Definition of Beauty

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". Every single person on Earth has a unique understanding of beauty. Esther Honig sent an unaltered image of herself to artists in over 25 countries and asked them to Photoshop the picture to fit their definition of beauty. The result was not surprising; no two images were the same. This experiment further reveals the illusive nature of beauty by showing that what people consider beautiful in one country differs greatly from beauty in another.

The concept of differing views on beauty is also explored in Toni Morison's The Bluest Eye. The majority of adults and children consider "blue-eyed, yellow-haired, pink-skinned" dolls to be externally beautiful but Claudia fails to see it. She searches the inner beauty of the doll and finds only "a mere metal roundness". Even if a majority considers someone or something to be beautiful, exceptions will always exist.

Society has set standards for both male and female beauty. Every country has models and celebrities who are considered beautiful. There is, however, no fixed definition of beauty and there will never be a universally accepted beautiful.