http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46U
I watched two video's relating to the Dove Beauty campaign, one was the actual video on the campaign, and the other one was an advert (link attached at the top). I must say that my reaction to this campaign wasn't a very good one. Sure Dove is really taking a step forwards in helping adolescents love themselves the way they are, and that's great, except for one tiny detail. One of their captions was "Beauty is a source of confidence", Well of course in the society we live in today every girl want to be beautiful, and look like the models on the cover of magazines. The point is, Girls should be taught or encouraged to love themselves the way they are without having to be beautiful...That they can be confident with their skills or personality and not only with beauty. And dove is saying that beauty is a source of confidence when they should in fact be saying "Be confident with who you are because no one is perfect, and everyone is beautiful in their own way". Confidence shouldn't come with beauty. I have a friend who burned her face when she a little girl, and now has a scar covering half of her face. She has such a strong personality and is such a lively and funny person that no one would even notice her scar, even though it was pretty obvious on her face. she was beautiful on the inside and she had such confidence. in fact referring back to what i said about dove's caption, it should be " Confidence is beauty", because if you are confident you'll feel beautiful, and no one would tell you that you aren't beautiful...Confidence is everything and confidence enables other people to see the beauty inside of you, and not concentrate on the outside.
I am aware of my imperfections, and at times i bring myself down and it's not the greatest feeling in the world. But i always tell myself that none of those things matter... I was born the way I was born and nothing can change that. my Physical appearance should bring me down because i have a lot of things to be confident and proud of. sure, my eyes aren't Blue, and my body isn't amazing... but Whatever I am, is how i'm supposed to be, and I accept it. I don't need to be taller, and thinner or prettier. and I don't want to be beautiful, I just want to be me.
I am a very confident person at times and i find, at those times, that nothing gets in my way, nothing offends me, nothing brings me down. And also, if you are Confident with yourself, people would want to be around you more because a lot of people lack confidence and stick to those who have it. Beauty is in confidence, not the other way around.
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