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May 6, 2020
Paper Waist tests now being done as the latest beauty craze sweeping social media in China. Women – and some men – are boasting that they are paper thin by posting photographs of their waists behind a vertical piece of A4 paper.
To qualify, the waist must be entirely hidden by the paper. A piece of A4 paper is 21cm by 29.7cm. Holding it horizontally is cheating.
With the hashtag #A4Waist and a handful of variations, the trend is attracting hundreds of photos and thousands of comments on Weibo and other social media networks. Even the People’s Daily, China’s Communist Party newspaper, is joining in.
Skinny-bordering-on-emaciated is a widespread standard of beauty for women, one that has been criticized as an unhealthy ideal.
Several commentators have found the A4 trend disturbing. I like super skinny girls, and I don’t mind 😉
“Contributed by johntron, Member”