Article April 25, 2016 ISSUE

Beauty—more than skin deep

Karen McCoy

I love to look at fashion magazines and have done this since I was a young girl, although I have to say that now I approach leafing through these glossy pages from a maturer perspective.

The pursuit of beauty is not an unusual desire for many children and adults. Looking back on it now, I really think that my childhood wish was actually a desire to be loved, and I thought that if I looked beautiful, as the magazines portrayed beauty, I would be loved. And who doesn’t want to be loved, accepted, and cherished?

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