It's Tuesday so that gives me permission to rant about something.
Recently Dulce Candy, a Youtube beauty guru, uploaded a video in which she describes the plastic surgeries she's done. The part that bothered me and inspired this rant is when she starts talking about her nose. She says that before, her nose was "broad" and "wide" with a bump. She says she wanted a more "delicate, softer looking nose" and now her nose is just as she wanted it. Dulce calls her rounder nose a "clown" nose. She reinforces societal norms of beauty by saying that she wanted a pointy nose and that her main reason for getting a nose job is because her original nose had a bump.
Dulce Candy has over a million subscribers on Youtube. She has a fun, bubbly personality. Most of all, she's pretty. Yet, she shows us that she had flaws in her appearance she was unhappy with and she fixed them through plastic surgery. What kind of message is that supposed to convey to her audience? If we don't like something about our bodies, are we supposed to change it instead of accepting the traits that make us unique?
When I was younger, I liked conventional beauties. I thought long, straight, blonde hair was beautiful and that green eyes were desirable. I thought that you needed big, doe-like eyes and a straight, perky nose to be considered attractive. Now, I've realized that beauty comes in all different shapes and sizes because true beauty isn't something that's dictated by society but something that comes from the person within.
Whenever I see someone celebrating the diversity in beauty, I think that's a cause for celebration.
