Notions of beauty shift towards dark
Perceptions of celebrity beauty have shifted towards people with darker skin in the past 27 years, a study has found.
Scientists compared celebrities who made it on to People magazine’s World’s Most Beautiful list in 1990 and 2017. They found a distinct change in the mix of skin tones and ethnicities of the famous figures featured in the American gossip weekly and website.
In 1990, lighter skins easily dominated, making up 88 per cent of the celebrities. By 2017, the lighter-skinned stars accounted for 70.4 per cent.