Beauty standards are engrained in women throughout their lives, and they heavily influence us all. In order to follow them, women have to sometimes undergo plastic surgery, skin bleaching, foot binding, neck rings, hair removal, makeup, wig installations, teeth lacquering, tanning, corsetry, and many more procedures. The heroine we’re featuring today, Mia Kang, went in a completely different direction: she looked right into the face of her insecurities and challenged the beauty labels that were put on her by the beauty industry.