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After living in a country with people from all over the world, where it is a rarity to see another Caucasian outside the walls of Ozone, it was quite jarring to open Yahoo! News last week and see these two women as "the most beautiful" in the USA.
They could be twins... hair, make-up, body shape, height... why do we limit ourselves so?
Here I come across the most amazingly beautiful women and they wouldn't even make the Top 10.
Sad, sad
2 comments:
Hi,
You have done the best thing by taking the decision to experience India.
You will be returning to US wiser than when you left.
Your children will be bringing with them,experiences that cannot be taught in school.
Human relationships,the variety of people they have met,the good,the bad,the culture,the adjustments you all have had to
make,will take them to a level above their counterparts in US.
I applaud that you take them everywhere and let them experience the real India.
And when you start living your life back in US and sometimes see the excesses of this
country,hopefully you will think of all those people you have met in Varthur village,
or the street vendors or the maids you have left behind and be reminded of how they live.
Keep it up and enjoy the rest of your stay.
P.S.you are right about the Miss USA.Their idea of beauty is very narrow and does not go beyond the Barbie look.
It's very sad that we live in a country where physical beauty takes precedence over everything else, and one where physical beauty is gauged by one's resemblance to a plastic doll created by Mattel! Some of us will just NEVER look like Barbie no matter how hard we try. Does that make us any less beautiful? Granted, not everyone is physically beautiful, but why should beauty be limited to a white, size 2, blue-eyed blond with long legs and big boobs? It's very sad that we are so blinded to what's truly important! It's wonderful that you are open minded enough to see this and able to create change by raising your children with your open-mindedness and in a culture where they can see that there is something more. I hope one day they both truly appreciate the opportunities this experience has afforded them.
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