I aim to be healthy 1st. Health is beautiful by default as pointed out. Look after your mind, body and soul.

As a guy I've struggled with not being attractive enough as well and I think I've sorted out why its hard. If someone isn't as good at something they just adapt and find something they are good at to make money. You can't do that as easily with looks or smarts and so it becomes a point of shame. I think its important to realize that people are better looking than you. But that doesn't mean you can't find love or have a life. Just like how some people are dumber than others and manage just fine.

The crazy thing about photos is that they can lie. Depending on light and angle, you might look bigger, smaller, wider or taller from one photo to another. You can look at a photo and think "wow, I look fat" or think "wow, that's a really bad photo of me" - it's a bad photo, probably nothing wrong with you.

I always think about this. I'm thirteen years old. my classmates always tease me and I came to think of this. I slowly got ideas and love ted talks.

I guess that's the point -we all know models are photoshopped etc, but we keep comparing because of the fear of not being beautiful. And we think beauty means acceptance and happiness and that needs to be changed.

I am so sick of this focused on looking pretty culture:/

This is quite educational. I am guy and I thought I don't have this problem until you are mentioning pictures. I hate taking pictures, and this could be that I am not satisfy with my look. So, I will be taking some advice and learn to accept myself more.

This is amazing ! Best ted talk presentation I’ve seen!

Thanks for this talk, it really helped.

LOVALY!!! THANK YOU SO FOR THIS TALK!!! BLESSINGS TO YOU, BEAUTIFUL YOU!!!🌹🌹🌹 Eva, Belgium

confidence to be lets be honestly.

She's Beautiful!

The moment you feel good about yourself , you are beautiful

I'd like someone to speak about this topic for men too. I still don't understand why the world completely ignore that men have the same body image issues. Moreover, we have far fewer "tricks" than women to disguise our imperfections (not to say we don't have anything).

IM OBSESSED WITH MY FACE GETTING BETTER AND ITS WEIRD.

new pickup line "Hey girl I like your 75% wast to hip ratio"

wow

Still, I hate that hourglass is so praised over other body types.

Yes, men put pressure on women to look good (though it's mostly the jerks who do so, IMO). However, most of that pressure actually comes from other women and how women naturally obsess over competing with one another. It's a serious problem because women refuse to listen to the praise from the men they're dating, and instead listen to their peers and the resulting voice in her head. And just FYI, make-up, fake nails, etc make *all* women look ridiculous… for the same reason that men would look ridiculous if they highlighted their imperfect abs, pecs, and biceps… or if they wore high heels to look taller. So stop wasting your money on all that make-up, manicures, beauty treatments, and excessive clothing. True beauty is natural beauty and how you carry yourself. Just be yourself and take pride in yourself. Yes, some people are naturally more attractive than others. Men deal with this, too, and women are even more selective! Just be patient and good things will come if you hold your head up and be yourself.

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Western beauty standards will never change.

Hopefully we can get to a point where we wont allow men to govern how we should feel about the way we look.

I got empty nose syndrome from conservative minimally invasive nose surgery

"you're beautiful"... If you have perfect skin, bone structure and hip-to-waist-ratio and of course are'nt I'll or otherwise sub-human... That God damned "health" bit... Don't get me wrong, if you have the energy/means/life to go for it and work on your health at the highest rate, go for it. But not all people do and this is ableism and exclusiveness more than recognition of whatever it's supposed to be. Am I the only one thinking that this anti selfhatred/beauty speech crashed and burned at those "facts" listed? It seems pretty counterproductive to me (said the old broad with the lines, the crooked jaw and the cecarien scar)

she is nervous

Very shaky arguments. Taking care of yourself doesn't make you objectively more beautiful.

It's just a waist to hip ratio, so everyone, feel better! Oh yeah, except you athletic girls built like bricks XD

OMG 1.30 "because that's what we do" Women are sellers and men are buyers which is to say women have the luxury of idly selecting which male suitor enjoys the privilege of propagation. Meanwhile a man has to venture out and demonstrate some level of competence before even daring to proposition the princess. Think every fairytale ever, not only does the man have to be a charming prince he also just so happens to have gone out and slain a DRAGON before an audience is even countenanced. Now in order to change this dynamic or "social construct" not only would we have to change the biological reality that women bare children by a highly costly 9 month ordeal we would also have to force women to proposition men on the basis of both beauty and achievement while being fully prepared for the acrimony of rejection. Good luck with that! Incidentally this just so happens to be the same reason why girls don't have the interest to tackle difficult domains like S.T.E.M. fields and the like or compete in highly competitive hierarchies (political and corporate leadership...) because they don't necessarily have to in order to enjoy reproductive success which is the ultimate goal of success in life's evolutionary game and hence the gender pay gap.

Cleopatra and Anne Boleyn were not beautiful. Both were witty and accomplished.

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