{"id":310,"date":"2008-11-08T06:44:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-08T06:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2008\/11\/pretty-people-and-ugly-people.html"},"modified":"2008-11-08T06:44:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-08T06:44:00","slug":"pretty-people-and-ugly-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omeoflittlefaith\/2008\/11\/pretty-people-and-ugly-people.html","title":{"rendered":"Pretty People and Ugly People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);\">This is an old video<\/span> in YouTube years &#8212; and you&#8217;ve probably seen it &#8212; but it&#8217;s worth re-watching, just as a reminder about why you will never look as pretty as the models on billboards and magazine covers. Not unless you have a team of Photoshop experts following you around at all times. Photoshop is magic, but its creators probably never considered the negative influence it would have on people&#8217;s self-esteem. Especially women. But not just women. Never trust a magazine cover, whether it&#8217;s <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Vogue <\/span>or <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Men&#8217;s Health<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/hibyAJOSW8U&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/hibyAJOSW8U&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>As earnest as the top paragraph was, I now need to also balance it with snark. You are hereby required to watch this spot-on parody of the above video. It&#8217;s brilliant. And perfect. And brilliantly perfect.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/7-kSZsvBY-A&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/7-kSZsvBY-A&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an old video in YouTube years &#8212; and you&#8217;ve probably seen it &#8212; but it&#8217;s worth re-watching, just as a reminder about why you will never look as pretty as the models on billboards and magazine covers. Not unless you have a team of Photoshop experts following you around at all times. 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