How Beautiful Could You Stand To Be?

[LelaK]

My avatar is kind of my ideal of beauty. I suppose she could be made even prettier, like with more of a Lolita look, with ribbons and bows and ruffles and pastels (but not a longer skirt). Her hair could be improved a little by being longer and with big Lolita curls.

I remember seeing a woman briefly on tv maybe 20 years ago who looked so beautiful to me that I could hardly stand it. It felt so uplifting and heavenly (and I felt a little embarrassed for her, surrounded by mere mortals). I suppose actual angels look that good.

It's not my goal to look perfect though. I just like to appreciate beauty. But personality seems to be the most important part of beauty. A loving personality. Attaining such a personality is a more worthy goal, I suspect. I like to appreciate beautiful personalities. I love to cry tears of joy over such beauty.

[jennifer0918]

A lovely personality is always a plus.

[Jean 103]

I have some friends that are gorgeous. But they are also beautiful Within. Then there's a girl that comes to mind and ex-girlfriend of an ex-roommate. He thought she was beautiful , she was an ex Playboy model. But if you actually talked to her which he didn't, and got to know who she was inside , which I did , she was a horrible person. Someone I would never have as a friend.

[Tracii G]

Beauty is a subjective thing.

[Devi SM]

I honestly think that in this forum we want the external beauty just because we look for acceptance, be pasable. Very few of us can think on transition to be a real woman and find a partner that more than to appreciate the external beauty, that is gonna be the first thing he would pay attention, appreciate the internal, but the more beautiful more chances to be accepted.
If that wasn't important we wouldn't learn make up, high heels, hip pads, breast forms, etc.

[Tamsin Secret]

Your given the hand your dealt. Make the most of that and add sparkle with personality and it will take you a long way if not further than sheer beauty.

However to answer the hypothetical question I would like to try being the most beautiful thing to walk the planet!

[deebra]

Beautiful with a killer body would be a great way to leave the house in the morning. And I agree with internal beauty being most important; a bitchy, self centered, beautiful woman is something all of us would like to flush down the toilet.

[rachael.davis]

Spiritual beauty is a wonderful thing, but I suppose leaving a string of traffic accidents, and men walking into open man hold covers, and telephone poles wouldn't stink too badly

[rockerreds]

As beautiful as possible.

[Micki_Finn]

I have to admit I'm a little disturbed by the fact your standard of beauty is "Lolita". You do know that that book was about a grown man having sex with a 12 year old girl right?

[Cheryl T]

I could stand being Absolutely Gorgeous, but I'm happy just being an attractive me.

[NicoleScott]

Micki, loving the Lolita LOOK (which I do) is not an endorsement of sex with 12-year-old girls. There's nothing wrong with grown-up CDers enjoying dressing up in Lolita style outfits. Or schoolgirl uniforms (which I also love). But its your right to be disturbed if you choose.

[Eveva]

An interesting question. As a car nut I always wanted to build "my unicorn" so I did and it was beautiful. Everything I had hoped for or more. But whenever I went out in public with it I became the center of attention shutting down drive thru's and every bike or new sports car trying to get me to race. I think that experience had a profound effect in the unexpected consequences department, so to answer your question probably about wherever my male self is on the scale which is probably average to slightly above. Enough to blend in to those that do not know me but to fit in with those that I would choose to shop/eat/go out with. So a perfect 10 is out of the question for me.

[Tahoegurl]

I think beauty is a whole package deal...external beauty fades...you need to be a real human on the inside first...that beauty radiates out to enhance your outer beauty. The clothes and makeup are just the trimmings. I am OK being an average looking person ...

[KimberlyJean]

I agree with Eveva, I want to be pretty but also blend in so that everyone isn't staring at me. I have noticed that almost everytime I have worn a shorter dress out I have received more attention. It wasn't bad attention but I prefer to just cruise through without much notice.

[Nicole Erin]

We all feel beautiful or ugly at times.

It is easy to feel ugly when we see some really passable TG or even some hot looking GG.

BUT - if you want to feel beautiful, go look up a photo of honey boo boo's mom. It is the definition of ghastly. THEN, you will feel really pretty, even on bad hair days.

[Connie D50]

What a nice question
I'm sure I'm not alone but I look at magazines and Facebook post of stars and wish that I could look like that. But all I want is to pass and enjoy for a day (ok maybe two) of going about the day as a women.

[Nikki A.]

I'd like to be good looking enough to be passable, not really beautiful. However what I may be missing in looks I hope to make up for in personality and trying to passable in mannerisms and other ways.

[Brandy Fromdaburg]

I'd rather be cute than beautiful. Cute usually ages better than beautiful.

[Dana44]

I rather be cute than beautiful also but I was pretty boy and told I was pretty girl. So I try to look the best I can and just be me. and as they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

[Lana Mae]

Really just looking for the lady next door look-not some drippingly beautiful image! IMHO Hugs Lana Mae

[Hell on Heels]

Hell-o Lela,
It's kinda like...
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

This CD would be as beautiful as this CD could be
if this CD could be beautiful!

Much Love,
Kristyn

[LelaK]

Thank you, beautiful ladies.


I have to admit I'm a little disturbed by the fact your standard of beauty is "Lolita". You do know that that book was about a grown man having sex with a 12 year old girl right?

That book was entirely unrelated to Lolita fashion, which latter originated in Japan entirely independently. In no way would I endorse or condone pedophilia. There is quite a bit of confusion about the two Lolitas, unfortunately. Maybe the Lolita fashion should have used a Japanese word.

I just looked it up and it's funny, they have the Japanese word Rorita (R's in place of L's), which kind of fits because it's related to Rococo, whatever that is (and to Victorian).

[Maria Blackwood]

I don't know. Make me look like Rita Hayworth, and I'll file a full report on the results.

[DIANEF]

I want to be attractive but not too 'beautiful' to stand out, so probably not a '10' for me, maybe an 8.

[xNicolex]

I'd like to be a 10 ☺

[Alice Torn]

I think at times i can present and take photos, as a very tall, nice looking older lady with great long legs, but i have "give aways", that shout, "that's a man!" I am saddened, though, that i think i really look better, than most GG's around my age, today. I agree, that inner beauty is most important, though. I have seen many loud, crass, "in your face" GG's that have very nice looks, but i would not want to be near them, because of lack of ladyness, and inner beauty.

[Ressie]

Lela, your first paragraph refers to beauty as ribbons, bows, ruffles, length of hair with curls etc. This just doesn't do it for me. The main thing I see in feminine beauty is the face, followed by various body parts. Hairstyles and clothes can be changed but not what we were born with. I love brown eyes with brunette hair, but also love natural red heads and blondes.

Some of the most beautiful women I've seen were in small Midwestern towns rather than the Hollywood screen. Maybe that's because I haven't traveled much further than that. There are beautiful women all over the world within every race IMO.

I'm sure I could always improve my looks with better makeup, better wigs, and nice clothes that actually fit perfectly. I do have kind of a feminine face but with this man's body I don't have any delusions of being beautiful. But you look gorgeous in your avatar.

[sometimes_miss]

I'd like to be a 10 ☺
Me too. But not Bo Derek.
As I've said to a few women I've known who complain about all the attention from being attractive, just wait until all that attention goes away; you'll sing another tune.
After all, for a beautiful person who hates being in the spotlight and being wanted by so many, it's as simply as going off in private to get away from all that. But the reverse? Where does an ugly person go to GET all the attention and be wanted by so many? That's the question I'd like all the beautiful people who complain about being beautiful, to answer for me.
I don't know how beautiful I 'could stand' to be. I've never been beautiful. I don't know what it's like. I only know what it's like to have been ugly, and once that was fixed, to be borderline plain.
And I don't wish that on anyone. So of course, I'd jump at the chance to have had Christie Brinkley's genes, or Raquel Welch's (or any of dozens of other beauties that didn't lose their looks as they aged). They know all the opportunities that extreme beauty brings with it.

[Alice Edwards]

Is this a trick question?

[OCCarly]

If I looked like any of the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" alums -- Sarah Michelle Gellar, Michelle Trachtenberg, Eliza Dushku, Charisma Carpenter, Alyson Hanagan -- I would be very, very happy.

[Fiona123]

Myrna Loy, old time actress. Very good looking. Sigh...

[lingerieLiz]

I was lucky enough to be considered pretty when I was in my teens and early 20s. While it was easy to pass, it also brought on interest as to who I was. Guys would flirt and try to make contact with me. Girls would scrutinize me.

I was reading a woman's magazine one day while waiting for a hair cut and a woman told me you could be a model like them at which point the woman next to her agreed.

[Joanne108]

I don't know. I think I look good when I am dressed. So If I am beautiful then I can stand it because it is just me with make up.

[Christina Page]

I'd like to be as pretty and cute as Mary Ann. But sometimes I want to be sexy like Ginger.

[Ceera]

I'd absolutely love to have a feminine figure, appropriate height, full head of hair, and a pretty face... so that everyone unmistakably accepts me as a 'pretty girl', and they don't think to question my gender at all.

Yet even as I am, I still do get quite a few people who quite sincerely tell me that they think I am beautiful.

Beauty isn't just measurements, face shape, or perfect complexion. It also comes from self-confidence, poise, manners, and behavior. When I walk through a bar, a restaurant, a nightclub or a party, chatting amicably with the people that I meet, no one is going to think I am a hot twenty year old college babe, with a centerfold's figure and fashion model's face. Yet I have had people say they found me attractive, and guess my age as 'maybe 27 to 30?', despite my real age being twice that number! As my daughter puts it, successful presentation is strongly influenced by a confident attitude.

[Sallee]

I won't get heavy on this one A guess the answer is "VERY BEAUTIFUL" Turning heads type