Depends on the part of Europe. I thought the exact same thing when I first came to the US (I'm from eastern Europe)... that people accept themselves so much more here... that they are so much better and so much less vain.
People here are much fatter than in our parts of Europe. And they seem to be so much more OK with it... For example, someone who'se BMI is more than 19-20 would be considered plain fat (I was like that for awhile and my mom and brother would not stop with the advice how to lose weight). You basically have to be underweight.
I have a darker complection and in my homeland, that is a bad thing. I was NEVER allowed to wear cold colors, because they would not make me look lighter (as warm colors did). I would always end up wearing beige or yellow (i don]t like red and pink)... Now that I've been here, I've worn so much blue (my favorite color)! I even wear black! Or snow white (oh, my, that was THE forbidden color)...
My mother complained at first, but she got used to seeing pictures with me dressed in colors that "don't sit well with my complection"... Heck, I don't care, I like them...
I think the whole thing lies in the fact that we, as women, have to reming ourselves that what's inside is what makes us beautiful. The culture tells us different, but that's what the Bible sais. The culture in my homeland is one step ahead of the one in the US in that regard, for various reasons, so I am enjoying the more laid back atmosphere here.
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