Monthly Archives: February 2024

When Liz Taylor played Cleopatra in the eponymous 1963 film, she graced the screen with a delicate, upturned nose. However, historians have painted a different picture of the Egyptian Queen’s nose—one that’s big and round. In fact, 17th-century philosopher Pascal said, “Cleopatra’s nose, had it been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been changed.” And that brings us to the point of this post—people of different ethnicities have been told for years that a Eurocentric nose is ideal, but chasing that look doesn’t complement who they are. For starters, getting a rhinoplasty to look Caucasian violates one’s…