What does it mean to be beautiful? | Esther Honig | TEDxVancouver

I'm captivated by the clarity and insight this content offers. A book with comparable insights was a significant milestone in my intellectual development. "Your Body Your Temple" by Various

Five minutes of her “amazing experience” but no real content or insights on her topic …then stopped watching.

I remember a brief moment when TEDX use to mean great and influential speakers with powerful ideas…

It's 2023 and every job she mentioned within the first minute of her talk, is now replaced with AI.
Think about that for a second. 💯

What does she mean by she didn't know what the point of her project was???!@?!W?1Q1 And why was MAJORITY of this video about herself and her successes ???

It means that FEMINISTS will hate 🫵🏻

12 minutes of absolute nothing

Für mich ist das Ergebnis dieses Experiments ein Spiegel unserer Zeit. Es gibt nicht mehr wie früher : Das "eine" vorgegebene Schönheitsideal. Ich denke sogar: nicht mal damals gab es das! Man "wusste" nur vor der Globalisierung schlicht in der Regel nicht "was und wie" in anderen Ländern als " schön" gilt. Der eigene Maßstab wurde einfach an dem angelegt was " angeblich" das Ideal war und dem versuchte man dann möglichst zu entsprechen. Deswegen wurde " Schönheit" auch in jeder Epoche aufs Neue definiert und bestimmt. Heute kann man sich komplett aussuchen welchem Ideal man entsprechen will, nacheifert, kopiert oder eben dies gerade als Individualist ablehnt. Das wirklich erschreckende daran ist für mich dass anscheinend nicht ein einziger der angeschriebenen Photoshop-Künstler das Bild einfach komplett unbearbeitet zurück geschickt hat mit den Worten "Bearbeitung unnötig. Du bist schön so wie Du bist"! Offenbar genügt heute niemandem dieser Medienmenschen und dieser Industrie ein "Mensch " ganz genauso wie er von Natur aus ist und sei er noch so "naturschön" . Es gibt offenbar immer noch etwas das fehlt, das optimiert werden sollte oder gleich ganz verändert. Ganz genau das gleiche also wie die gesamte Werbeindustrie arbeitet, die einzig und allein nur dadurch lebt einem Dinge einzureden und zu verkaufen die man angeblich " unbedingt " braucht was man vorher meist gar nicht " wusste" ! Jeder Mensch ist für diese Klientel ein bloßes " Produkt" und sehr viele Menschen sehen sich selbst und ihre Umwelt mittlerweile auch nur noch unter diesem Gesichtspunkt. Das ist wie gesagt: " Ein Spiegel unserer Zeit" und ich finde das erschreckend...

a clear example of absurdity

She's already right off the bat a beautiful woman by popular magazine standards. Hard to hear her preaching about beauty ideals when the supposed neutral and controlled variable is her face.

Flawless? What kind of flaw are you looking for? Try what is NOT beauty. Arent we distinguished by our differences? Why would anyone want to be judged by facial features alone? What a meaningless standard. No wonder you have no answer. Are you an individual or not? Of course we can reduce the issue to monetary value, as if that solves the issue.the real question is ' why should facial features be a measure of worth in ANY standard?

as beauty is perceived as: based on the signs of health, balanced proportions, symmetry, some extravagant extra forms (curved, big shining bright eyes, full defined lips, a straight and shapely nose, all in good arrangement) and this independent of national standards. The photo editors need to get their money's worth with editing pictures, that's what they get paid for. In order to show beauty, they didn't have to or shouldn't have changed anything in the picture. It showes beauty. The topic could be: this is an example, how people, who get payed for photoediting doing a beautiful picture worse only to show that they did they're job, to make sure to get payed. Ok. Thankyou for attention.

Nothing beats natural beauty

What is she talking about? Sounds like a lot of wasted time for her and her audience.

This was surprisingly unenlightening. She complained that people were taking the project and deciding what it meant without considering what she thought, but she herself didn't really know what it was about. Repeatedly asking questions is all well and good but eventually you have to start formulating some sort of answer.

We actually have another reasonable answer (and one I'm quite surprised she never once mentioned)) for "what is beauty,?" which is symmetry. Clinical studies show people find symmetrical faces more attractive. We also find non-symmetrical faces less attractive. However keep in mind, symmetry doesn't mean perfectly straight and even, just symmetrical with itself; this is why some people have that "unique" beauty about them and some have a more "standard" beauty.

PS and I do mean 'another' answer, because Honig (the speaker) is completely right by saying it varies by person and culture...it's just there is some sort of standard we all seem to start with.

As a photo editor and graphic designer I feel offended by this works. Most of the people she commissioned clearly have no idea what they're doing. A professional knows there is not such a thing as a beauty standard and would never edit a photo based only on "make me beautiful" request. Besides, these photomanipulations are horrible. Let's not base our believes on some random, so-called photo editors, okay?

Wao last line at the end its not beauty but wt u think it is....great lines much depth

She reminds me of Robin from how I met your mother

It’s obvious that different cultures and life experiences influence each and every subjective evaluation, including definition of beauty.
What’s interesting here is that she began an experiment which turned out to be meaningful in my opinion.
Typically the kind of talk I would share with teenagers or young adults who can struggle with « THE » definition of beauty, because, yeah, there is No one definition of beauty, but millions.
Thanks for this Ted Talk 👍

This is the only TED video which disappointed me.

This talk is beautiful. I'm glad I went ahead to watch it till the end despite some of the negative comments. 🙂

always thank God for something which you like about yourself , like thank God for giving you eyes to see , feet to walk , hands to work . Do it daily before going to sleep.

When subtitle doesn't match the face🤣🤣🤣

Tem gente com tempo demais e trabalho de menos.

this was the most useless ted talk ive ever seen, narcissistic

this is what happens when you hire low paying skill less people

In the end she says that the one thing she asked through her project wasn’t ‘what is beauty?’... she asks ‘what do you think?’

She gave me no answer but a question (which is the title

I think "every idea must be executed"

Human vanity

I know she repeatedly said she intended to ask questions not give answers, but it is strange that after all this exposure and interviews she couldn't research the topic to give answers..

With this project she could've interviewed so many people "anthropologist" "plastic surgeons, etc and made it huge.

a happy and joyful face is always a beautiful face

Путь е себе............@UCtqKVfC7wIZGCSCjKNA6TfA​

What a beautiful woman!😁

This is the definition of pretty privilige.

some of the most beautiful people are the ugliest..... : D

Hello there, not saw if you'll ever see but I've used your buzzfeed post many times with my teenage English as a second language students to discuss beauty around the world & how damaging it can be, particularly in terms of colorism and skin bleaching

For some of you who missed her point: the standard of beauty is different for everyone.

This was the worst Ted Talk I've ever seen.

Now after reading the comments
I need to close this video

I am misconfused ? What do you supposed we learn 🚼

I love her speech skills 😍

I thought she was gonna talk about beauty standard doesn't exist

Hi Karen

What is she trying to say? She talked a whole lot without saying much. I still don't understand what this talk was about? Yes, she talks about the project but then she keeps saying there was no point to it and then in the next sentence claims 'they completely missed my point?' She never clearly states the purpose of her experiment. We're left to guess it. She doesn't acknowledge that it's not some great or unique idea that sparked a conversation that hadn't existed before. She keeps talking about a project that she herself projects as shallow and meaningless. There was nothing about the fact that beauty is found in diverse faces, complexions and sizes. She doesn't even momentarily talk about it even though that should have consumed a significant part of her talk. This was a self promotion, feel good about my success talk, not a ted talk.

O que os telespectadores daqui desse site não entenderam é que ela basicamente fala da cultura do "padrão de beleza" enraizado pela sociedade em cada um dos paises. Podemos perceber que a aparecia dela muda drasticamente de acordo com o pais em que a edição foi feita. No mais, o trabalho dela serviu para uma reflexão simples sobre a estética, padrões de beleza impostos por cada uma dessas culturas de forma que consigamos entender que todos seguem o seu próprio padrão, independente do que é definido pela sua cultura ou não. Obrigado pela atenção e espero que alguém tenha compreendido minha interpretação.

You're all over the place You're too ditsy

"...missed my point."
You said you didn't know what it was all for.

If the American editors were smart, they would’ve left her photo unchanged because she already has model good looks. The American editors were the absolute worst.

I completely forgot watching this very pointless talk long back and came back again.. only to realize my mistake.. The title is misleading and she doesn't make any sense at all :-(