WHAT MAKES A PERSON BEAUTIFUL?

WHAT IS THAT MAKES A PERSON ATTRACTIVE? OR GEORGEOUS? OR BEAUTIFUL? 
 (OR WHATEVER YOUR FAVOURITE ADJECTIVE IS)...

Seriously, what is it that makes a man handsome or a woman beautiful? What is it that sets someone above another on the appeal scale? Many people claim it depends on each culture. 

Nevertheless, the general topic of attractiveness is important to members of virtually every society and attractive people are recognized universally as being appealing, even across wildly varying cultures… This means that there is a measurable standard for beauty and what is generally found most desirable. 

Recently, there has been a survey in Britain to find the most beautiful face. The result showed an 18-Year-Old as having Britain's most beautiful face.

The following text is the transcription of the video launched to show the girl whose face has been voted to be most perfect in the U.K.

TRANSCRIPTION

It might not launch a thousand ships, but this is the face that won the title “Britain’s Most Natural Beauty”. Eighteen-year-old Florence Colgate’s face is considered almost flawless … it’s perfectly symmetrical, with large eyes, full lips and high cheekbones.

- I had to send in a picture wearing no make-up and from that I got called to say I got through into the top 5 out of 8000 people. It’s just unbelievable. Honestly, I did not expect to get this far at all.

The competition wasn’t just about subjective beauty – it was settled with science. Researchers say the distances between facial features and the width and length of the face are deciding factors for perfection. And Colgate scored very close to the ideal.

- I think I just look at my face and I see me, I don’t really see, like science, it’s just yeah.

Colgate works part-time at a local fish and chips shop. But she says her new-found fame doesn’t seem to have made her more popular with customers.

- I haven’t really noticed. Obviously you still get your regulars who come in every week. I don’t know, it’s a busy fish and chip shop anyway.

Colgate plans to study business management at university, unless of course, a lucrative modeling contract shows its face.

 

Vocabulary

Launch – to send or shoot (something, such as a rocket) into the air or water or into outer space.

Flawless – with no faults or errors.

Full – having a rounded shape : not thin or narrow.

Cheekbones – a bone of the face that is located below the eye.

Subjective – relating to the way a person experiences things in his or her own mind.

Lucrative – producing money or wealth.

AND NOW WATCH AT THE VIDEO:

AND NOW IT'S...

ANSWER:

1º What do you think? Is she beautiful?

2º In your opinion, what makes a person beautiful?

3º Is it only a matter of physical appearance - colour eyes, hair, waist size, skin colour, etc? Can a person's personality make someone beautiful?

4º How important is to be beautiful according to someone's else standards?

5º Does the pursuit of Beauty or Perfection distract you from other things you would enjoy or could carry out?

6º How much is it worth to sacrifice for Beauty?

7º Is Beauty interior or exterior? Can you have one and not the other?