Just before going to work, It has been my habit of watching a popular TV show Good Morning Kuya, UNTV 37’s morning stint hosted by one of the most respected broadcaster here in the Philippines Mr. Daniel Razon. This morning (at the “pondahan”) Kuya (Mr. Daniel Razon) showed the “pondahan” people specifically dat girl, a newspaper stating that Australia needs ugly foreign workers. They all laugh out because they thought that dat girl will fit the qualifications. (ha..ha..ha.. it made me laugh too).
Well, It’s very good if it is really that way since most of the companies today go for beautiful people instead of skillful ones. Studies shows that people with face value have a higher chances of getting the job they want and receiving higher compensation and benefits compared to those who are typical and plain looking (I don’t want to use the “ugly” term).
I remember one of my colleagues says “beautiful people, beautiful opportunities”. If this is the case, then I really feel sorry to those who are born not-so-good-looking (and for my self too!hu..hu..hu..)! Isn’t it discriminating? You won’t be hired even if you have all the qualifications (and at times even better) the company needed for the job just because you don’t passed their physical standards? (you’re not even disabled!)
Whenever I see newspaper ads saying like they need those with “pleasing personality” I used to think of it as applicants who are dressed neatly or should be at least presentable enough and not as though they we’re buying for a beauty title in a beauty pageant.
Just how do these people define beauty? by the tone of their skin? the curves of their bodies? the angle of their face? the lift of their nose? or if their teeth is of complete set? If this is our perspective, we might be looking merely on aesthetic features.
There are more important aspects of beauty than the one that can be seen by the human eyes. People can be beautiful in so many ways, maybe on how they carry themselves amidst some unexpected situations, how smart or talented they are or how they take part on changing lives of those who struggles for it.
And why am I blogging this is because I want to express how I felt when I have read an internet write up about this 7 year old girl named Yang Peiyi who was not allowed to sing the Chinese National Anthem on the opening ceremonies (Broadcast globally) of the 2008 Beijing Olympics just because she is chubby and has buck teeth (i find her cute though)! Instead she has been replaced by Lin Mioke, who is more flawless and much more perfect for the Chinese government to what as they say “of national interest”. And the more frustrating part is that they used Yang Peiyi’s amazing voice while Lin Mioke lip synched it.
I felt pity for Yang Peiyi because at her young age, she has already experienced the cruelty of this unfair world, whose eyes are set on beauty which resembles advertisements and magazine covers. I also felt sorry for Lin Mioke for she has been “used”.
I would suggest that we should leave the children alone and let us not pollute their minds with injustice and indifference. Let us spare them from thoughts of discrimination and inequality. Just leave these issues to the adults and let them resolve it.
As for me, what’s more important is the beauty that comes from within. Your attitude towards life and others and your relationship with God. Good looks will fade as you grow old, all of us will end up toothless with wrinkled skin and gray hair, no one will be exempted.
Let us live our lives serving our Creator to the best that we can, for in the end we will be judged by our standard of life and not by our standard of living; by our inner self and not by the outward man.
