The changing eye of the beholder
Beauty, as everyone agrees to disagree, is in the eye of the male beholder. When Nonthawan “Maeya” Thongleng was crowned Miss Thailand World last weekend, the social media was abuzz with obnoxious comments that attacked her for being “dark-skinned” and thus “not beautiful”. Quickly though, sensible commentators countered that skin colour has nothing to do with beauty and that some…