America's True Beauty

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder in the sense that everyone finds beauty in different things. There is beauty in almost everyone and everything. It doesn’t necessarily have to be physical, but what’s on the inside of a person and how they treat others. America’s physical beauty has been regarded as a highly valued attribute, but some believe that beauty can be a deceptive mask covering up what’s “real” beauty. Does everyone with a model like figure and a pretty Barbie doll face have to be the definition of beauty? Advertisements are selling products by hope of either making oneself more beautiful or maintaining one’s beauty. We are bombarded everyday with beauty contests like Miss Universe and shows like Extreme Makeover, as well as
More and more people are getting cosmetic surgery each and everyday. The popularity of beauty can be dangerous to people who are willing to do whatever it takes to achieve beauty to the fullest. Plastic surgery has not only become a want or need to some people, but an addiction. They will go above and beyond to do whatever it takes to find the best surgeon in the United States. “It is a troubling case study of how American culture grapples with techniques designed for therapy that can be used to fulfill our personal desire” (Rosen). Cosmetic surgery is also in denial of aging because women tend to “lift” their face with botox to make wrinkles and blemishes
In Asia they squeeze the heads of children between boards to make them square, others prefer the shape of a “sugar-loaf” which is the highest form of beauty to them. In these various countries the opinion to respect their beauty should be highly fair, you should never judge a different type of beauty based on their culture and how they see beauty. Some Americans that look at other types of beauty around the world, figure none can compare to the way America defines beauty. For example, “Neither the buona roba of the Italians, nor the linda if the Spaniards, nor the embonpoint of the French, can fully reach the mystical standard of beauty to the eye of American taste”