WATCH: 100 years of Filipina beauty in less than two minutes

In its sixth episode, online video series "100 Years of Beauty" by Cut Video tackles different looks over the decades in the Philippines—showing the changing standards of Filipina beauty while giving a quick history lesson at the same time.  



Cut Video started with a tattooed indigenous woman, her hair adorned with shells, to represent the 1910s. The model—Fil-Am photographer April Villanueva—was then transformed into a young woman in the 1920s, her hair bound in a bandana reminiscent of Fernando Amorsolo's "Palay Maiden" (1920).

Influenced by American culture, particularly jazz and cinema, the Filipina in the 1930s wore heavy makeup such as bright red lipstick and adorned herself with pearls and other glitzy accessories.

The Huk Rebellion, which started during Japanese occupation during World War II, was the video's basis for the Filipina beauty look for the '40s. A decade later, the golden age of Philippine cinema turned mestiza movie stars into the epitome of Filipina beauty.

The bouffant hairstyles sported by Imelda Marcos and Jackie Kennedy inspired the look for the 1960s, while the free-spirited vibe of 1970s fashion had the model wearing dangling earrings and a striped headband, her eyes emphasized with heavy, dark makeup.

In the 1980s, Filipinas learned how to wear brighter makeup and fashioned a teased hairstyle with sideswept bangs. In the 1990s, Pinays parted their hair in a zig-zag manner and wore chunky jewelry.

The last 10 years of Filipina beauty showed a modern woman with a casual ponytail and nude lips for the 2000s and her tousled hair and red lips in the 2010s.

Cut Video has also featured 100 years of beauty in the United States, Iran, Korean, and Mexico. A video on India's 100 years of beauty is in the works. — Trisha Macas/BM, GMA News