Saturday, September 12, 2009

What is Beauty?

The REAL definition of a beautiful woman:
When we get caught up in trying to let the media establish the definition of beauty, we lose sight of our own personal definitions. When asked about their own definition of female beauty, many men cite happiness and healthiness, rather than particular physical characteristics. Don’t think of yourself poorly or wish to be someone else, instead embrace your personal beauty and be happy.

We are bombarded everyday with beauty contests like Miss Universe and shows like Extreme Makeover, as well as People Magazine featuring the most beautiful people in the world, all trying to answer the question "What is beauty?". Furthermore, advertisements abound that offer the definition of beauty, selling products by selling hope of either making oneself more beautiful or maintaining one’s beauty. We have taken for granted what the definition of beauty is according to society, but have you really stopped to ponder what is beauty, really? It might surprise you.
Anyone in the streets can tell you their personal definition of beauty: who they think is beautiful and who isn’t. And the surprising thing is that despite the common saying that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, people will come to roughly the same conclusions of what is beauty. Suffice to say, there are common definitions to what the definition of beauty is, which is much determined by society as a form of survival of the fittest.
In a recent paper entitled "What is beauty anyway?" came to the following conclusions: when asked what is beauty, men would say that a beautiful woman boils down to two characteristics: 1. Happy. 2. Healthy. Notice in the characteristics’ description, there is no specific mention about bums and boobs; perhaps they fall somewhere in the healthy category! Is this answer to "What is beauty" too simplistic? Let’s take a close look. There is more to the definition of beauty than meets the eye.

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  3. "...when asked what is beauty, men would say that a beautiful woman boils down to two characteristics: 1. Happy. 2. Healthy."

    this is so true. i couldn't agree more.. when you're healthy, you're happy. and when you're happy, it reflects in your being..

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