How people in 10 countries think an attractive couple should look

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Two social experiments tried to understand what different world cultures find beautiful. OnlineDoctor.SuperDrug.com

Standards of beauty can vary drastically around the world, and nothing proves that better than two projects by UK-based online doctor service Superdrug.

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Inspired by journalist Esther Honig, the Superdrug team sent out a challenge to freelance designers everywhere to Photoshop a picture of a woman and a picture of a man to make them more conventionally attractive.

Of the 37 freelancers that responded, several of them lived in the same country. In total, there were Photoshopped pictures for both the man and the woman from 10 different countries, including South Africa, China, Egypt, Colombia, Serbia, Venezuela, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Philippines.

Tech Insider combined the results for the man and the woman to see what the ideal attractive couple looked like in those 10 different countries.

Keep reading to see how you and your significant other compare.

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The Superdrug team found the woman’s photograph on Shutterstock while a male photographer submitted his own self-portrait for the experiment. The freelance designers were instructed to, "Photoshop and retouch this [man/woman] to make [him/her] more attractive to the people of your country."

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Here were the submissions from South Africa. One designer gave the male photographer defined abs and a darker skin tone while another made the woman look thinner and taller.

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Both designers in Egypt altered the skin tone of the man and woman. The man was also made a little more buff while the woman had a smaller waist and arms.

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One designer from the Philippines made the man much taller with a strong core while another gave the woman an hourglass physique.

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In China, one freelancer made the man very tall while a different designer significantly altered the woman to look virtually unrecognizable.

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The two designers from the United States made the man and woman much thinner. The man was given lots of muscles and the woman received a thigh gap.

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Both Colombian designers lightened the skin tone of the models and made them slightly thinner. The woman was also given longer hair.

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In Serbia, one designer gave the man a tattoo and trimmer waistline while the woman's face was significantly altered by her freelancer.

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The designer in Venezuela gave the woman long black hair and a lightened skin tone while the man was Photoshopped to look much more buff.

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In the UK, both designers cared less about muscle definition and more about making both the man and the woman appear much thinner.

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And in Spain, neither designer Photoshopped the man or the woman very much. Their waists were made slightly thinner, but that was it.

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You can see the full study for the men and the full study for the women at onlinedoctor.superdrug.com.

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