I agree with all of the posts here. Just wanted to add that the beautiful celebrities, whether airbrushed or not, are unattainable. You can’t hold a conversation with them, or go to the movies with them, or cook them dinner, or hold their hands, or enjoy the intimate activity of your choice with them. When you balance that against something as superficial as breast size or hair length, it’s hard to see why anyone would choose the beautiful image over a flesh-and-blood relationship.
gobear, that was a stellaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar impression.
There are all sorts of beautiful people out there…and what’s wrong if there are too many of them? Each one is beautiful in his/her own way, making life less boring and scenery more pleasant.
Don’t compare the different beauties of two individuals…just accept them.
When you love someone, they’ll become the most beautiful (or handsome) person in the world to you.
Sappy, but true. (At least for me.)
Beauty comes from within. One day, when you believe in yourself, have loads of self confidence and self esteem you might believe that you too, are beautiful. When you begin to believe it yourself, it will come true and others will see you much in the way you see yourself.
I believe there’s four types of pretty people:
• People who are beautiful on the inside.
• People who are beautiful on the outside.
• People who are neither
• People who are both.
Strive for both but remember, sometimes the only thing you can control and/or change… is your attitude. Best of luck to you.
Oh but I do. I’m borderlining over confidence. I think I’m great. Which leads other to think I’m arrogant, but thats another rant all together.
Thanks to the more insightful posters. Its just I’m starting to forget that the beautiful people are just normal people with heavy makeup and airbrushed pictures. I’m not going to kill my tv. I love it too much :p. However I am considering keeping watch I watch to a minimum. The Comedy Channel, the education ones etc.
Basically I’m just sick of the media showing that to be beautiful you have to be physically attractive. (Oh and its not that I think I’m ugly, because as stated before I think I’m great :D)
Yeah ok, I’m done.
Read, or watch, Joseph Campbell. No, this is not a hijack, even though I suggest this to everyone. But I mean is find meaning in life beyond just the aesthetic.
I think a poorly done quote will explain what I am trying to say. In one interview he asks, “What is the meaning of a flower? The meaning of the universe? A flea? Life?”
I loved how he juxtaposed a symbol of beauty with a symbol of annoyance and filth (by that I mean the flea, not life 
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It said a lot about my level of shallowness that I picked up on that phrase.
On the contrary, there are too few beautiful people. Let me explain.
I went to UVA (that’s the University of Virginia, for those who aren’t familiar with the abbreviation). The women there are unreal. If I had seen Angelina Jolie in all her made-up glory walking down the street there, I wouldn’t even have given her a second thought. Put anyone else you want in there, and it’s still true.
And you know what? I don’t even consider comparing the people I see to the vixens of any screen. Nor do my male friends who went there. We all saw, and had contact with, enough beautiful people that we realized that beauty is just one more attribute, and in the end, it’s not what matters.
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Larry, I actually don’t think Toby Maguire is all that hunky. Granted, he is kind of cute, but in a geeky sort of way. Perfect for Peter Parker. And he’s working at a disadvantage by being the same height as the actress playing Mary Jane (whose name escapes me at the moment). I’m thinking of the scene where he put her down on the rooftop garden, and their heads were about level. Maybe she was standing on a box or something. My point being, that usually actors/male models/studs/whatever are tall.
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Don’t you mean their court jester?
How grateful I am that I was so influenced by Punk–not just the music, but the whole philosophy and aesthetic. As far as looks go, it’s better to be interesting than merely beautiful.
Hmmm… condsidering that Toby Maguire is the only actor I’ve ever been compared to, perhaps I should reconsider my self-image… although I don’t wear glasses, so perhaps I can plead Clark Kent/Superman syndrome (first impression of Peter Parker was with those glasses, and the image sticks with us all…).
I’m not a beautiful person. I never was… but I’m still attractive because I have passion and empathy for people. The beautiful people we all know and hate are in magazines or on TV… they have no compassion or feeling, we don’t get to see them vulnerable or sniffling from a summer cold. They don’t get drunk or snore. But TV makes my eyes hurt after a while, and magazines get crumpled. I think my girlfriend is the most beautiful person I’ve ever met, because she’s sharing that beauty with me. This will sound crude, but I’m experiencing her beauty from the inside… done giggling? I mean that I’m not admiring her from afar, wondering what she might be like. I know what she’s like and I love her for it. I know that her beauty isn’t concealing arrogance or maliciousness, and that she’s not self-involved. I know that her beauty isn’t just skin-deep. Beauty that you don’t need to question is the greatest kind of all.
Yeah, and while you’re doing that, i’m going to use my billion to do 2 or more chicks at the same time.
I agree with most of what’s been said about the appearance of celebrities, and have one thing to add – they look good in pictures. I don’t know what quality makes this so, but some people just photograph better than others. And I know this from personal experience as well. Several years ago Cheryl Ladd was filming a movie on location near the town where I was a reporter. I did a story on a girl from town who’d gotten a job on the production crew, and met all the celebs. Cheryl Ladd, while certainly cute, wasn’t fabulously gorgeous. I shot a few pictures of her. Back in the darkroom is where I saw the Cheryl Ladd I knew … she lived in the photographs, and on celluloid.
KIRSTEN DUNST!!
:o Sorry, I just couldn’t let it slide. I’ve been told I look like her, and, um, yeah. To contribute something that’s actually on topic, I think that the best way to look at it is to imagine all the beautiful people on earth in one confined space. How much is beauty worth then? Not a whole lot. There are more than 6 billion people on Earth - being beautiful will not really set you apart. This sounds terribly cheesy, but the thing that really differentiates you from everybody else on Earth is your personality. I’m quite tired and this probably doesn’t make any sense, but I have to get the Kirsten Dunst message out there before I go to sleep.