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Peeling it off In The Beauty, mysterious deaths of models are linked to a new drug and a sexually transmitted infection, both of which kill as they beautify. But if you want great body horror, this isn’t the place to look, concludes Bethan Ackerley THE intentions and limitations of The Beauty (Disney+/FX), the new series from TV titan Ryan Murphy and collaborator Matthew Hodgson, are on full display in its first scene. Amid the models strutting down a catwalk in Paris, one face is more smouldering than the rest – literally. The unfortunate Ruby (Bella Hadid) is drenched in sweat, so desperate for water she kills the fashionistas for their water bottles. Cornered, gasping with thirst, she spontaneously combusts. …