| Every age had given its fair share of
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| | before us. And even more surprising are
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| accolades to the beautiful men and women
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| | the statistics, which showcase the
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| of the world. Fictions and fairy tales
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| | winning saga of all the so-called
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| are no exception either. The proverbial
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| | unsightly men and ugly women of the
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| beauty of Helen, Cleopatra, Juliet,
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| | world.
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| Nefertiti, Cinderella and Snow White
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| | While peoples desire to be more beautiful
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| cannot wane with time, nor can it slip
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| | is justified, it is also true that
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| into oblivion. Good looks have been the
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| | ugliness is never a handicap. We are
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| cynosure of numerous human
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| | often baffled with some trivia claiming
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| actionslegendary love stories were made
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| | that good-looking men get better jobs and
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| and nations were ravaged in wars, but
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| | salaries than the ugly men, and pretty
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| beauty never stopped bewitching the human
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| | women get more handsome raises than their
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| race.
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| | uglier counterpart. No matter what amount
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| On the flip side, the not-so-pretty
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| | of truth is there in such claims, it is
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| people have consistently been pushed
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| | as true as it can get that many of the
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| aside into the dark alleys of obscurity
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| | ugly people have made it to the news.
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| and ridicule. They have always been
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| | Take for instance, Prince Charles, Mick
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| portrayed in shades of gray as vamps,
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| | Jagger, Francis Ford Coppola, Mike Tyson,
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| villains or the bad guy. But who or what
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| | Camilla Parker, Woody Allen, Eleanor
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| decides ugliness, or if at all this is
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| | Roosevelt and more. All of them have
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| required, would be another issue of
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| | struck gold in their own individual ways.
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| course. Nevertheless, art, literature and
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| | This only goes to show that looks are
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| history bear ample testimony to the fact
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| | never deterrents to fame or success. Who
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| that the ill-favored faces have been the
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| | would mind an ugly face when there is
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| object of scorn and despise for reasons
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| | enough virtue in the other aspects of the
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| quite unreasonable to sanity.
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| | person? Possibly none.
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| Like we all know, beauty lies in the eyes
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| | Fair or dark, fat or thin, perfect or
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| of the beholder, but whose eyes is it
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| | grotesque, earning a name for oneself
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| anyway? Are these the eyes of the
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| | does not rest with the face alone. While
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| socio-cultural construct, which entails
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| | a pretty face can of course be a vantage,
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| beauty is all about face? Or are they
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| | it is never the be all and end all of
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| eyes of the thought that connotes the
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| | making a mark. Stripping off all
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| archetypal white is beautiful and black
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| | socio-cultural constructs, what
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| is ugly notion? Answers are not exactly
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| | ultimately shines through is that the
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| what we are looking for here. Much to the
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| | ugly ducklings of the world can indeed
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| contrary, it throws up more questions
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| | make it big in every way!
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