[1] Chulas refer to the barrio-bajo women, meaning "poor-district" or lower class Madrileñas of Spain.

According to José Rizal, the Philippine national hero, chulas are attractive women with black, deep, and passionate eyes wearing mantillas and carrying fans, who are "always gracious", full of conflagration, affection, jealousy and "sometimes" of revenge.

[1] The Una Chula I is an 1885 painting by Luna depicting a street woman from Madrid who is turning her head flirtatiously.

The woman is sitting squarely with arms resting on a chair, a pose that "almost mannishly exuding (…) sexual confidence and worldliness".

The burning tip of the cigarette acts as an enhancement to the female's "painted lips" that supports a "slight smile".