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Winning the 2008 Olympics may do more than just open the door wider in China. It could well help Chinese women to view themselves in a different light.

Historically, woman around the world worried about how they looked. They questioned the size of their bodies, noses, chins and even hair color from an early age. They still do. However, rarely do Western women start out life believing they are ugly simply because of the hue of their skin, muscles in their legs and shape of their eyes--unless they are grossly deformed.

Not so in China.

Many young girls with skin a shade darker than the lightest tan, noses that lack definition, small and/or slanted eyes, muscular legs and arms (coveted in the West) are by definition, ugly. Parents inform their daughters of their ugliness early on.

"I think you can't imagine it, but it is real," said Jessie Wu one afternoon walking along Nanjing Dong Lu in Shanghai. "My Mother told me I was not a pretty girl when I was a young child. I know nothing else."

At twenty-four, Ms. Wu, with her light coffee-colored skin, sparkling dark Asian eyes, glossy long, thick black hair, perfect size six figure and bubbly personality, would be an exotic beauty by Western standards. In China, she is not only considered unattractive but homely.

"My parents are proud of my work...job, school but not the outside of me. Everyone thinks I'm not a pretty girl so I must receive the truth. In my adulthood I know it is the truth," she says bowing her head.

That's because in China and perhaps elsewhere in Asia, she lacks the attributes of beauty. "Big eyes can speak and are attractive. Small eyes do not,'' said her companion, Jane Zhu.

"That girl (the one with the big eyes) will be considered a good girl."

Strong noses and the lack of muscles count too. "My nose is not strong and the muscles in my legs are big...it is bad," said Ms. Wu.

White skin is the most coveted attribute.

"White skin will help you be a pretty girl," said 16-year-old Wendy Yuan. "White girls stay at home, do housework and watch dianshi (Television),'' Ms. Wu explained.

"Pretty girls do not say a lot of things in public and don't go out often."

Many fair Chinese girls strive for skin perfection in much the same way Western women did at the turn of the 19th century--by never going outside in the sun without an umbrella and wearing protective clothing when they did.

Chinese women often don long-sleeved gloves that not only cover the hands but go all the way up to the shoulders and large hats when they venture out in the sun. They even wear these getups while riding bicycles in the middle of the hottest summer day.

The prohibition against tanning the skin is so strict in some families the parents forbid their daughters to engage in typical outside childhood activities.

Athletic Cindi Wang remembers well what it felt like to be denied the opportunity to swim during summer vacations because her mother "was so proud of my skin color."

Her mother was convinced that white skin "slimmed" her husky frame.

"I loved to swim but my Mama wouldn't let me,'' Ms. Wang said. When Ms. Wang was in junior high school she tried to fight back and asked a teacher to intercede for her.

"I asked her to talk to my Mother but it did no good. The teacher said they decided it wasn't proper for me me to swim in the day, but I could swim in the evening hours when the sun was down. The teacher said I'd get dark and that is not pretty for a girl."

Ms. Wang said the teacher and her Mom also tried to frighten her with stories about the pools being dirty and how she would get "women's infections."

By the time Ms. Wang entered senior high school, and because her parents were spending much more time worrying about her brother's activities, she was able to get involved in some sports.

"I was lucky. Parents worry much more about their boys and than girls. Now people describe me as boyish, healthy and energetic. I never hear people tell me I'm beautiful or pretty."

Also a university graduate, Ms. Wu too has no qualms about exercising and engaging in outdoor sports because she likes them and knows it makes no difference.

"I'm not a pretty girl so it doesn't matter what I do,'' she said.

Some Western cosmetic firms have already picked up

on the Asian white skin obsession and are marketing a variety skin products to Chinese women--and they are snatching them up.

Chinese women also buy questionable eye treatments to widen their eyes. In some cities parents take their young daughters to beauty clinics where technicians apply low level electric current to the eye area to make them bigger.

Not all Chinese hold this traditional view of female beauty. There is even some evidence these attitudes may be changing especially in big cities that have seen a large influx of foreigners.

In Shanghai, considered China's crown jewel, pockets of young women disregard the rules against playing in the sun, exercising and speaking their mind. A number of young professional men find these women attractive.

"I'm a professional swimmer, said Steven Ma, a manager of a sport facility outside his office in downtown Shanghai. "I like women who do sports, have a sunny disposition and interesting mind. I like swimmers--they have strong muscles in their arms and legs and are tall."

However, Mr. Ma's attitude is far from the norm.

Ms. Wu for one believes she will always be ugly in the eyes of her elders though "these days" they are less direct in their opinions than they were when she was young.

"They say I am a lovely or healthy girl instead of ugly,'' she said. "When I get older they will change it to I am a smart girl."

For the foreseeable future, she and many other Chinese women predict this traditional view of beauty will rein in spite of the Internet and coming Olympics.

"In our country most people think this is the rule...nobody can change it," said Jane Zhu, a retail marketing specialist. "Maybe in the future, when more people go abroad and more foreigners come here...maybe it will change a little...but not a lot. It is traditional thought and can't be changed in a short time."

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