heard maids but nurses for sure...

+Tahuan Tinsuyo nurses are those maids; teachers are those maids. College graduate are those maids. Why?! No work to employ them in the philippines so they go abroad for whatever work and so you have nurses, teachers, college graduate , high school graduate who usually work as maids.

dosdadio siapa This is the role of a vassal state. The parasitic Empire steals your brains while your oligarchy vassals to the US steal your money and corrupt your government and society. Filipinos will be the US's cannon fodder against China.

+RiceChef- -SadFrogSimon OFW'S?

It's okay😀 we're used to it.

Why?

because now, in the Philippines, they have this mindset of white beauty. AKA fair skin = beautiful and rich; dark= ugly and poor. if you go to the Philippines, you will see a shit ton of whitening products. its sickening.

Karaminah That is throughout asia and I think the concept of white skin dates way back before Europeans set foot in the continent.

So what is stopping them from retaining their natural skintone? There are white people that go to tanning saloons to obtain a brown glow to their skin, the same way non-faired skin people want to obtain lighter skintone. Also people buy whitening products not to obtain fair-skin, but to obtain eventoned complexion.

Yeah , like DEYM A whole shelf , whatever u call that is literally full of whitening products , maybe even 2 or 3 shelves

@PalealYah Bayn Yisrael she's not, that's the real face of a native filipina duh

@PalealYah Bayn Yisrael lmao

@PalealYah Bayn Yisra'el but maybe she's not mix i mean .... When the spaniards came there clothing changes....

Michael Phillipspenis

Yea the women. Lol

Benjamin Rome Clarke Then you might want to see this, early 16th century "1500's" Filipino Clothing before Spanish invasion. 1.viki.io/d/3306c/73b10b1174.jpg livelifefullest.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Ayen51.jpg 4.bp.blogspot.com/-NfLMBIkg8uw/TeR9OIrT9BI/AAAAAAAAAi8/7Buls0CAWbY/s1600/Raymond5.JPG www.google.com.ph/search?q=Amaya+GMA+7+costumes&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=643&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=fYtzVau_FsGk8AWuoIKwBg&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ#tbm=isch&q=boxer+codex+1595

meiji capa Hmm, I see a bit of Chinese influence here.

Benjamin Rome Clarke Yeah because of the trade, but it's more of an Indian and southeast asian.

so gay :)

negawut™ Gay AND nerdy. That's me.

Nio Hoe ehh not really they just made her skin a bit too light

Huh?

1940-WE ALL LOOK LIKE JAPANESE!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1 2010-sooooooooooo boring

Linda Barry Currently, many Filipinas take a whitening pill called Glutathione. Some even inject the Glutathione directly into their system. It's very rampant and common in the Philippines to see whitening soap, whitening pills and many other whitening beauty products.

I had no clue. This video really educated me :) Hopeful Soul Thx for sharing your knowledge. I'll go to bed less stupid :)

Linda Barry Many Asian countries (if not all) have skin whitening products, they are very popular, very mainstream, the middle east as them too (I was there for a bit and there were a lot of commercials promoting them)

Well a lot of Filipinas are also born white. And the most common skin is called "kayumanggi" which is not so dark and not so white. We're more likely kayumanggi and white.

Linda Barry Not only them. I think it's safe to say that all the East Asian countries; Korea, China, Japan, etc. Bleach their skin.

+GuacamoleKun then you live in a bubble.

katralber I'm talking about my own opinion. I don't really care what anyone else thinks is beautiful.

What?!

Bound for Baguio there is a study about that it called Austronesian just search it you will learn more..

I definitely would love to know more about the mixing too!

I definitely would love to know more about the mixing too!

Bound for Baguio There is new research (albeit controversial) that suggests that the ancestors of the Pacific Islanders may have come from Taiwan and the Philippines. There's definitely a lot of mixing. There is the multiple waves of Malay immigration then there are other groups. Not to mention the Chinese, Spanish, Japanese and others.

David Cipriano

Lol

chek