What is beauty?

Every now and then, we hear one person say: "He/she is beautiful". In response, we'll hear someone say: "No way, he/she is ugly". There's nothing wrong with either person's remark, because I think the definition of beauty stems from one's perspective. However, at times you will come across people arguing about another person's looks, about how he/she is or isn't beautiful. I think that argument is ridiculous, because as I stated earlier, what one person may find attractive, may be equally repulsive to another.

There seems to be a vague, yet generally accepted definition of beauty for both men and women, the classic: "Tall, dark and handsome" for men, and "Tall, thin and blonde". When we get into details, there seem to be widely different conceptions of beauty. People in the West generally seem to find darker skin, darker hair and darker eye color more attractive, whereas in the East, people find lighter, blonde hair, and lighter eye colors a sign of beauty. It seems that that old saying: "The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence" holds when it comes to describing beauty as well.

Verdict: What you may deem ugly, may be beautiful to another, so respect the preference of other people by accepting their idea of beauty rather than indulging in a long, fruitless argument about how they could possibly find something or someone attractive to the senses.