How Do I Look?...WAIT! I Take it Back

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How Do I Look?...WAIT! I Take it Back

Hello all,

I've added these photos to enhance my essay for this My Take. I KNOW we are all obsessed with good looks, impossibly hot people and their bodies, what is pretty, what makes someone cute, what makes someone attractive etc etc etc.

The pictures I've selected are all pictures of beautiful people modeling. They have makeup (someone put on them), clothes (someone selected for them) and genetics (someone gave birth to these chicks). Some people, men and women, are naturally beautiful. I've met them and been intimidated by them from a societal and personal insecurity standpoints. While these people do exist, they are not the norm. They are not my norm.

How Do I Look?...WAIT! I Take it Back

Why did I become obsessed with being a certain person or looking a certain way? I am realistic now. I know I'm not 'pretty'. It took YEARS for me to accept this simple fact about myself. I look at these women and don't see me. From the hair to the nose to the lips to the skin color. I now realize I was sad for most of my high school years. I didn't fit the mold and tried and tried.

How Do I Look?...WAIT! I Take it Back

So when I see posts from numerous girls/women asking "Am I pretty?"; "Am I pretty enough?"; "Why does my crush think this other girl is prettier?"; "Should I cut because I know I'm not pretty?"; "I am not white so I have to be ugly"; "Why does my boyfriend tell me I'm not pretty" etc etc I think are they ever going to get it? The realization. The acceptance that while you may not be pretty and no one may say you are pretty, it doesn't matter. It truly doesn't matter because you realize you're more than a label.

You'll get an education. You'll work at a job you love (hopefully). You'll meet the perfect (for you) person who lights you up from the inside for all the right reasons. You'll be content in life and meet good people to establish a good support system. You will NEVER have to ask others, "Am I pretty?" because you will know your worth. I'm an attractive, funny, sassy, intelligent chick who never asks am I pretty? I KNOW the answer. I hope all girls and women find the answer for themselves as well.

How Do I Look?...WAIT! I Take it Back
How Do I Look?...WAIT! I Take it Back
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