Actually, our perception of beauty is mainly streamed from the mass media. Somehow, a beautiful gal has to have a celebrity’s look, meaning if you look like some celebrity you are in luck. The public’s expectation of a beautiful gal is just as ridiculous. SHE should have large dolly eyes, small sharp nose and full pouting lips. SHE should weight less than 40kg, however have a well-endowed pair of boobs, nevertheless a much smaller pair of perky hips. It is hard to be a beautiful woman today, especially to look like SHE in the magazine. Some might blame it on the flag of personal trainers, nutritionists, beauticians, makeup artists, hairstylists or even plastic surgeons to be the FBI for the celebrities. In addition, the most amazing beautifying tool today would be the Photoshop where one’s flaws can be totally erased or rectified.

In comparison, the women in the past neither had an easier time to look beautiful. In ancient china, a woman has to have small, single-eyelid eyes (so called dragon phoenix eyes), large nose (brings more money luck) and small hello-kitty mouth (cherry mouth). For figure wise, she should be chubby (high social status), however flat chested (not a prostitute) and yet a small pair of foot (graceful) to support her entire heavy weight. If we were to transfer an ancient chiobu through time machine to today and vise versa, we might start condemning each other’s taste.

Personally, I feel technology has advanced to such a state that you can be as beautiful as you want to be, even not yourself. Therefore, many beauty salons, healthcare centres and surgery places have sprouted out in our society today to attack one’s vulnerability of wanting youth and beauty. Nevertheless, I do not need another party to tell me “you are beautiful” anymore. It is not because one has to reach for the beauty within herself herself, for I just know now I do not need to be beautiful to smile confidently. =)