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surgeries, as well as padding giving the appearance of larger buttocks. This beauty ideal of a curvier body with larger buttocks has been cited as being a possible factor in the existence of some health risks in West
African women such as overweight, obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure,
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Abidjan, Ivory Coast during the early 1980s which was stated to reward "physical harmony and natural charm, with an inclination for women with prominent posteriors" and to showcase "authentic African beauty". Miss Awoulaba was organized as an alternative to
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The beauty industry of Ivory Coast provides "Awoulaba" products for women desiring to enlarge their buttocks. Similar products such as creams and pills that are advertised as enhancing the buttocks exist in other West
African countries. Also popular are
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to be shared among the top three winners of the 2015 competition and 1.5 million to the top three winners of the 2017 competition. The top winner of the 2019 competition was promised a
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is characterized by having buttocks that are visibly fuller and plumper compared to the rest of her body, so that her body resembles a distinctive "guitar shape". Ivorian photographer
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as "beautiful women of impressive dimensions: a face with fine features, large breasts, a well-defined waist and, above all, big buttocks".
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