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Beauty By Numbers.(trends of makeover)
Beauty By Numbers
Things have changed in the 40-odd years since Dionne Warwick sang "Don't Make Me Over." Plastic surgery is commonplace on prime-time TV, starlets seem to reinvent themselves weekly, and even inanimate objects (houses, cars, and NASA spacecraft) get the makeover treatment. We find the numbers that give meaning to the phrase "new and improved."
-patricia tortolani
52: Percentage of American women who are dissatisfied with their looks and want to be made over.
59: Percentage of women who want their significant other to be made over.
35: Estimated number of reality makeover shows on television.
72: Percentage of women who have learned about anti-aging creams and surgical procedures from watching television programs.
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