The Extreme Women's Weight-Loss Self-Torture Rankings

 Weight-loss methods come in all shapes and forms. Most women seek healthy, effective, and non-harmful ways to slim down. However, some resort to extreme and unconventional measures—let’s take a look!

★ "Cutting Flesh for Beauty" – Celebrity Edition:
Michael Jackson once bleached his skin for a porcelain complexion, while today, Cecilia Cheung proudly declares, "I tattoo my love stories on my body." As celebrities scar themselves, the trend of "flawed beauty" reaches new heights.

★ "The King Loves a Slim Waist, and the Maids Starve" – Western Edition:
Pandora Ganney, a 31-year-old British woman, squeezed her waist from 25 inches down to 19 inches by wearing a corset for 12 hours daily, changing it every 4 hours. The result? A "calm" exterior hides a shocking reality—her stomach and spleen shifted upward, while her intestines and bladder sank, leading to appetite loss. Corsetry is just step one; her next move involves custom-made garments to lower her collarbones and elongate her neck.

★ "Foot-Binding" – Modern Edition:
Sharon Nicole, a Californian student, uses a foot-bending device to shrink her feet by two sizes, crafting the perfect "three-inch golden lotus." Wearing the metal contraption for hours forces her ankles forward, creating an exaggerated arch—eerily reminiscent of China’s long-abandoned foot-binding tradition.

★ "The Crucifixion" – Runway Edition:
Chinese supermodel Lü Yan reveals that every catwalk requires a suffocating corset—breathlessness is minor compared to the inability to bend. Sometimes, she wears neck rings like those of tribal women, elongating her neck but blinding her to the path ahead. Stretching her arms out, she’s guided by two men, mimicking Christ on the cross—except she gazes skyward, lost.

★ "Adam’s Rib" – Hollywood Edition:
Adam sacrificed a rib to create Eve; Marilyn Monroe removed two ribs for a tiny waist. Different motives, same goal: living their best life.

★ "Bone-Lengthening" – Futuristic Edition:
Guan Ying, Guangzhou’s first "man-made beauty," will have her legs surgically broken and stretched with a 5kg external fixator for 120 days, gaining 0.66mm in height daily—becoming history’s first voluntary human "segmentation."

★ "Plastic Beauty Backlash" – Legal Edition:
Yang Yuan, China’s first artificial beauty, was disqualified from the 33rd Miss Intercontinental Beijing pageant for being "man-made." Media outrage forced the organizers to reinstate her, but she shredded their apology letter. The case went to court—proving even "fake" beauty demands respect.

In an era of rampant self-torture, living normally seems impossible.