Written by: Eshanee Manandhar - 28004, Grade VIII
Posted on: 31 January, 2024
Having beauty along with brains is considered as being the luckiest person alive, despite being any gender, weight, height etc. The term ‘Having Beauty Along with Intelligence’ is considered perfect. But, if we really look deeper into reality, we do realize that no one and nothing can actually be perfect. Thus, it’s very very rare to find a person beautiful and smart. Some people might have the look and intelligence, but those people are the ones having the most insecurities leading them to lose their confidence when confidence defines a person. But, do we really see the equity and equality in the treatment given to a beautiful person and a smart person?
In the present time, we have the ability to say “Looks and smartness both matter”. But, can we really implement that in our society? If you do so, you’ll most likely be judged by the whole society. In this society, we can clearly see beautiful and handsome people getting several benefits. In various situations, those people don’t have to wait in the line, pay the price for certain things etc. Okay, maybe it could just be because of their success or luck. But, there are some beautiful people who get a job just because of their looks even though there are several other people who could do the same job with actual and proper knowledge about the job. For example: There are two people who are getting interviewed for a huge position in a company. Among those two people, one of them had higher skilled knowledge while the other was beautifully attractive. And, if the attractive person was given the position, this clearly shows how the system is rigged and treats people unfairly based on their looks. But, hey! Needless to say no one is ugly, what matters the most is your beauty inside.
Of course, being pretty also has several advantages besides getting prince and princesses treatment. Being handsome or beautiful helps you to boost up your self confidence and as said before, self-confidence is the key to success. However, everyone has insecurities that lead them to try even harder until they actually realize that no one can become perfect. The one and major job people get with their beauty is modeling or being a famous social personality. But, beauty is not only about outside, it is also about what’s on the inside. So, if a model or an influencer does something others don’t like, let’s say that their career can be partially ruined due to the excessive hate, comparison, criticism etc they could get. But, if we look at the self advantages of being smart, there are a lot. They have proper knowledge, not only about a certain topic, but knowledge in various fields. And, knowledge is a permanent thing which cannot be taken away by anyone. Compared to most of the ‘beautiful’ titled people, smart people have a lot of critical thinking and problem solving potential. Smart people are likely to have academic, professional and life success in their life while ‘beautiful and handsome’ people mostly have life success which mostly only includes professional success excluding academic success. This only applies to some people, not everyone. Smart people are also the people who have more intelligence and connection seeking ability. Stating facts, I have to say that being beautiful or handsome is not related to being smart. Those are two different things which have different meanings.
Many people want to have both beauty and intelligence. But, they just want to achieve it, not work to achieve it. It might be because they might think it is impossible. But, if they actually worked, they would have achieved it. There are several ways you can achieve being pretty but also smart. You just need to work on yourself. You should read different novels which will help you gain knowledge and improve your mental health. You should look after yourself by going to gyms, doing yoga, skincare, body care, reading motivational books, listening to motivational podcasts etc. Doing this for 4-5 months , you won’t recognize yourself. You’ll become the new better version of yourself. Of course, the process is long, but what about the result we get from it? You’ll be absolutely satisfied. But, again, the biggest enemy here is insecurity. You need to learn to love yourself and accept yourself. It is also the personality of a person that matters. If your personality is just ‘not it’ or your personality annoys other people, people won’t care about your looks or if you're smart anymore, they’ll just not talk to you afterwards. Personally, I too want to become both beautiful and smart. I will do my skincare to make my skin glowy and I will read scientific books. And, I just want a balanced life with both beauty and smartness even though it could be hard to achieve and balance that kind of life.
In short, in my opinion, being smart is better. Though, I am not trying to justify that looks do not really matter in our life. I am just trying to explain that smartness matters more than looks, though the boost of self-confidence we get from our appearance and looks actually helps us in various fields. Both are different terms with different meanings, but our life would have been much better if we just loved ourselves and accepted ourselves just the way we are. If we had done that early, we wouldn’t have had many debates about this and would have been treated equally with equity. The whole society, the whole system would have been “normal”. But if I have to answer the question “What is more important, beauty or intelligence?” I’ll have to answer it with neither. In my opinion, beauty is beauty and intelligence is intelligence. The most important thing is to properly understand the value of both the things and use it for bringing the better in yourself.
