I've covered the "Cross-race Effect", where it effects everyone's mentality, regardless of what race the individual is. But there's also the case of different visual attractive points and first impressions within our own races. For instance, in the West, slim is attractive, there is specific percentages for what males/females find attractive about one another, mainly in face shape. Of course, beauty is subjective and the average from surveys/other case studies are the most reliable answers possible, but I aim to find out what different cultures find visually beautiful within their OWN cultures, as apposed to race's judging one anothers physical attractions/traits/methods.
For instance, it's well known in Chinese history young girls would bind their feet to make them appear smaller/not grow, as that is found attractive.
African/Asian women of some tribes use rings to make their necks appear longer for many different reasons, one is to support their culture, to make themselves beautiful and of their own tribal identity.
English women would wear corsets to change their body shapes into what was considered beautiful waist-to-hip ratio in the past.
It is not uncommon for women of Africa to bleach their skin lighter. However in the West, a tanned skin is preferred as it shows beauty in the sense of health and wealth.
Men are also just as important in cultures. Depending on the culture, hairiness is seen as extremely attractive and a sign of masculinity, and in others it's the exact opposite.
"The key to judging someone accurately is that you have to be able to compare within cultures, not between cultures."
Also some great notes on clothing on different races, and how we rate them in social class and visual attraction in references...
References:
http://www.apa.org/monitor/mar05/slices.aspx
http://www.psychologyandsociety.org/__assets/__original/2012/01/McDermott_Pettijohn.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_attractiveness
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