Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What a cliche! Much as we'd love to believe this, it's a very big lie that has been perpetrated throughout centuries.
I recently came across a print ad for the Miss Earth. I'm not even sure if the girls featured there have already won. To my surprise (shock is more like it!) the girls looked like tranny cross dressers! Hair and make up were awful, they did nothing to beautify the girls. Hair and make-up styling is supposed to enhance beauty and disguise flaws, not the other way around!
These days, we see a common pattern as to what is beautiful. High and prominent cheek bones are crucial, nice doe-like eyes (whatever the shape), plump beautiful lips, oval-shaped faces, long lashes, great skin, and an aquiline nose is quite helpful.
It makes me happy that tans and dusky skin are widely accepted already. The proliferation of whitening products have brought a strange color to Filipinas. Those who have naturally dark skin and take these products end up being whiter but having a ash-gray tinge to their skin. Not really the best skin tone because it casts an unhealthy pallor.
To be truly beautiful, people must understand that it really radiates from within. Beauty starts with feeling good from the inside. Confidence adds a lot to the resulting look. From there, one must realize which features to enhance and which ones to cover up. It also helps to not have extreme self-worth values as it will end up in a delusional belief that of the self as perfect when it is far from reality.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. To see the beauty in the world, it is best to see beauty in the self first. We are all beautiful in our own way, but it helps if we know how to enhance some of our unique traits to make us more beautiful.
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