"BEIJING, 22. October 2004 : a model lies in a ""slimming machine ""at the International Beauty Week in Beijing, October 22, 2004, in China. Beauty business is booming in China. Sales in beauty related businesses and products are worth more than 7 billion USD last year.      ..Whereas in Mao Zedong's China, even pigtails were seen as a sign of vanity (and had to be cut off) , nowadays, urban Chinese women seek about every means in order to distinguish themselves from the masses.  This year Beijing will organize the worl'd first beauty pageant for women had had plastic surgery in early December..."
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