Constanze Han documented the lives of “betel nut beauties,” young women selling the addictive stimulant across Taiwan.

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Hoping to document the phenomenon, photographer Constanze Han spent a month in 2022 driving down the highway connecting the island’s capital, Taipei, to the southern city of Kaohsiung, meeting betel nut beauties along the way.

Sure… That is how I would put it on my expense report too.

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I’m visiting Taiwan right now. They basically don’t exist anymore. Most of the sellers are older, middle aged and above, and dressed modestly. The fact she could only find a few to photograph says it all. Their time is over.

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