5.03.2016

Looks aren’t everything. Believe me, I’m a model.

TED
Cameron Russell: Looks aren’t everything. Believe me, I’m a model.
Summary
The speaker is a model. She said that she became a model, because she was scouted.
She said that a model will be different everybody thinks. It's  because she won a genetic lottery and she accidentally has a modern beauty definition which is not only beauty and health but also youth, slender figures, femininity and white skin.  It's out of your control and it's not a career path.  Most of her photos everybody sees were retouched.  It's a natural thing, because those photos are constructions which are built by many  artists.  Sometimes, she got something free things, because of how she looked.  And then,  she also said that she is always insecure, because she has to think about what she who was created in the photos looks like every day.
 She came to TED stage to talk about what true model is.  The image is too powerful to make her happy.  She hopes that  everybody won't deceive by appearances.
◆Viewpoints&Discussion
1, After watching this video, do you think you want to become a model? Why or why not?
After watching this video, I knew that I couldn't become a model. It's because the speaker said that even though you wanted to become a model, it's out of your control but it's not a career path.
2, Someone said: “Looks can be deceiving."  Do you agree or disagree with this statement?
I disagree with this statement, because I think that “Looks can be deceiving." is often used by someone who looks ugly, however, he/she is very kind. In her case, she looks beautiful and I think that this story will be her work source of worry. All people will have it also.
3, Do you know any famous Japanese model? What made her famous?
 I don't know, because there are few Japanese models who work in the world. It's a race problem which  Japanese people are not white skin and they are small and have  black  hair.
4, How do you describe someone who is beautiful?
I think that we have to accept our current inner and outer beauty. We have to be grateful that we were born. And then, people who live life to the fullest  are beautiful. Head towards the dream doing the best that we can is beautiful.
5, How do you differentiate inner beauty from outer beauty?
Outer beauty is  powerful. It let people decide what they are in a very brief 10 seconds. You won't know someone's inner beauty soon. You can understand little by little.
You can make your outer beauty by wearing beautiful clothes and putting on make up. Inner beauty is built from studying and learning every day.
Words in this story
wry / ironic, like a joke
seductive / fascinating, attractive
deceiving / trick, cheat
differentiate /verb/ recognize or ascertain what makes (sb/sth) different.
privileged / having special rights, advantages
awkward / causing difficulty, hard to do or deal with.
barring / prohibit, forbid, ban
femininity /fem i nin i ty/
skeptical / having doubts

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