Kenyan women turn their backs on traditional beauty and chase a new, Western ideal
For decades, women in the west have resorted to cosmetic surgery as a quick fix to the demands of changing lifestyles. Now Kenyan women are looking for a nip here and a tuck there as they stamp their mark on society. For generations a voluptuous form has embodied both beauty and wealth in sub-Saharan Africa. That’s all changing as an expanding middle class with more money to spend, soaks up western images of the slim, svelte figure – and want the same. From Nairobi, Victoria Averill reports on the Kenyan craze for cosmetic surgery. |
