Ah... the famous quote from fairytale. Well, so the question is, who sets the standards for who's the fairest of them all question.
I just came back from Mid Valley, and well, I read this article there in MPH about this woman who lost both her legs because of liposuction. Here's the story.
This woman had always been unsatisfied with the way she looked, because of her flabby tummy. One day, she saw this show about liposuction and how liposuction actually help diabetes. So she decided to go for liposuction after getting comfirmation from a doctor that liposuction really did help diabetes. Her husband loved her despite her size, but he supported her anyway, because he wanted her to be happy. So after the liposuction, she was sick and sore all over the body with fever. It turned out that during liposuction, the doctor had actually injured her bowel and well, in the end, she had to have a bag attached to her body for her waste disposal.
Her husband was sweet enough. He helped her through her hard times, but it wasn't the end of all. She found black mark on her foot, and the doctor said she had to either cut off her leg or lose her life. Her legs that she was so fond of because they were all firm and nice. After one year, when she was finally getting her life back, and getting use to her fake leg, she found another black mark on the other leg. It was horrible, she couldn't feel her leg and it smelt like dead meat. And in the very end, she lost both her legs from liposuction when all she wanted was to be thin. She spent the rest of her life in a wheelchair.
It was just so sad, how everyone seems to think that being thin is beauty. I don't deny that I don't have that kind of thinking, which I do, but personally, I don't think resorting to plastic surgery or the likes of liposuction is the solution. You can complain all you want about how your look or how much you weight, but if you want to change, lose weight, or whatever, you should always do it the safe way. Eat healthily, exercise. Learn to love the way you look, because it's a gift from God and your parents. It's better than hating yourself for how you look like.
It's always all over the news that this artist or that artist is suffering from eating disorder, whether it's Aneroxic or Bulimia. I understand how it feels to feel as though you are fat even if you are definitely not. It's not easy to battle eating disorder, and those who has never been through it will never understand. And those who think that having eating disorder is no big deal, all I can say is, wake up!
The point is, we shouldn't really let other people judge us whether we are pretty or not just by being underweight or overweight. That's just rubbish! People might think that I'm just trying to be deep and meaningful, but I truly believe if you have a good heart and good personality, it will shine through and make you beautiful, no matter how you look like. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and there's no one in this world who is perfect. You cannot possibly please everyone. People have different view on what's beautiful, and right now, for me, the most beautiful people are those with kind heart and good personality.
Until then, I think everyone should just settle for being who they are. After all, despite how you look, there's always people like your family or friends who love you for who you are, not whether you are underweight or overweight.
Besides, who are they to judge whether you are pretty or not even if you are not stick thin? The mirror never said the thinnest is the fairest of them all, no?
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