Skin Deep Beauty

Was looking at Xiaxue's post ... heh heh, yeah I do that sometimes when I'm bored, and the discussion on the Miss Universe thingy. Damn funny, I absolutely agree with her.... Miss Singapore is indeed very ugly! hahaha. No matter how much photoshop XX did still cannot change that fact. She has got no poise, no beauty at all. Hello. She's not even pretty by half! She looks too brash, too harsh and her make-up is awful! Good grief. She looks like a big bad wolf, with big eyes all the more to look at you; big teeth all the better to eat you with! Arrrgh. What a nightmare. *LOL*

More on Miss Universe here.

On the other hand, Miss Paraguay looks really good. Absolutely gorgeous, I quote. She has the poise, the confidence. And there's an air of mystery about her. Hers is a simple beauty. Nothing glaring. quiet. exquisite. dignified. :)

Errm, Miss USA doesn't look very pretty either. Her mouth looks out of place too low down her face. heh heh. Miss Australia doesn't look too bad. She looks like a happy, cheerful girl which nothing can daunt her. Guess it's a good choice for Miss Universe since they do have quite a lot of things to do in the year, I guess. Probably that's why the Supermodels type of beauties can't be bothered to take part in Miss Universe. ha.

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In an article in Straits Times on Sunday "Who says looks don't matter?"

SHE is a diploma holder and a business administrator in her late 30s. He is an O-level dropout, a store clerk in his late 40s.

He turned her down after one date as she 'wasn't pretty enough', said Mr Benedict Kumar, owner of the matchmaking agency Lights 2-1. 'She was a little plump, he complained that she wasn't sexy. But it wasn't like he was very handsome himself.'

Such complaints are par for the course, matchmakers say. Four agencies here said looks are 'critically important' for men especially.

It agrees with the results of a Sunday Times poll, which found that six in 10 respondents consider looks to be important in their choice of a life partner. Three in 10 said they wouldn't date someone who isn't good-looking. Average-lookers take a year to hook up, compared with three months for attractive singles, the matchmakers reckon.

With so many fixated on looks, director of D'Match Ho Hoon Choo finds herself taking on the role of beauty consultant too.

'It's 30 per cent looks, 70 per cent packaging,' she said.

One success story is a 36-year-old businesswoman, who had faced constant rejection for 1 1/2 years. 'Her skin was bad, her hair was a mess, her dressing was outdated,' said Mrs Ho. But after a makeover, she hit the romance jackpot.

She added: 'Human beings being human, still look at a person's appearance.'

Mrs Tan-Huang Shuo Mei, director of the government matchmaking agency, the Social Development Unit, said: 'People are very dogmatic. But when they begin dating, they may well be attracted to qualities that have nothing to do with looks.'

Honestly, would you date someone whom you considered not good looking? :) If you say you will, then you must be lying. LOL. :)

Outer beauty is very important. It is the looks which attract attention. The golden ratio, the symmetrical structure of a person's face, which is ascetically pleasing. I've read an article in the Discover magazine once long ago about The Science of Beauty or something. Can't remember what exactly it is, but the gist of it is that beauty lies in Mathematics. OKie, let's not cheem anyone out. Also a beautiful person --> hence symmetrical = healthy --> good genes + intelligence (cos' brains is symmetrical?). So a beautiful person is supposedly a person with healthy good genes and high intelligence. And in the Darwin's World of Natural Selection, we would want to procreate with people with healthy genes right? So all the ugly people will have to crawl into a hole and hide? *evil laughter* ... okie, just kidding. But still, the point is this: outer beauty is indeed useful. It lands you job opportunities, easier for you to find a mate, and all that stuffs. Sad, but true.

And for the rest of the ugly and the not so beautiful people, don't dispair! Confidence and poise is the keyword! Carry yourself well and love thyself. heh heh. Or seriously, if you think you are too ugly, go and get yourself to become very very rich. Because besides beauty, money and power is the next best thing which attracts others. Of course after you get your guy/girl, better keep both eyes open for you'd never know if your next cup of coffee is your last. Then again, if you are really so ugly, perhaps it's just better to do everyone a favour and erase yourself from this world. hahaha.

Okie, I'd better stop before I get flamed. :P

Besides I need to start packing my bags for my trip to Bali tomorrow! And I've not started yet ... nor have I changed money. That's a P personality of you. heh heh.

Disclaimer: The above (on ugly people) is the real rantings of the mentally disturbed other self. I will not take responsibility if anyone finds fault with the words and decides to top himself/herself. It'll be much better though cos' you'd be helping in the decreasing of the world's population which leads to less hunger and less evil in the world.