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你比想象中更美

You are more beautiful than you think

Zhou Wenjuan, a beautician in Yongzhou city, Central China's Hunan province, went viral by helping rural women in their 40s achieve stunning transformations in their appearance.

周文娟是来自中国湖南永州的一位美妆师，她为40多岁的农村女性化妆，因变妆前后对比惊人，在网上获得了大量关注。

Zhou Wenjuan, a 32-year-old lady,studied makeup skills in Beijing and now runs a beauty salon in Yongzhou city.

32岁的周文娟早些年在北京学习了化妆技术，之后回到永州开了自己的化妆工作室。

The makeup artist later found many middle-aged women in her hometown showed great interest in her cosmetics but didn't dare to try them. Having witnessed the amazing transformation of Zhou's granny, many female villagers grew more eager to wear makeup.

周文娟发现家乡的很多中年女性虽然对化妆很感兴趣，但却不敢尝试。直到她们看到奶奶变妆后的模样，许多人才更加积极地表示愿意尝试化妆。

Zhou was determined to help them free of charge, although it turned out to be a time-consuming job.

尽管这项工作非常耗时，但周文娟还是决定免费帮她们化妆。

"Many middle-aged women in the countryside are usually engaged in housework all day long and hardly have time to take care of themselves, therefore all efforts are worthy as long as they can appreciate the beauty of change," Zhou said.

周文娟说：“很多农村的中年女性平日里总是整天操持家务，都忘了好好爱自己。因此当看到村里的阿姨们化完妆后在镜子前惊喜又兴奋的样子，我觉得这一切都值了。"

key words: 

1. 美妆师: beautician ; makeup artist

2. 农村 女性 rural women

3. 变妆=改变 妆容 transform appearance by makeup

4. 关注 to follow something closely; attention

5. 化妆 技术 makeup skills

6. 化妆 工作室 beauty salon      工作室 studio ; workshop

7.  中年 女性middle-aged women

8.  积极地 positively

9. 耗时time-consuming

10. 操持 = 处理 to manage; to handle

11. 家务 household chores

12. 惊喜 be pleasantly surprised  ( n. adj. )

13. 兴奋 excited; excitement    adj.