I would say yes, but only to an extent. I think being beautiful in general depends on a lot of factors beyond just being born that way. I should know, since I have been consider ugly and I am now "beautiful", when I was a teenager I was ugly, and when I finally gotten my weight down to the healthy BMI my looks became something I truely just discover, and people treat you differently when you have beauty. I also take Retin-A, which clear up my acne, but also kept me looking young which kind of help me discover the life-extension movement. I'll be honest, beauty has kind of gotten to my head, since it's the one and only thing I have....
Am I beautiful? I wouldn't say I am a typical beauty, but I get told that so I take it to heart. I am cute, that's all I know for sure.
I think I have a better set of genetics than 60% of the world, or I am least better educated than a lot of people. But I have my share of issues too, I deal with depression now and then, and I deal with autism... which I consider more of a gift than a curse, since if I didn't have it then I probably wouldn't be concern about my beauty to the inner details like I do.
But I think beauty, at the bare minimum tells someone that you weren't born mentally disabled, but you could become one later in life. I also believe beautiful people are in general more intelligent than non-beautiful people, and I been proven more than once that this holds true. I'm sorry if that offends some people, but I think it's a general trend.
But beauty can be disguise in the form of obesity, which I know since I suffer from that when I was young
And I think being ugly is far worse than being beautiful as far as genetics go. I think average or plain looks can be be pretty neutral.
Beauty only means how healthy you appear to be, and the more healthier means the better you can produce a child.
I wouldn't trade my looks for million dollars. I would only trade my looks to live forever and with a chance to get them back... if I knew that I would be ugly for the rest of my existence... I have lost my purpose in living.
Edited by Alizee, 19 May 2013 - 03:45 AM.