Degree to which a person's physical traits are considered aesthetically pleasing or beautiful

Perfect me : beauty as an ethical ideal / Heather Widdows.

Real gorgeous : the truth about body and beauty / Kaz Cooke ; Kaz Cooke (illustrator).

Surface imaginations : cosmetic surgery, photography, and skin / Rachel Alpha Johnston Hurst.

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Beauty, Personal - Psychological aspects

Works from the collections

Perfect me : beauty as an ethical ideal / Heather Widdows.

Real gorgeous : the truth about body and beauty / Kaz Cooke ; Kaz Cooke (illustrator).

Surface imaginations : cosmetic surgery, photography, and skin / Rachel Alpha Johnston Hurst.