In the old days, according to traditional Asian standards, a girl with fair, porcelain-like skin was considered beautiful, elegant, and desirable. But times have changed. Today, Vietnamese women with a European flair, glowing with healthy, sun-kissed bronze skin, have taken the spotlight!
He has always been captivated by women with radiant chocolate-toned skin. In his eyes, they radiate sexiness and pure life energy. People say it’s easy to have pale skin, but keeping your bronze glow smooth and luminous (instead of looking like an old dusty sofa) is the real challenge. He once had a girlfriend who was meticulous with her diet, making sure her tanned complexion stayed even and radiant. Every week, she would sunbathe faithfully at the pool. Each time she appeared, men’s eyes burned with desire, while women around her whispered in admiration. She wasn’t just blessed with a perfect figure, a feline-like sway in her walk, and long, flowing black hair – her bronze skin was the true highlight, giving her an irresistible “edge.”
He once followed the story of a famous beauty queen who, with her glowing tan, confidently competed on the international stage. That glow wasn’t just local – it was world-class.
He knows that to maintain flawless bronze skin requires far more effort and care. Perhaps that’s why he enjoys admiring it even more – it is his true “type.” A sun-kissed complexion that carries stories of wind and sunshine? That’s the kind of beauty that actually lasts. Meanwhile, in Hanoi’s Old Quarter or Saigon’s Bùi Viện, it’s easy to spot Western girls confidently basking in the sunlight, their faces glowing, radiant with energy.
In the end, each era and each culture holds its own perception of beauty. Asian men – from Japan to Korea to China – have long adored fair skin. Japanese women even embrace a porcelain-white look as part of their culture, and the country is famous for countless whitening products. Women, after all, only want to be beautiful, to look good enough to be admired – simple as that.
But these days? A freckled face turns him on more than a “perfectly photoshopped” one. Nobody’s perfect anyway, and chasing some impossible beauty standard only kills the natural charm.
He would rather love a woman who isn’t perfect, but who is happy and confident in herself, than one who constantly reshapes herself into someone else’s version of beauty, enduring pain and forgetting the beauty she already carries inside.
(Excerpt from “His Type” – TV Hà Kim)
