Beauty is a state of mind

8/11/2019 Beauty is a state of mind

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SHATTERED THE CONVENTIONS OF TRADITIONAL BEAUTY

- THE GUARDIAN

Beauty is a state of mind-Doves Real Beauty campaign

Talk by Professor Dr Shaheen Islam


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Cultural and Societal

Script

Live in a culture thatexaggerates physical

beauty beyond its true

status

Media indirectly pushedpeople's minds

Beauty as determinants of

self-worth

Specially in young girls and

women


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Surprising Self-Esteem Statistics

Only 4% of women around the worldconsider themselves beautiful (upfrom 2% in 2004)

Only 11% of girls globally arecomfortable using the word beautiful

to describe themselves

72% of girls feel tremendouspressure to be beautiful

80% of women agree that everywoman has something about her that

is beautiful but do not see their ownbeauty

More than half (54%) of womenglobally agree that when it comes tohow they look, they are their ownworst beauty critic


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Dark Side of Beauty

One third of incomeon

maintaining good looks

Anxiety about looks

Universal increase in

beauty pressure

Decrease in girls'

confidence
http://www.viewzone.com/faces.htmlhttp://www.viewzone.com/faces.htmlhttp://www.viewzone.com/faces.htmlhttp://www.viewzone.com/faces.html


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EVERYTHING HAS BEAUTY,

BUT NOT EVERYONE SEES IT.~CONFUCIUS~

WWW.EVERYTHING-BEAUTIFUL.COM/BEAUTY-QUOTES/#STHASH.UDMPFAGD.DPUF

The new rules it makes must be

grounded in human truth.


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All Creation Is

BeautifulThe Qur'anic verse (32:7)

"No one has ever

seen beauty like

Yusuf's

But He who created

Yusuf has the true

beauty."


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Let's face it.

First impression is first about looks;

Only later do things such as personality, brainsand character start to take on meaning

The key to perceived beauty is the face

Daniel Hamermesh, (author of Beauty Pays, an economist)

Found that beauty is absolutely connected withsuccesswell, at least financial success across thecountries and cultures.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/personalityhttp://www.freakonomics.com/2011/08/18/dan-hamermesh-answers-your-questions-about-beauty-pays/http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9516.htmlhttp://press.princeton.edu/titles/9516.htmlhttp://www.freakonomics.com/2011/08/18/dan-hamermesh-answers-your-questions-about-beauty-pays/http://www.freakonomics.com/2011/08/18/dan-hamermesh-answers-your-questions-about-beauty-pays/http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/personality


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Beauty does make a difference

Beautiful women have it even better and get away withthings ordinary people can't.

Beautiful women get more smiles, more handsome

lovers and better treatment, and perhaps they expectit.

Sometimes the beautiful woman has

a bigger-than-life persona higher than normal self esteem

feeling that she is special and deserves the best

ecome a self fulfilling prophecy
http://www.viewzone.com/faces.html


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The power of positive thinking

The cycle is at work:

Sets up a powerful self

image and expectationsfor the best

A princess syndrome: the center of attention

everyone else is of little

importance..


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It is not something physical


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Kahlil Gibran

Beauty

is not in the

face;beauty

is a light

in the heart.
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6466154.Kahlil_Gibranhttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6466154.Kahlil_Gibranhttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6466154.Kahlil_Gibranhttp://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6466154.Kahlil_Gibran


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The best part of

be uty is th t which

no picture c n

express P.C. Cast, Betrayed


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My deep

appreciation toall those whom I

have quoted for

spreadingknowledge and

Changing Attitude

Beauty is a state of mind

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