What does it actually mean to be beautiful? Is it the physical characteristics of a person or is it their personality? How do people judge the "REAL" beauty of a person? Is there a real beauty? Or is it something that people make up in order to make everyone feel good? When i look in magazines or cataloges one word comes to mind. Superficial. The definition of superficial is: being or affecting or concerned with a surface; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually. People who ARE beauty are superficial. Hidden under two tons of makeup and eating disorders are unique people who turn into superficial shells. Television shows like America's next top model focus on struggling models determination and skill to become a model. Why is modeling something to be desired? Do models need someone to tell them, "Oh! your soo beautiful! Let me take a couple poses of you with my camera!"? Or are they really narcissistic type of people?
Then there is the other type of beauty that people seem to respond better to. The "INSIDE" beauty of a person. Of course you know I don't literally mean the "insides" of a person. LOL! I mean personality. When talking with friends, I ask, "Why do you like this guy?" they respond, "He's hott, and he has a great personality." When i ask them this, the "personality" part always comes later. If it was something that people treasure more than physical characteristics than why would they say it after? I'm not saying that they are shallow people, cause I know that they are really great people. But I'm pointing out that most people don't really look @ personality first. Can a person still be considered beautiful even though they could be not as physically attractive? I know everyone would immediately respond "yes, of course". Then I'd ask, "Would you date this person?". Why wouldn't they date them? We just considered them beautiful? Although I've only seen 1/1,000,0000,000 of the worlds population I know that people who are the underdogs a.k.a not so physically attractive people, don't always find somebody to love. People claim that physical traits aren't important, but we live around people who are living contridictions to our statements.
So I ask again...What really is beauty? Is beauty a relevant idea that can change between different people? Is it a concept that is used without purpose, have we misused it's depth and meaning?
My idea of beauty is something that comes from both physical and emotional characteristics. Sure physical traits matter, but in the long run the personality of a person becomes the most important attraction. This understanding between two couples seperates us from the common animal. In the wild, animals mate to fuel the species, but for us, it becomes more than just that, we learn to form emotional bonds with eachother, which brings us closer together. What is beauty? The dictionary definition is: the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest). So I leave you here with an unanswerd question that has an answer that is relevant. People aren't bad, if they are attracted to physical characteristics more than emotional, and people aren't wierd if they are attracted to emtional characteristics more than physical. It all depends on the individual.
