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Photos shine a light on Taiwan’s ‘betel nut beauties’ | CNN (www.cnn.com)
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Constanze Han documented the lives of “betel nut beauties,” young women selling the addictive stimulant across Taiwan.

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[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

I'm visiting Taiwan right now. They basically don't exist anymore. Most of the sellers are older, middle aged and above, and dressed modestly. The fact she could only find a few to photograph says it all. Their time is over.