Why is the ''blonde hair blue eyed white skin'' the ultimate thing for attractiveness?

Question

I am very competitive in beauty pagent competitions and i've noticed that white girls who are competing dye their hair blonde and wear blue contacts. even asian girls! they also have to wear tons of lighter makeup until they disappear. girls that are mexican has to make sure their accent sounds totally white and without mexican accent. the thing is, everyone copies of the white girls in the makeup room. i also know that black people with darker skin have a slim to nothing chance of winning. think about it. every african american that has won a pagent has been light skinned.( miss america etc..) why is dark features of color such a bad thing to people? The girl who just won miss world was a white blonde hair blue eyed girl also. a black female has never won miss world. u(unless it was prehistoric or something) Guess i'll just start using skin lightner. maybe then i'll win

I AM NOT WHITE. I AM BYRACIAL!
BLACK AND WHITE.

Answer 1

girl. thats just what the world perceives beauty to be assocaated with because the white man says so. and it seems, i say loosely, the white man rules the world. thats why people need to step up and change the way other countries view us and beauty. in parts of asia, white skin is superior than dark skin even if the girl with dark skin looks better.

Answer 2

First, there have been several dark skinned black women who have won the big pageants. Now, I have a biracial daughter and I hope she would never feel like you do. I believe in giving everyone a fair shot. I was watching Tiara Girls on MTV one day last week and there was a black girl who was competing. When she lost, she attributed that loss to being black when in fact she spoke poorly and didn't sound very intelligent. Her points were moot and she wasn't that talented. That's why she lost, not because she was black.

There is this infatuation with blue eyes/ blonde hair, to a degree. However, the world is changing every day and more people are finding that ethnic women are just as beautiful, if not more, than standard, cookie cutter California Barbie.

I'm telling you to not think that everything is about race. Those women who are dying their hair and getting contacts are insecure and they don't deserve to win anyway.

Be proud of who you are and it will show through and the judges will see your confidence and respect you. Don't go around believing that people are better than you because they're blue eyed and blonde. It'll show through in your personality and your face and you'll come off as bitter and envious. No one likes those traits.

Keep your head up and build up your confidence. Practice speaking and perfect your talents and I assure you victory will be yours. But always remember, some of the most talented people in the world came in second place but they didn't let that steal their sunshine.

Good luck.

Answer 3

Yeah, I've noticed that too. Even when you see dolls on tv, they always seem to show the blonde , blue eyed one first! Maybe I am in the minority, but I think dark skin and green eyes is beautiful. But then again I truly find beauty in alot of people, I think Asian men are HOT! and the Masai people (very dark skinned) of Africa are graceful and beautiful. I have very light skin, brown hair and eyes and I like how I look. Don't change how you look , maybe instead you should form a group to bring attention of this unfair practice to the public's attention.

Answer 4

It seems that everyone is stuck on the cookie cutter perception of beauty. Slim, tall, blonde, large-breasted and blue eyed. Everyone else is considered "exotic" they shouldn't be labelled why? Are native north americans blonde and blue eyed? I don't think so!! Mostly I think that is the ideal is because that is what is shoved down our throats everyday as beautiful, its enough!! It would be nice to see someone else and not just the few models that we see. Perhaps when as a society we stop consuming the products that boast that image then corporate america will get the hint and change the images that we see, maybe then we can teach everyone that everyone has beauty not just a selected few!

Answer 5

I think the truth of the matter is that those features are the rarest among people in general and, thus, the most unique. Also, white has always been associated with pure and clean, and the blonde hair and blue eyes lend themselves to that comparison pretty easily. Overall, caucasian features are generally accepted as the ideal, and blonde hair and blue eyes are very specific to caucasians...thus, they are considered the gold standard of beauty. In my opinion, caucasian women with darker features are more attractive, but there are, of course, many beautiful women with blonde hair and blue eyes.

Answer 6

it's not. If you ever watch the TV show scrubs Turk's wife Carla. Now that's the ultimate in attractiveness. OOO baby.

I need a ciggy now.

And I think Miss Trinidad/Tobago has been Miss World. But the most successful miss world/miss universe contestants are from South America. Not black but definately brown. Look it up

Answer 7

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.It is not personal. Are you saying we have separate Black contests? If so, then should there be separate White beauty contests also? Asian? Hispanic? Vulcan?

Your inner beauty is because of who your are and what you think of yourself. NOT what others think. While the world does not and will not revolve around you, if you are at peace with yourself, appearences will be viewed in their proper context: trivial.

Hair and eye color are very inconsequential compared to everything else happening in the world today.

Answer 8

I think pageants are for stuck up little white rich girls anyway ... not trying to be mean or anything ... just a simple observation ... I feel the dark skinned, dark eyes, dark hair ... is very exotic ... growing up all I ever wanted was blonde hair blue eyes & white skin ... I'm dark - Native American, Japanese & Caucasian ... with a really nice tan ... lol ... now that I'm older girls are still trying to bleach their hair & wear contacts to look " white " ... I'm finally starting to realize being dark is more unique then looking like the next Britney Spears ... I wouldn't want it any other way ... !

My daughter is biracial also ... so I have a lot of issues I'm going to have to deal with when she gets older ... and I'm not sure what's in store for me ... I just want her happy .. not worried about her skin color .. and free from the racist people ... I never wanted her to feel the way I did growing up ... I even use to wear sun block at school so I wouldn't tan so easily ... it took me years to really accept that I will never be that cute little surfer chick ... now I just think to myself ... wow I'm dark & different and no white girl can compare to my features ... the same with you ... I'm sure you're prettier than most of those chicas ... lol ... good luck with any future pageants ... !

Answer 9

That isn't the standard everywhere. Maybe where you live girls strive to look like that, but it's certainly not the case universally.

We judge beauty individually based on our own perceptions and (often) our own race. I generally find people who look somewhat like me (dark hair and eyes, light skin) to be the most attractive. You probably do the same. It's just an innate instinct.

Incidentally, in my high school, the most popular, athletic, and well-liked students were ALL biracial. Every one of them.

Answer 10

Its not the people watching, its the people judging and thier limited views of what is beautiful. I think that beauty can be found in all shades of skin unfortunatly its not everyones opinion i think kinky curly to long wavey to arrow stright all have there place I could go on and on about women and beauty and whats attractive but I dont have enuff time to tell you all the things i find attractive

Answer 11

Maybe you should just keep on being you and screw the skin lightener. You know, people change the way the world works by standing strong in their convictions with courage and determination.. not by bending over backwards to conform to current societal standards. You are probably absollutely breath-taking just the way you are... why would you want to win if you have to deny your beauty to do it?