Beauty Queen Dies After Plastic Surgery

This is such a sad story.

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Many moons ago I dated a man (very briefly) who, on our second date, indicated that any woman he married would have to be a "10".  I can't remember if I laughed in his face but I told him I couldn't see him again because he wasn't up to my standards...too shallow.

I can't speak for men but I can say that women tend to base a great deal of their self worth on whether or not they match up to the medias current ideal of the perfect image.

When I read a story like the above it makes me angry at the media and the model herself. What kind of message is she sending to other women (and perhaps even her own daughters) when someone as beautiful and as slender as she was didn't consider herself "good enough"?

The majority of women will never come close to looking like a model; does that mean she should lock herself away to spare the world having to look at her?

It makes me think of Susan Boyle; people were so sure she would be a joke, that she had no talent, and nothing to offer  because she was not up to media standards in looks. Susan's success may not be a death knell to Hollywood's shallow standards but perhaps it's a crack in the bell.