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    often based on some combination of inner beauty‚ which includes psychological factors such as personality‚ intelligence‚ grace‚ politeness‚ charisma‚ integrity‚ congruence and elegance‚ and outer beauty (i.e. physical attractiveness) which includes physical attributes which are valued on aesthetic basis. Standards of beauty have changed over time‚ based on changing cultural values. Historically‚ paintings show a wide range of different standards for beauty. However‚ humans who are relatively young

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    Posing Beauty

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    I visited the museum to see the “Posing Beauty” exhibit on Thursday October 3‚ 2013 and Tuesday October 8‚ 2013. The atmosphere of the museum was tranquil‚ and allowed for a freethinking and free-flowing environment to create ideas for the argumentative essay. The title of the artwork I chose is Venus‚ which is a self-portrait taken in 1994. I was immediately attracted to the piece of artwork because of the position of her body and her nakedness jump out of the portrait. It is not often that curvaceous

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    Idea of Beauty

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    “It is foolish to wish for beauty. Some people never either desire it for themselves or care about it in others. If the mind be but well cultivated‚ and the heart well disposed‚ no one ever cares for the exterior.” -ANNE BRONTE‚ Agnes Grey My idea of beauty is that everyone is beautiful regardless of who they are and how they look like. You are only beautiful

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    Beauty or Brains?

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    Beauty or brains? A question asked by many but answered by none. Some say beauty is most important and brains aren’t required. I have a different perception. In this world‚ beauty is considered everything and almost nothing can be done without beauty. It will get you a job‚ it will get you roles in movies etc. the media is one major factor that promotes beauty in a negative matter. Have u seen their idea of beauty? People say that beauty on the Face is everything but what they don’t know is what

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    A Perspective of Beauty

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    about what defines beauty. The speculations range from how our body looks as a whole to the point that beauty lies within each body part. This idea of beauty is only a small portion of the whole picture in all retrospect. In real essence‚ beauty cannot really be defined with words but rather an array of art which encompasses the truth about beauty. The common misconception with beauty that many individuals either do not understand or choose to ignore completely is that beauty runs skin deep. Much

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    Beauty for Me

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    Beauty For Me Beauty. We’ve heard that word repeatedly through our lives but what does it really mean? Majority of people find beauty to be something dealing with physical attributes‚ when in fact it can also deal with the inner self as well. What one person might find to beautiful maybe completely different from what another person finds beautiful. We then must wonder how an individual came about to defining what is beautiful according to them. Now we can’t simply say that beauty is the eye of

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    Beauty Contest

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    someone else’s opinion on beauty which brings me to the question “Do beauty contests really serve a purpose in today’s society?” There are many different kinds of beauty contests. They are for both men and women and range from infants to adults in age. It’s putting in young girls and women minds that they have to reach the description of beauty from society. It is all about what is inside and the person that they are that makes them beautiful. What the media and shows such as beauty contests have done is

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    Definition of Beauty

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    Beauty What is beauty? There are many different thoughts regarding beauty. Eleanor Roosevelt said‚ “No matter how plain a woman may be‚ of truth and honesty are written across her face‚ she will be beautiful” (Confucius‚ Roosevelt‚ and Poe). Edgar Allen Poe‚ regarding beauty stated‚ “There is no exquisite beauty…without some strangeness in the proportion” (Confucius‚ Roosevelt‚ and Poe). Confucius tells us‚ “Everything has beauty‚ but not everyone sees it” (Confucius‚ Roosevelt‚ and Poe). There

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    Manufacturing Beauty

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    Cindy Jackson’s website‚ her only goal seems to be to try and make money. Most of her website is about selling her line of cosmetics and beauty aids along selling with her plastic surgery advice. Upon a more in depth analysis‚ my personal opinion is that Cindy Jackson has some serious self-image issues. After so many operations‚ she has come to believe that beauty is on the outside‚ and she looks for any way necessary to achieve the look of her ideal‚ an imaginary person. The flaws that she sees

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    False of Beauty

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    Lost in Fantasy Magazines‚ movies‚ and commercials are trying to create an image of what beauty is. Beauty‚ being defined‚ means the quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit. But beauty standards are getting each time higher that even some celebrities can compete. The media portray the standards of beauty as unrealistic. Making us believe that the image of Barbie if he one and when in the real word‚ becoming

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