Eighteen Asian women earned a spot on the list including American Andrea Jung, CEO of Avon Cosmetics, who is of Asian parentage.
She had moved to Johannesburg six years ago after she was chosen to become the first face of Avon cosmetics in South Africa, her profile on the show's website says.
Avon was another cosmetics company to report earnings this month, however its sales suffered in China and Russia, where Lauder saw gains.
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When Avon, a cosmetics firm, noticed an influx of Koreans into Atlanta, Georgia, it hired some Korean women to sell its lipsticks and scents.
Tiffany's image and sales both suffered in the early 1980s when it was briefly part of Avon, a downmarket cosmetics group.
She served as a presenter for FashionTV in South Africa, was an FHM cover girl and was the face of cosmetics company Avon.
Avon shares surged Wednesday after the cosmetics seller announced its CEO, Andrea Jung, was stepping down.
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With cosmetics growth like that, Avon should simply be performing better.
The Avon lady created one of the biggest global cosmetics houses.
And Avon employs 42, 000 to manufacture all those cosmetics and to ride herd on the sales reps.
Avon is going further: having finally received permission to resume direct sales in February, the American cosmetics group has already recruited over 114, 000 sales agents.
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