[An answer to the question "Why are Eastern European women so beautiful as compared to their Western European and North American counterparts?"]

Lived in Eastern Europe for 15 years

I remember reading copy on a website for Russian Brides stating that they are 'unspoiled by feminism'. While being far from politically correct, there is a certain amount of truth to this.

Gender roles in Eastern Europe are (or were) closer to those of the West a generation ago that they are today. Women had less opportunities to make a good career for themselves and so saw their best prospects for advancement in using their beauty to attract a rich husband. They therefore take care of themselves better than Western women.

Helena Rubenstein once said, 'there are no ugly woman, just lazy ones'. Eastern European take a lot of care regarding this appearance and tend to 'dress to impress'. They also watch their weight a lot more than Western women do.

Genetics is probably another element to the equation - Slavic women just have very attractive features (although this can vary - no one gets too excited about Bulgarian women).

Things are changing though as feminism comes to some of the countries, specifically the Central European countries such as Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary. Here gender roles are changing to European norms and women are taking less care of themselves. In Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, it hasn't got to that stage yet, but chances are that they will in the future.

The above only applies to younger women; they don't tend to age too well in general and it's rare to find Eastern European 'cougars' who still look good after 40.