Beauty is a controversial concept, especially when we think about what it means to be beautiful. Beauty by definition is a quality present in a person or thing that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind. Overtime, Western society has mutilated the idea of physical beauty into an image of having a thin body, and a symmetrical face. Image has become so important in our daily routines,as a result, we search for multiple ways to manipulate the way we look: plastic surgery, make-up, and digitally altered photography. Beauty can now be constructed.
People will go to the extreme to become “beautiful”. Putting hours into makeup, and spending thousands of dollars into surgery, people have been brain-washed into thinking that what they see in the media is real. The models seen in magazines, have separate lifestyles and appearances that have been transformed. Not only, does this increase business in the beauty industry, but it promotes the illusion that beauty is acquainted with happiness. This is not absolutely true. Sure, being an eye-pleaser can have its perks. You are in the favor of majority of people. However, there is an long-lasting effect for those who put their energy into how they look. Insecurities start to build, as people worry if they are good enough, or if people will appreciate them as a person with emotions rather than a pretty face. Girls grow up disliking the way they look which can affect their self-esteem.
Appearance has become an unconscious part in our decisions. What we wear, what our hair looks like, our weight, has become as important as eating. This becomes problem only when we fail to learn how to love ourselves. Like Rupaul says " If you can't love yourself, then how the hell you gonna love somebody else?"
http://www.ted.com/talks/cameron_russell_looks_aren_t_everything_believe_me_i_m_a_model?language=en
Kimani, choose a different color for your font. It's very hard to read what you've written.
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