Cultural Evolution of Human Beauty Standards

NetSciX 2026 Conference Submission173 Authors

Keywords: cultural evolution; bipartite networks; diffusion of norms; fashion modeling; representation and diversity

TL;DR: 25-year, 791k-record model–brand bipartite network shows hubs adopt diversity first; body means stable, variance from plus-size outliers (mostly non-White). 2017 Kering/LVMH policy raises RFM ~2.3; models are ~20pp leaner than US women.

Submission Number: 173