What is Beauty, what is pretty? Who is it to judge if one is beautiful?

Even Zara at the age of 3, judges beaty by its appearance. I had this conversation with her a week back :
Me : Zara, will you still love mummy if mummy is old and wrinkly.
Zara : No.
Me : *teasing* So you want to have another mummy?
Zara : Yeah. Next time when mummy old already, not pretty any more, Daddy will marry another girl.
Me : You want to have a step-mother?
Zara : No. No. Daddy will get married with a kind girl (she relates step mother to wicked)
…. Giving her father the go-ahead to marry another, if I got wrinkly.. o.O” ….

I talked to her further about beauty, and taught her to judge beauty by the heart and not the looks, or what people wear. Etc etc. In the end, when I repeated, “So now, Zara, will you still love mummy if mummy is old and wrinkly.” Her reply was,“Yes, because mummy is a kind mummy.”

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How many young girls out there think they are not pretty enough, how many even think they are ugly? How do most define beauty?

Dove Self-Esteem Fund, a global program, invites us all to play a role in supporting and promoting a wider definition of beauty, to raise self esteem of girls and young women to make them feel more beautiful and confident every day.

As a mother of two girls, I thought this is a wonderful program, but I wonder how they intend to reach out to more people especially outside of the US. My two girls will grow up one day, and would be part of the crowd who are hung up on looks. This same crowd may have their self esteem affected if they think they are not the stereotypical beauty.

This program will help young girls out there understand what is beauty, and it’s not just about looks, which in turn may help raise confidence of these young girls and women.

The program is looking for passionate and genuine real beauty advocates to be part of this online community of supporters. If you are interested, do drop by their website.

Note : This is not a paid post…Oh well, I only got a t-shirt to spread the word. The conversation I have with Zara is 100% real, not made up at all.