Beauty is said to be ‘in the eye of the beholder”. Someone from the West may think Julia Roberts is charming. She certainly may be, but some of the older generation in Vietnam may think differently.
I have a friend who broke up with his girl just because of a comment from his Mum about his girl’s high cheekbones. The Vietnamese think that a girl like that will bring bad luck to her husband – and may even bring death to him! The round face shape represents prosperity and wealth to Vietnamese.
