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Beauty Around the World
The Oprah Winfrey Show  |  November 20, 2008
A Maori woman with tattooed lips  


Thousands of miles away from the border of Burma and Thailand, the Maori people of New Zealand practice a sacred beauty ritual—tattooing.

These indigenous people, who are of Polynesian descent, believe women are more attractive when their lips and chins are tattooed. A woman with full, blue lips is considered the most beautiful and desirable.
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