beauty

Today I wanted to write about the question: Is beauty more important than character?  I believe that the answer is no. It is ridiculous how much emphasis the world puts on being beautiful and looking perfect. People take drastic measures to perfect their body and make themselves look good. I don't mean that you shouldn't take care of yourself, I think everyone should try to look their best by putting on make-up or fixing their hair, but that doesn't mean going to get plastic surgery on your face because you don't like your nose, getting liposuction on your thighs because you don't like them, or getting a face lift at 60 because you have wrinkles. Your supposed to have wrinkles at 60, that's what is naturally supposed to happen. And getting liposuction will not do any good if you don't exercise and diet because you will gain it all back. You could have just gone on a diet and gone to the gym to lose it, and you would have saved thousands of dollars plus have put yourself through a lot less pain. Everyone should eat a healthy diet and exercise, but when you go to drastic extremes like surgery or starving yourself just to look good, that is when it is a problem. I saw in the news yesterday that a model in her 20's died a couple days ago from malnutrition. She was anorexic and weighed 88 pounds. That is completely absurd. Life isn't about seeing how little you can weigh. Everyone's body has a natural weight that it stays at if they eat right and exercise so you have to accept your weight and concentrate on being healthy, not on making sure all your ribs show in your bikini this summer. Although it is proven that people who are more attractive are more accepted by society, get better jobs, and are perceived as nicer than an average person, beauty does not compare to character. When you get old or if you get injured it doesn't matter how beautiful or skinny you were, all you have is your character.