How much would we sacrifice to be beautiful? Though we all hope to love our bodies exactly as they are, it’s difficult in a world that values women based on their adherence to conventional beauty standards. This is not a modern phenomenon.

Dating all the way back to the 18th century, the Brothers Grimm were exploring this question in the pages of their collected fairy tales. Cinderella is the story of a beautiful woman hidden away by a wicked stepmother who is desperate to conceal her transcendent beauty. We’ve...