Article Photos: Biases on beauty draw Thais to illegal surgery



  In this photo taken Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, Ratphila Chairungkit, a woman who admitted that she had undergone several cosmetic surgeries by the unlicensed practitioners, listens to a question during an interview at her noodles restaurant on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand is swarming with cheap but risky cosmetic clinics, thanks to two powerful forces: Their prices are designed to attract the poor, and Thai society defines beauty as fair and delicate. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

In this photo taken Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, Ratphila Chairungkit, a woman who admitted that she had undergone several cosmetic surgeries by the unlicensed practitioners, listens to a question during an interview at her noodles restaurant on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand is swarming with cheap but risky cosmetic clinics, thanks to two powerful forces: Their prices are designed to attract the poor, and Thai society defines beauty as fair and delicate. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)