Beauty

her physical and impoverished appearances cause others to call her ugly despite the fact that her beauty is covered up by her rank in the social hierarchy. Later on, however, Cosette’s internal qualities bring about a shift in the story and her hidden beauty is finally visible for others to notice. Victor Hugo, in Les Misérables, describes society’s focus on ideal physical traits which define beauty this time. In addition, Hugo voices his opinions on how physical features do not define a truly…

older than their age. Beauty pageants for young girls have become more popular since the show “Toddlers and Tiaras” aired on TV for the first time. In 1996, a 6 year-old daughter, who was famous for beauty pageants, was left dead in her basement at her own home. The case is still being questioned as to who killed the little girl, but I can almost guarantee you that the parents wish they would have never allowed their daughter to partake in pageants. Here are some reasons why beauty pageants are…

When it comes to the matter of appearance, beauty is craved by most people. But, what does it cost to be beautiful? Everyone is beautiful in a unique way but, that reasoning is not good enough for everyone. Many people want to enhance their beauty and to display it with more pride, and as we know there are many beauty products that can easily be purchased. It seems good to be true, but to most great things, there is always a downside. By applying beauty products you are endangering your body,…

“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it,” – Confucius. This is the mentality that every human in the world should carry. This is the ideology that I’ve been taught growing up, and this is the argument that Ms. Temimah Zucker carries in her piece. Throughout “Society’s Standards of Beauty Will Get Old, But Being Comfortable with Yourself Never will,” Ms. Zucker emphasizes the importance of feeling “attractive at every age.” She conveys the utmost significance that women “at whatever age,…

a woman to express herself and show her creativity to the world. This philosophy guided the Unicorn Queen to early success in the makeup industry. Deere firmly believes in following your heart to make-your dreams come true. The Russian Beauty The Russian Beauty arrived in New York City at the age of 17 with a big dream. That dream was to become a musician. Certainly, the music world is very competitive. Still, the young Doe Deere achieved that dream. Doe Deere still associates New York with her…

When comparing modern day beauty, such as that of Gisele Bundchen, Angelina Jolie, and Kate Middleton to the works created during the High Renaissance and Mannerism area, there are numerous similarities found alongside many differences. While some aspects of fashions have changed with the ages, others seem to remain timeless. Long, lustrous and thick hair has for the most part continually remained popular, particularly among women. Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has long hair, worn over the…

thought about the banning of children beauty pageants? If you haven’t, this paper gives examples and reasonings why I think children beauty pageants should be banned. The reasons I think children beauty pageants should be banned are they are overly focused on appearance, parents become too involved, they can be dangerous, they affect the children’s aging, they sexualize children, and the pageants are expecting children to be attractive. I believe that children beauty pageants are too focused on…

“Sleeping Beauty” renditions by Giambattista Basile and Charles Perrault over the years, there have been many ways in which the story was told about the original rendition of “Sleeping Beauty”, using the plot and character. With these different renditions written by Giambattista Basile and Charles Perrault, some aspects of this story are more graphic than others in Basile story. Basile expatiated about his love affairs, but failed to appeal to younger millennials in his edition “Sun, Moon, and…

After viewing the "Beauty Factory" documentary through a critical lens, I can affirm that beauty contests form an important part of the daily Venezuelan culture. So much so that, if you ask any Venezuelan girl what she wants to be when she grows up, she is very likely to respond, "una miss”. As seen in the documentary, in Venezuela it is very easy to find beautiful women in all places, of any race and social class, and it is not uncommon for there to be as many modeling academies because as I…

Celebrities have proved to be thinner, which negatively affects all those who look up to said celebrities and want to be just like them. However, with recent campaigns and public attention, more and more celebrities are taking a stand against body shaming. Beauty queens alike have had a reputation of keeping a perfectly toned body that fits flawlessly in a bikini. Young women want that image so badly they are willing to harm themselves in various…