format? Thank you! The Mystification of Beauty "She is so beautiful"‚ the girl said as she gazed in awe- and with a slight trace of jealousy- at the woman walking down the street. Beautiful. What does it mean? Is beauty a synonym for pretty or does it connote something else entirely? Who defines what is beautiful? The definition of beauty has been contended with for centuries and across many continents. Many have concluded that‚ "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder". Although this saying
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Sophia Lauren once said: « Beauty is how you feel inside‚ and it reflects in your eyes‚ it is not something physical ». True beauty cannot be ephemeral‚ it is eternal and everlasting‚ and it doesn’t change its meaning according to circumstances‚ generations‚ cultures‚ and centuries. Beauty is anything that triggers joy and happiness. Beauty is divine; it is a breeze on an extremely hot day. Beauty is a strong friendship‚ a true and inspirational love. Beauty is the freedom of a hummingbird and
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Beauty is a characteristic of a person‚ animal‚ place‚ object‚ or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure or satisfaction. Beauty is studied as part of aesthetics‚ sociology‚ social psychology‚ and culture. An "ideal beauty" is an entity which is admired‚ or possesses features widely attributed to beauty in a particular culture‚ for perfection. The experience of "beauty" often involves an interpretation of some entity as being in balance and harmony with nature‚ which may lead to
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before the mirror arranging our hair‚ applying makeup‚ or merely just a glaze a few seconds before we go out every day. Beauty is all around us. We are bombarded with model search like American Next Top Model and beauty contests like Miss Universe‚ as well as fashion magazine People‚ Cleo‚ and Cosmopolitan‚ all trying to answer the question "What is the meaning of beauty?”. Beauty is a quality or features that provide a perceptual experience of pleasure‚ telling or gratifying. The ideal of the perfect
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What is beauty? I’m sure we have all pondered the idea in our heads from time to time. Human beauty can be measured an many ways however. We can measure beauty inwardly and outwardly. I convincingly believe that beauty is in the eye of the holder but only to some degree. In todays society we are bombarded with the "all american" idea of beauty through media‚ through magazines and television. These things tell us what is beautiful and what isn’t. If you were to take away the typical mainstream
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a Hollywood fashion show. The saying ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’ is a complex phrase with many underlying questions. Different people possess different kinds of beauty and different cultures disagree on what is considered beautiful and what is not. So the question remains; why do physical attributes play such a vital role for success in people’s lives today? Some of the reasons will be discussed in this paper outlining the perception of beauty and the implications it has on people’s
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popular they were‚ it’s pretty hard sometimes to understand why. Perhaps these women were charismatic‚ or perhaps the definition beauty was not the same as our guiding today. If you think a woman looks like today‚ which we consider beautiful and quickly compare with Mary Stuart‚ who became queen of Scotland in 1542‚ we will understand more easily how related concepts of beauty have changed over time‚ so there is a review of the standards imposed by society. It is said that theory according to which women
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The concept of beauty is a controversial issue in today’s look-oriented modern society as the media constantly tries to give it a set definition. Motivated by material profit‚ television programs‚ glamorous magazines‚ and fashionable websites often provide their own distorted image of the perfect human being. However‚ due to the fact that it is a subjective and relative concept‚ beauty is indefinable and therefore an unreachable and utopian ideal. The idea of beauty has undergone a great amount
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Beauty‚ is said to be in the eye of the beholder‚ or at least that’s what we were told as children. There would be times someone would say I am beautiful‚ yet I would look them in the eyes and question what they meant. I did not feel beautiful‚ but I did not want to come off as rude so I replied with a simple smile and a thank you. How could I accept a compliment I did not understand for myself? A statement I do not believe in because the definition of Beauty I lived by meant: Having a thin waist
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Beauty is defined in the Oxford dictionary as; “A combination of qualities‚ such as shape‚ colour‚ or form‚ that pleases the aesthetic senses‚ especially the sight” . An ideal is; “a person or thing regarded as perfect”‚ or “a standard or principle to be aimed at”. It can represent “an abstract or hypothetical optimum”‚ “existing only in the imagination; desirable or perfect but not likely to become a reality” . The concept of “ideal beauty” we can then surmise‚ is an abstract‚ unattainable perfection
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