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by astine 4798 days ago
This experiment doesn't seem to be positing at all Koreans look the same but rather that all Korean beauty contestants look he same. The implication being, not that Koreans look similar to each other, but that they have similar standards of beauty. Apparently, most of these women have had plastic surgery so they all seem to have the same ideal when it comes to their face. I'd like to see a Brazilian (another country with a large plastic surgery industry) equivalent to see if it's the same.
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Rather, in this sample of 20 photos the contestants look similar, but "contestant 1, 2 and 6 are more distinct than the rest of the contestants".

I thought he did pretty well to not draw any conclusions in the article.