Why are all the girls on Australian soaps so beautiful?
Compared to soaps like Corrie Eastenders here in the UK where you have a mixture of beautiful average and ugly girls, the girls on Aussie soaps like Neighbours and Home and Away are all beautiful.
Isn't this just unnatural? Is there a reason for this?
I think the comment about British soaps reflecting 'real life' (well sort of) means we don't concentrate on looks, but on characters, is right. American soaps seem to need their actors to look drop dead gorgeous (with nothing in their brains) whilst Australian soaps try to strike the happy medium. Personally I don't find many Australians that good looking. However I do remember coming back to the UK after spending years in N.America and being amazed at seeing British actors/actresses, warts and all - eg minimal make-up.
Most (not all, see babes of Hollyoaks) Brit soaps try to be "gritty" and have a working class aesthetic. They want the characters to be ugly or average and 'just like you.' Whereas American soaps are ridiculous fantasies where all the characters are rich and look like supermodels. Australians go for something in between.
So they get more views.
Because the Ozzies like attractive Sheilas. They are dirty boys.
the reason is to sell soap. in Australia the people arent as childish as in the UK. they dont complain that the advertisements are unreasonable and should have average women. so companies use beauty to sell stuff.