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In this photograph taken on November 9, 2017, a female bodybuilder holds still as a team member applies a tanning product to her upper body with a roller before she performs her routine in front of judges at a local bodybuilding competition in Bangkok. The room buzzes with excitement as dolled- up women adjust their glittering bikinis and prepare to strut across the stage before the panel of judges in a Bangkok suburb. But this is not your average Thai beauty pageant – it is a competition for the growing number of female bodybuilders challenging norms in kingdom where the pale, “twig” physique has long been upheld as the standard of beauty. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/AFP Photo)
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