Modern Era

The modern era-2016. In my mind I have an idea on what the "perfect" face, body, etc. looks like. What true beauty looks like, according to 2016, is extremely diverse. On one hand, there's the model industry's definition of beauty. On the other hand, there's those who say diversity is beautiful. So searching for one solid answer that would satisfy both sides would be rather difficult and nearly impossible.
The Model Industry-Body
Everyone and there mother has heard, and most likely argued about, the model industry. If you haven't then you've probably been living under a rock for the past decade. The model industry loves thin, they don't accept anything else. For instance, below is a picture of supermodel Cara Delevingne.

 Cara Delevingne is a body inspiration for many young girls who aspire to be as thin as she is.
Social Media-Body
While researching, I found social media, Instagram, twitter, etc., to be a great source of other desirable body types. The most common throughout social media hands down would have to be the hourglass figure. The image below is a chart of all the body types:

The first figure shown in the chart, the hourglass figure, resembles just as it sounds, an hourglass. The chest and hips are the most prominent, while the waist is kept slender.

Features

Genetics, according to the modern era, plays a huge role in beauty. For instance, eye color. While controversial, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to conclude the most desirable eye color is either blue or green. Of course, nowadays there are colored contacts in case you weren't genetically blessed. As for teeth, the modern era has created a beauty standard for those unlike all the past generations. In the USA, straight, white teeth are EXTREMELY wanted. People of all ages are willing to glue metal to their teeth to straighten there teeth to the perfect alignment. After a few months, or years, the braces come off and the teeth are bleached to white perfection.

Go big or go home-the moto for every woman's face these days. In 2016, big lips. big hips, and big chests are seen as the most beautiful. Some women get plastic injected into specific parts of their body that the want enhanced. Here is a real life example of what the modern era has defined beauty as:

Cosmetics

Not genetically blessed? No problem, the $160 billion makeup industry has you covered. From foundation to eyebrow powder, this industry has everything you can imagine. Sparse eyebrows? Fill 'em in. Small lips? Make new ones. Stubby eyelashes? Add a coat of mascara, or two. The modern era has an idea of perfection that has women falling head over heels for.

Resources

Considering as I type I am living in the era I'm writing about, this one was hard to gather information for. I mostly used what I've seen over and over again on media. I found it quite interesting to take a step back from the beauty hype and look at what this society has defined beauty as.