Do you need to be beautiful to be happy?....

Depends on what you mean by beautiful. If you mean by looking beautiful, so that everyone loves them and what not, then no. But there are many differen't types of beauty. Anything can be beautiful if you want it to be. You just have to look at it a certain way.

I think you have to be happy before you can even see the beauty in things. So, in essence, you have to be happy to be/see beautiful. Thats just my personal opinion though.

I once read a quote on here that said:

"Not even makeup could make her look beautiful as beauty is loving yourself.. and that's something she could never do."

In a way I think that beauty IS in the eye of the beholder. It just depends on who see's you that way.

"she asked the angels for true love, she learnt to love herself"

never forget that there is no point in trying to please others when you cant please yourself. look inside. it might not come to you in a day, week or year, but once you truelly learn to love yourself, thats when youll find peace...mwah..

remember" Your already beautiful, even if you cant see it"

Do you really need to ask yourself that question? If you do...please get your head checked.

ok, listen. first of all, look at what makes you unique from other people. second, the way you feel about yourself changes your aura, so if you really feel your beautiful, people will notice. it's true. i used to think i was ugly, then i started looking at myself differently, and i felt better about myself. Thats when people started to change their opinion about me, in a good way. don't let things other people say effect you, cause they aren't telling the honest truth. everyone is beautiful. GOD makes us that way.

personality makes the beautie

everyone is beautiful in there own way. i think it is just how you look at it.

Emma

Thing is, to have inner beauty, u have to like yourself and if someone should be, overweight for example, and thats been drawn to their attention. They'll find it hard to like that particular part of themselves. To have that confidence. Isn't confidence just another word for inner beauty?

I'm not saying beauty will get you everything, in fact most of the b*****s in my year are 'pretty' and its f***ked up the personalities, to keep up with each other. instead of 'dog eat dog', its 'bitch eat bitch'.

I guess i'm not explaining it very eloquently *word of the day, off list* but you catch my drift?

lv A, x

What you said did make sense. One can't feel beautiful until they've learned to accept themselves for who and what they are. I've grown to have the attitude that it was your loss if you didn't see ME for ME...not mine. I think that's an important thing for one to have...it's not important what others think...you must know your own beauty.

to be beautiful you have to be beautiful on the inside just as much on the outside

poeple who see the outer beauty first are looking t your body, not u

If you feel beautiful, you are beautiful, and Someone you makes you feel beautiful also makes you happy:D

you don't need a celebs body to be beautiful, true beauty is more than skin deep.

i think that all these theories are correct. maybe use some of them to help you out a bit

It Depends On The Person, Some People Who Are Drop Dead Gorgeous Wish They Weren't To Stop The Stares And Get Left Alone, While On The Other Hand , People Who See Themselves Badly Would Kill To Be In Their "Gorgeous" Place....Beauty Is In The Eyes Of The Beholder, Yet Its Potrayed So Diffrently And Superficial In The Eyes Of Others xoxo-Nikki-xoxo

Beauty, as well as all things perceived by the eye, are entirely relative. Happiness should come from more than your looks, because if happiness were dependant on looks, even the most beautiful young people would be depressed in sixty years.

One of my best friends is stunning, she's beautiful, but she hates it. She has boys/men looking at her all the time and gets so embarassed. I don't believe you have to be beautiful to be happy.

Nope. You don't need to be beautiful to be happy. You could be the ugliest person in the world and still be happy.

//Ari\\

"Beauty to me means skinny little models. Who, just to look good, throw up everything just to make a d@mn cover of the magazine. Anyone can throw up their whole life....but it won't make you beautiful....in order to be beautiful to yourself........look in the mirror and smile. Don't worry about what everyone thinks. I think you're beautiful just how you are!"

I'm not sure how to take that comment. If you make a comment like your last one in that post about smiling at your reflection, what's up with the throwing up skinny stuff? If that's what you think of when you think of the word beauty then you yourself have it all twisted. That's stupidity. I do realize people do that but that shouldn't be what crosses your mind when one says beauty.

all i can say is that the media is a peice of crap and they make it so that the people that are beautiful are fake so they make teens and also adults strive to b beautiful and they already are and they dont even no it.....you can make it wut ever you want you look in the mirror and make ur deesition are u beautiful and if u say no... dont u realize that ur personality is what people love? nd if u say no could u jsut be being way to hard on urself......the media is a peice of crap i hate it i hate tv and magazines ill admitt i read and watch it but they cause so many problems its so horrible

beauty might be a strong factor in our world...but he who is beyond hot...has no personality and is dumb as a rock...i like my personalitys better even if the dude isnt hot...or even cute

"Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see it"

i believe in that quote, i believe that beauty can be inner and outter. I believe that you must have some form of inner beauty to make it. Outter beauty, well i dont find it really matters.. i know tons of beautiful poeple and they arent happy... and i know tons of not so attractive people who couldnt be more happy.

by the way, great thread.. alot of good answers!

i broke up with my boyfriend who was gorgeous because he treated me badly, and then i went with a guy that wanted me for so long. as soon as i relised i had feelings for him, i also relised, i didnt just want him for his personality, i also liked him for his looks. my point is i thought a guy that wasnt so beautiful was absolutly gorgeous because his personality made me feel that way. different things make a person beautiful and make you see them differently. im sure someone will come along and think you are the most beautifullest person in the world... i hope i put my point across correctly..

being beautiful can make your feel good about your self give you that confidence but that dose not make you happy i mean come on now would you feel better about your stright hair or helping a kid how has no place to go? i mean what ewould make you happer ? knoing you helped some one or your hair being done?

very good point... you just need to find what makes you happy. if you dont think your beautiful, find something that makes you feel happy... beauty is just one thing in life.

The answer to this question is a question itself: "What is beauty, really?" The definition varies from person to person so there is no fair measure of beauty to apply to every person. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But as long as you believe yourself that you ARE beautiful, no one can tell you otherwise. You are you and no one else. Why try to fit the media's ungodly standards of positive perception?

XxX))Eclipse((XxX

I love the quote..
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder..

Many people like different things
Thou most just havent found anything other than 'looks'
You have to understand, looks have limits.
Personalities do not..
If you look at someone on the outside your attraction to them is limited.
If you make a connection with them on the inside then the only limit is the personality of both of you.
And what that comes out to be is each of your own reflections upon each other.
Mental attraction (yes I am referring it to as mental now :)) is the strongest thing in life.
If you find someone who you connect on everything, and you both just seem to understand each other like you have know each other your whole life.
You will gain a prespective on life you have never imaged.
This is a very rare thing, but it is out their.
And is the most amazing thing that can ever happen to someone.
Looks are mearly a disguise fooling the weak.

i dunno but i feel that way too cuz i like this guy and his last girlfriend was not that pretty but it seems he doesnt like me at least i dont think he does and i think he is tired of dating unpretty people and i wanna know why people have to be like that cuz i have a excellent personalty from what my best friend says and stuff and yet i cant get a guy to go out with me..

Jamie, your opinion is a lil correct but not entirly. beautiful people live longer if they feel beautiful. who is to say what true beauty looks like. and as or me. my past 4 boyfriends have not been hot or skinny at all but did have a beautiful personality.. thats what made me in the ebd think they were gorgeous...

no, I don't need too.
sometimes being so beautiful bring so many trouble.

Not even make up could make her as beautiful as the beauty of loving herself...and not even she could do that.

that is a name a girl has on my msn and i think it is beautiful and true, im not sure who wrote it but its a good message.

same quote as kim...no i didnt read hers first lol

Jamie, spot on. I don't judge by aesthetic differences. What some call ugly, I merely call "distinguishable." but I'm going to be the first person to say that I could not date anyone who was morbidly obese. that's 50lbs over the preferential weight. I simply associate too many negative qualities with it -- also negative qualities for me. I can't live with someone who thinks Arby's is fine dining. I have the lowest metabolism, and require a strict diet. I'm not perfect, but I'm perfect enough for me. and that's all I require of anyone else. that's fair, isn't it?

I mean, I'll befriend you if you're overweight sure, but I can't say that I find you attractive. that'd be lying. I won't tell you that I don't. I simply just won't date you. or give you any inclination that I will. I might say, "you're beautiful" every once in awhile to cheer you up. but when I say "you're beautiful" I mean inner-beauty. because, yes, I agree, a lot of heavy people do have a lot of inner-beauty. I say, "You're hot," or "pretty cute" to the younger guys, if I consider you attractive.

So to answer your question, yes. Beauty and happiness go hand in hand.

beauty is in the eye of the beholder. like bob said, it starts from within. sadly, our society is based upon looks. our species is very shallow and many of us go for the exterior rather than the interior. but beauty lasts forever, and looks dont. just love yourself for who you are and as long as you're happy with yourself, thats all that matters, because you are your biggest critique

Shojo Hentai... it doesnt matter who you think is beautiful, its who thinks they themselves are beautiful.. everyone has the right to feel beautiful, and special..loved and happy... we r not talking bout relationship of such

"everyone has the right to feel beautiful"

well, yeah, that's a given, did I say differently? but I was just being honest. and if we're not talking about relationships, what other reasons would people strive so much to look beautiful? I mean, if you're happy with who you are and believe you're beautiful on the inside, that's fine, but to look beautiful, isn't that an asthetic standard set by someone else?

Do you honestly need to look beautiful to look beautiful to yourself? No, because you're standards of beauty will differ from others (especially if you're exceedingly vain, as I am). You strive to look beautiful for other people. so I don't see how you can seperate beauty and happiness from relationships. yes you can happy and beautiful without one, but people do tend to be happier when they know they are loved by others. Does this make us dependant or weak? No. Just human.