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Alice H. Reyes: Speaking of beauty

Beauty is a quality that most people aspire to have.

     Being beautiful is an asset tat helps one in any field of endeavor.  

       Standards of  beauty vary from century to century, from one country to another.

       I have often wondered how judged of beauty contests were able to  judge the fairest  of them  all.

      In the past, Helen of Troy was considered to be the most beautiful in the world, Venus  de Milo is also deemed beautiful . Would you agree ?

     There are cultures where being pleasantly plump is considered beautiful, and slimness is not.

       There are people who find nose rings and lip rings and tattoos beautiful,

       What is beautiful to me may not be so to you.

      Clearly, the immortaL Shakespeare was right:” Beauty lies in looker’s eyes, and lies and lies and lies…”