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why do 14 year old american girls look like 30 year old women?

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Reply 40

indefenseoftruth
Hail to stereotypes applying to +50 million people :rolleyes:
British teens are quite, reserved, tea-drinking croquet players who dress in a conservative fashion and discuss current affairs in their parent's Victorian-styled sitting room.


It's a rather widely held stereotype though - I lived in Germany for a bit and they had a "Learn English" magazine which included the phrases 'Englishmen like to queue, they drink tea at 4'o clock'
And then included a picture of some posh guys in top hats in a queue drinking tea :tea:

Reply 41

I'm 19 and I think I look 19. :p:

Reply 42

newman24x
woo...she does look 10x more then her actual age


150? Hmm...

Edit: Someone else already wrote this :/

Reply 43

Here's a question

They are 16 and from California what do you think (Don't be nasty though one is my cousin)

Reply 44

When I lived in the US, my 13 year old classmates were about twice my height, three times my weight and sporting moustashes resembling that of a 43 year old Amazonian poacher.

Reply 45

The media.

One example, Miley cyrus.

Reply 46

they are played by small-time actors hired from agencies because all these chat shows are fake - these actors are more likely to be in their twenties or late teens than the age they're portraying - same as actors in general in things like tv programmes or films always seem to play people younger than their own age and rarely the other way around.

Reply 47

letsdothetimewarpagain
Here's a question

They are 16 and from California what do you think (Don't be nasty though one is my cousin)


they don't look that much older than 16, if I saw them in the street I'd probably think they were in their first year at college (in the British sense of the word) rather than their last year of school. But not much older than that.

Reply 48

I haven't noticed that watching american programmes such as Super Sweet 16, or stuff on the style network. Generally the americans have quite bad fashion sense though, well from what I've experience. :p:

Reply 49

Yet again, people basing their judgments of Americans on what they see on TV. Clearly, infallible evidence.

I'm an American 21 year old and most British 16/17 year olds look older than me. :s-smilie:

Reply 50

It's not just American women. I find that the girls on Jeremy Kyle look a good twenty years older than they are. I assume it must be because they've had a hard life :p:

Reply 51

la fille danse
Yet again, people basing their judgments of Americans on what they see on TV. Clearly, infallible evidence.

I'm an American 21 year old and most British 16/17 year olds look older than me. :s-smilie:


But on Super Sweet 16 it shows the majority of people from that person's school, and so a good range of people. :p: It'a more of a cross section of the population.

And it varies on the individual. Like until about 3 years ago no one would believe I was my age, they always thought I was like 3 years older. :p: I think it's a combination of your figure, height, face, and manner. :p:

Reply 52

All at once


Gary Glitter agrees.



It'd be easier to be believe Gary Glitter wasn't a pedophile if he hadn't spent his career dressed like a homosexual vampire.

Reply 53

Amanda
I'm 19 and I think I look 19. :p:


I can verify that. She also sounds like one :p:

Reply 54

This is a class of real American 14 year olds.

Reply 55

newman24x
woo...she does look 10x more then her actual age


150 :|?

Reply 56

It's the GM food. They've got tomatoes the size of melons there.

Reply 57

tropical-twist3
Actually I went to New York just before I was 16 and they thought I was 21.

mmhmm
i went to canada when i was 13...they (father's collegues, waitors etc) thought i was 18 and i kept getting offered wine.

Reply 58

indefenseoftruth
Hail to stereotypes applying to +50 million people :rolleyes:
British teens are quite, reserved, tea-drinking croquet players who dress in a conservative fashion and discuss current affairs in their parent's Victorian-styled sitting room.


They can still be authentic to an extent though.

Reply 59

la fille danse
This is a class of real American 14 year olds.


They seem so cool and chilled. Americans <3