What does it mean when people tell you you look exotic?

[Anonymous]

I've had several people ask me where im from because I look exotic... another even said I have exotic eyes... but what exactly does that mean? Is that a good thing?

[hswhis]

I think it's a PC way of saying unusual. For example Adriana Lima's coloring and features are not typical, dark borwn/black hair, tanned complexion, features that are typical of some Brazilian tribes, yet she has those gray/green eyes. She's exotic/unusual but not in a bad way. After all, she is very beautiful and a top model.

Kate Moss is also exotic. Her features are not your classical English girl features, especially her sloe-shaped dark eyes. But she is beautiful. She has an appeal that cannot be defined as a classical beauty.

At least that is what exotic means to me and how I apply it when I say someone looks exotic.

[Gobylo]

Ew, Kate Moss is gross.

[hswhis]

Now she looks like a wreck from her hard partying life, but when she started in the 1990s she was exotic. I doubt she would have won awards for her contribution to the fashion world and Time magazine naming her as one of the 100 most influential people in 2007 if she were not widely regarded for her exotic beauty and fashion sense.

But beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and your welcome to your opinion.

[moistycakes]

I think it's a good thing. It means you have a rare look, or you look like your from a different country to the one your in.

[Asker]

Yeah I've been asked before if im mixed but nope both my parents are hispanic but I've been told I look Brazilian and even if im hispanic mixed with African decent

[moistycakes]

Oh that's cool :) All of those races are very beautiful in my opinion.

[dimples123]

Exotic is a good thing means "out of the ordinary". Be glad they didn't say different or weird. Take it as a compliment (:

[Anonymous]

If you are good looking (and you usually know if you are), then it's a favorable thing to hear. It's a good break from the mainstream idea of beauty. A lot of modeling agencies want a unique look, so I'd take it as a compliment.

If they're asking where you're from, it sounds like you might look like a fresh immigrant that hasn't been "Americanized" through a few generations, if that makes sense.

I will admit I have called some girls exotic looking when they just look weird. Like one girl had a weirdly shaped chin/jawline so I said exotic.

[Sinister]

hahaha finally someone else whose been asked that same question! I usually brush it off if it seems to be more on the context of a curious mind but then there are those who are derogatory and then fights happen, but that was when I was younger. It even seems to be a deterrent to some girls where I look too exotic for them. Where are you from if you don't mind me asking? I'm from the Fiji Islands.

[Asker]

Oh wow I see.. im just from Texas lol...

[Sinister]

HAHAHA I guess that could be exotic to some people !

[Sex_Panther]

It's a really nice way of saying "You don't belong here".

[Asker]

Oh really lol

[Sex_Panther]

Yeah, actually. It's when people notice you have features that are not local.

[Anonymous]

I don't know I've heard that too I'm having the same issue as u I don't know if that's good or not I'm Mexican we'll born in USA but people think I'm from somewhere else I don't know

[Asker]

Wow same here im Mexican but born in the USA... when people tell me that im like thank you in my head im like I hope that's a compliment lol

[Opinion Owner]

I do too one time I had someone said I looked from Brazil. But yet I don't know I get exotic too

[Asker]

Omg me too I've been asked if im brazilian maybe we shld google Brazilian women lol

[Opinion Owner]

Yeea let me know

[Asker]

Girl I googled it and the first thing that pops out is the 50 hottest woman from Brazil. Than another says the hottest woman are from Brazil... hmmm... high five girl we are hott lmbo

[Opinion Owner]

High five back lol plus were Mexican American lol and we pass as brazilians lol that's great in my opinion lol

[Opinion Owner]

Mind sharing the link girl? I want to see

[p0rtis26]

exotic definition: "originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country" well there you go

[mario1321]

Yes, it is a conversation opener

[Anonymous]

Foreign=exotic

[Asker]

Oh I see