Beauty and Brains: Be Yourself!
What kinds of hobbies and interests do YOU have? Feel free to explore a wider spectrum of what the world has to offer. Don’t peg yourself into one hole or another. Be a unique combination of all your interests, heritage, and studies.
I admit it. I am a fashionista wannabe. I love great clothes. I enjoy style. I just plain love fashion. And don’t even get me started on shoes! But my interests don’t stop there. I am also a 3.9 student, a community activist and volunteer. We can be proud of having a brain and using it! I am neither stereotype of an egghead or a diva. I am a blend of so many interests and influences. When I was little my mother often said, “Pretty is as Pretty does.” What it means is that the outside can be great looking but there is always more to a person than that and we should work to make our hearts, souls and minds the best they can be.
Another great observation on brains and beauty came to me through my modeling school’s national director. At our auditions, she said that the most important thing to being a model is confidence in yourself. She also later said that good grades are very important. They show her that a person is willing to WORK HARD toward their goals and have the organization and discipline needed to be a pro in the modeling world. Sadly dumb girls are a dime a dozen but they either can’t follow directions, have a poor work ethic, or show a bad attitude. Fashion NEEDS organized, brainy girls. I thought that was awesome news for me. And for you.
Be a cheerleader, go out for bowling, learn how to do your makeup, join a community service project at a nursing home, play chess with your brother, put on cashmere and lace, give a great speech, head over to church, get an A on a test, or strap on some platform shoes. Walk down a runway knowing exactly how you are going to spend that money after the job. Go for smarts and be awesome looking at the same time! It’s all good. You can be whatever combination of brains and beauty that YOU like. Be yourself. Jen
BRAVO!!!
I totally agree with you
I'm tired of people judging on looks,like if your ugly then You are smart and if you are pretty you must be stupid @#$#!^,whoever did that theory was out of his mind.
What is worse is when girls dumb themselves down as though they are afraid of others knowing they are intelligent. It's sad that so mant girls do this and do not live up to their potential.
Beauty and intelligence are great assets that should always come as a package, as opposed to separate pieces that can't seem to fit. Great article!
Let me just say...
That was a great motivational speech, especially the ending. But the fact of the matter is, you're right. I see very few people who are attractive doing things like playing chess or bowling, but rather they either play a sport or do school work. There is no middle ground. I, as a guy, do exactly what you say. I play on the tennis team, work on some volunteer projects, etc. I do agree that we need more idealistic people like you say though.
Great post. I'm glad to contribute.
I agree with ptitefille about the stereotypes: I hate it when people make fun of pretty or ditzy girls and automatically think they're stupid. My friend Carrie is a perfect example of this: she is very pretty and worries about her looks, and she is also one of the ditziest people I know but she is also very intelligent. She is fourth in our class with very good GPA.
dayoungone621 - I must disagree with you about there being no middle ground. There is always a middle ground if you look hard enough for it. I think that there can definitely be people that break the mold and are part of that 'middle ground.'
Good topic, though Beauty and Brains
In a feminist book I recently read the back of, but would like to read more, but IB tests are in the way, the book discusses how women may have gained rights over the years, but beauty is now what traps women. Women are now looking for ways to be beautiful rather than change the world.
I totally agree on the not caring what people think. Caring about opinions is nice all, but life is too short to not spend time with someone because of the social uproar it would cause. I lost a friend who liked me in a car accident. I would not hang out with him because I didn't want ot hurt my friend who was dating him. You know the whole cheesy don't date your friend's ex deal. Now I regret it. We need to live life like there's no tomorrow. We never know who will be gone.
I'm not the brightest man on the planet, and I'll be first to admit that I was definitely attracted to my girlfriends' looks over anything else before we started dating. Tall, long blonde hair, no need for make up, always wearing Abercrombie... the girl all the guys wanted. She was really mysterious though- everybody thought she was just some dumb shy blonde...
A month or two after we started dating, I realized just what I had on my hands... one of the smartest girls alive, I swear. She wasn't in school or anything... but damn, I bet she could complete any four year degree program in two. Sometimes, when I have to write a paper for school, I give her the requirements, and she writes one too- just so she doesn't feel so left out. I was intimidated by her intelligence at first... but now I embrace it... and I don't have to turn in anything that I'm unsure of.