beauty

[yummy]

What do you think it is?

I say it is a good complexion.

[spk]

beauty is only skin deep but ugly goes right to the bone

[irisred]

Beauty is an inner confidence that attracts everyone, be it male or female.

[dove]

oh you young naive person.

beauty is when you,feel good inside , dont matter what your skin colour, tone etc.

Its when you are happy inside

:-)

[ladcon]

cat deeley

[Scarlett]

Beauty is when someone smiles.

[henrymullen]

its a horse and its name is black

[mimififi]

in the eye of the beholder.

[Bobble17]

self assurance but not arrogance, and the ability to make others feel comfortable and self-assured in your presence go a long way in making someone beautiful.

x

[Andy008]

Dawn Miller

[veritysims]

i think there are alot of 'pc' answers here. lets be honest all these cliches about beauty being skin deep and inner beauty (blah blah) is fair enough but we ALL know that physical attraction is important , especially to men. i think that saying that yummy is young and naive is a little patronising. he/she obviously was referring to 'looks' . i think that it is a sad fact of life that looks DO matter and certainly equate when looking for a potential partner. (be honest...please)
i agree with u yummy... a good complexion helps as does facial symetry and (sorry pc gang) but being slim also helps. I wish this wasnt all true but deep down you all know it is.

[Bobble17]

hi verity - i didn't realise I was being 'pc'!  I was thinking about some of the most attractive people I know and what about their appearance makes them look so good.  That all look completely different - nope, not even all slim - but they all have winning personalities.  Obviously physical beauty is important - it catches the eye - but if it isn't sustained by a nice smile the first impression evaporates for me.  So plenty of people aren't head turningly beautiful - but once you've looked at someone more than once, and seen the personality, thats when real beauty starts to shine.  And really - how much do looks matter when you are looking for a potential partner?  Potential shag maybe!  Anyway, I am hideously physically unattractive.  Perhaps I was trying to make myself feel better.  Now you have unassured me I will never be viewed as potential partner material AAAAARRRRGH<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

[mimififi]

Beauty is more than the outside. If it were not, then bilnd people would be unable to fall in love; something I know to be untrue...

I also think that if you ask most men, they find slim/skinny women less attractive than women that are a size 14 plus.

I know plenty of people also who would be considered 'unattractive' by the people in the media or on the catwalk who have a whole string of boyfriends, and/or who are happily married and have great, full, sexy lives. I know some people who would be considered by the same to be very beautiful and who are concerned they will be left on the shelf.
Dawn French is often Voted one of the most attractive women in TV. Kate Moss is often ridiculed for "why an earth is she on the catwalk...."

Beauty IS what is inside. Hodgson Burnett wrote about being a princess on the inside, and maybe it's a book we should read more often.

Interestingly, I have mental pictures of what I think people on AB look like, it is a human condition that helps you to place people and remember people by their id by also connecting them with a visual. I have obviously formulated this opinion (rightly or wrongly) on what each AB-er have said, as that is all I have to go on. SOme ID's would be considered to look beautiful if I were to draw them, some ID's would not. The only thing I have had to go on is you attitudes.

[Hippy]

Beauty is what attracts us, and while you can describe some people as having a beautiful character, it is really that zap you get when you first clap eyes on someone. It is so hard to define because we all have slightly different "hot buttons", gained from early experiences. Some might favour a plump look (Auguste Renoir certainly did), others might be attraced by brown eyes, or an oriental appearance.

Beauty is that indefinable quality of apperance that sparks those wibbly wobbly felings inside and makes your breath go shallow, your eyes go wide and your mouth drop open. It is quite a different thing from getting to know a person and becoming friends.

There have always been general fashions in what we are supposed to think of as beauty. Just now for a woman it appears that a crazy shape of very thin waist, round hips, enormous bust, shortish straight dark hair, totally wrinkle free pouting mouth and lips, sultry eyes ... oh it's just impossible. For the blokes? Well the rugged outdoor "Marlboro Man" is out and the fay Jamie Oliver types are in, with some challenging unkemp hair but not too aggressive, displaying a flawed and vulnerable side; a handle for the feminine nurture instinct perhaps.

[blinkyblinky]

verity - you asked for honesty, and being totally totally honest, skinny girls don't do much for me. I'm not into obesity, but I'm with mimififi on this one. Just goes to show, beauty is subjective (and if you don't believe me, look at the portrayal of so-called beautiful woman in paintings throughout history.)

[sophie_1003]

marilyn monroe

[veritysims]

yes i agree with you that beauty is more than just looks and I also agree that sustained attraction must be backed up by a decent personality. i know girls who are 'beautiful' who have been treated like dirt by men one after the other. i also agree that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and that we all have different ideas of what is attractive. However, I shared a house with four men a while back and witnessed enough conversations to know that while a man can appreciate a girl for her personality ("she's a nice girl but....") looks are usually the deciding factor at the beginning of a relationship. A nice personality wont have men foaming at the mouth when it walks into a bar. You mention Dawn French, but do men really fancy her? im not so sure. Most men would love to date Kylie or Angelina Jolie if they were to be totally honest. If I was wrong on this one why do people marry those who are of similar attractivness to themselves (because we go for the best we can get). This works because there will always be someone for us.......Im not being shallow here (I hope0 Im just trying to be honest.. Mimi - im no supermodel myself lol.

[veritysims]

bobble im sure you are not hideously unattractive, and even if u are, there are plenty of men who would like u because u are intelligent and funny and that is also important. Me and my partner are average i suppose but we fancy each other because we love each other and we both know weve done alright by each other. but im sure he sometimes wishes i had bigger boobs or a smaller bum but hey he has a pot belly and daft hair.