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Perhaps 50 years ago, we didn't hold people to such a high standard of perfection. Why do teeth need to be whitened, lips thicker, etc. I don't recall people ever being concerned about such things years ago. Does technology create a need that didn't exist year ago?
Why not? My friend had lasik surgery years ago and now has permanent dry eyes but hey he's looking good or so he thinks. He looked fine before.
Interesting point! It’s true technology profits hugely from people’s vanity. I’d blame advertising and models who have been airbrushed, it’s changed the way we think about beauty. Technology is just making money from what a lot of us want or think we want.
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I’d blame advertising and models who have been airbrushed, it’s changed the way we think about beauty.
It’s how ppl talk about airbrushing like it’s a magic potion that can take somebody from ugly to beautiful. All it does is brush out little imperfections. BUT IMO the thread isn’t about perfect ppl...because ofc nobody is. It’s about “good looking” people.^^
Pure luck and it’s rare. Next time you are in public, look around. The overwhelming majority of people are ugly to plain to mildly pleasant. True good looking people are super infrequent. Like 1 in a 100 or so. Part of the problem is obesity. Everyone in this country is fat so even those who could be good looking lose their edge and fall into the disrepair of plainness.
Not everyone in this country is fat; but more than 50% for sure. And I agree with you that the obesity makes people look much less attractive.
I've observed and noticed a few obese people who have nice face with beautiful skin complexion. I imagined if those people were not so overweight, they would look very beautiful.
I've read that too, but think of all the actors/models with uneven features. Like a crooked smile that is actually really attractive, or those who have differently-shaped eyebrows yet are very attractive.
And it can be really off-putting to make a mirror-image of one's face so that both sides are identical. Kind of creepy.
I agree that really attractive people are rare. On the rare occasion I might meet one, their beauty is distracting and that's where my attention goes. I might miss other things about them.
Six-packs are rare in real life. I live on the beach and have never seen one in person, only in pictures, lol.
I hear you but looks are not qualifications for acting. In fact, it's ideal that the actor does not call attention to themselves physically so audiences can relate to the character. Thank goodness, because stage and screen would suffer tremendously without every-day people.
Modeling is all about how well bone structure shows up on camera. There are a lot of beautiful people who are not models, and most models are pretty plain without all of their make-up and styling. Most are lanky and look emaciated and sickly in person as the camera adds about 15 pounds and a lot of models have eating disorders.
It's interesting, because two people can look very much alike but one person looks great on camera and another looks not only terrible, but not like their "real life" selves. I often hear that Gretchen Mol is my doppelganger, but when I look at her in pictures and on TV, I can only think, "I wish!"
It is ALL in the genes. Some folks are just lucky to be born with great ones and, they tend to procreate with other very attractive people so, attractive little ones. There are things people can do to be more attractive or maintain their looks longer but, if you were not very handsome/ beautiful as a child, you likely never will be. There is always the exception, the ordinary looking family with the one very handsome/ beautiful child but, that individual still carries their parents genes so, they are not necessarily destined to have attractive kids themselves. It all comes down to luck. The great equalizer is age. No matter how great you look throughout your life, if you make it into your 80s and beyond, you will look like your peers (Jane Fonda being the exception LOL).
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There are things people can do to be more attractive or maintain their looks longer but, if you were not very handsome/ beautiful as a child, you likely never will be.
I totally don’t agree.^^ It takes until our teens or after to grow into our looks & our bodies...it’s when we start caring about how we look too. AND not many ppl think of little girls as beautiful except ppl like JonBenet’s family who use adult makeup on “babies”. That’s just wrong IMO. All kids are super cute with their little lost tooth smiles.^^
Symmetry "The Golden Ratio". If you google it and look at images you will see what is considered Beautiful.
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how ppl talk about airbrushing like it’s a magic potion that can take somebody from ugly to beautiful. All it does is brush out little imperfections. BUT IMO the thread isn’t about perfect ppl...because ofc nobody is. It’s about “good looking” people.^^
