14 Side-by-Side Photos That Show Women of Different Ethnicities 100 Years Ago and Now

It’s always interesting to find out what people who lived in the past looked like and how different they were from those who inhabit our planet now. Every person is beautiful in their own way, so we decided to have a look at how the appearances of women from different parts of the globe have changed over the last 100 years.

China

© Unknown author / Wikimedia Commons, Invision / Invision / East News

Egypt

© New York Public Library / Wikimedia Commons, © dianahamed_ / Instagram

Indonesia

© Tassilo Adam / Tropenmuseum / Wikimedia Commons, © CC BY-SA 3.0, © patriciagouw / Instagram

India

© K. Lall & Co., Agra / Wikimedia Commons, © CC BY 4.0, © ujjwalaraut / Instagram

Sri Lanka

© Unknown author / Cleveland Museum of Art / Wikimedia Commons, © CC0 1.0, © shanudrie / Instagram

Thailand

© Unknown author / Wikimedia Coommons, © narinnarinrak / Instagram

Mexico

© SMU Central University Libraries / Wikimedia Commons, FREDERIC J. BROWN / AFP / East News

Great Britain

© Rotary Photo, London, E.C. / Private collection / Wikimedia Commons, © CC BY-SA 4.0, LAURENT BENHAMOU / SIPA / EAST NEWS

Norway

© Municipal Archives of Trondheim / Wikimedia Commons, © CC BY 2.0, © frida_aasen / Instagram

Serbia

© Lajos Oroszy / The National Museum of Zrenjanin / Wikimedia Commons, © tamaradragicevic / Instagram

Māori

© Arthur James Iles / Museum Victoria / Wikimedia Commons, © Once Were Warriors / Communicado Productions and co-producers

The Netherlands

© Rijksmuseum / Wikimedia Commons, © CC0 1.0, © k2im / Instagram

Sweden

© Carl Curman / Swedish National Heritage Board / Wikimedia Commons, © hoskelsa / Instagram

Samoa

© Unknown author / National Library of New Zealand / Wikimedia Commons, © Tisha Petelo / Shutterstock.com

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