Just Beautiful

When Glamour magazine featured this un-airbrushed photo of 20-year-old model Lizzie Miller in a piece about body confidence, letters and comments poured in from readers glad to see this picture of a 'normal women.' Every now and then I compose a post about beauty. We humans have a habit of taking what's most beautiful about ourselves--the very quirks and idiosyncrasies that make us unique--and believing they somehow instead make us inadequate or unacceptable. In the public arena, women are all too often criticized for their physique over their ideas. Meanwhile, runways frequently celebrate a very unhealthy image of the body. And now we have Lizzie looking absolutely stunning celebrated in a top fashion magazine! I'm posting her photo here because it's such a gorgeous image and really captures the spirit of a beautiful woman who seems comfortable and happy in her own skin. Well done Glamour.