Glimpse: A Documentary about Self-Image: Burden of Beauty?

[pixelated111]

6:41 She looks like Isabella Rosselini

[pixelated111]

Why does it seem society places more value in looks? My peers seem to put value on looks first...when they said they want a partner, they usually say they want someone attractive, in addition to personality. Sometimes I don't know what to think...I know there are downsides to being beautiful. It makes me depressed no-one has expressed interest to me. Nobody even casts a glance to me.

I want to not care and think "beauty is in the eye of beholder" or "beauty of the soul", but I can't.

[FlyingSwissman01]

Brilliant! Underrate by far.

[133anne]

people assuming a beautiful person is shallow...

[biggdogg1212]

omg ya like girls would wana suck ur dick and stuff, u could get things for free, special treatment, never have to try hard and get better results than those who do. It would just really suck!

Why are they asking ugly people? To make them feel like shit about themselves? That is another thing that beautiful people do.

[rlouisehakim18]

The people who may be considered beautiful would be the idea of knowing if someone likes you because you are beautiful or because of who you are.

[malimedonja]

self-perception is so messed up sometimes. some beautiful people talking here don't even consider themselves beautiful, while some others who to me seem less attractive actually come across as more conceited about their looks.

[thenameisplissken]

Thank you so much for making this/uploading this. I see these all the time and experience many of them myself. I think people forget there is a downside to being pretty/attractive.

[tinyyuki]

Coreen reminds me of Ellen Page. She's really beautiful.

[tinyyuki]

Jeff is such is beautiful!

[bmbrian]

Disclaimer: Now, I don't want to affect any sort of self-righteous condescension in this comment....But....

Shouldn't the interviewees in this video have some kind of relationship with the subject????

I mean, this "documentary" is pushin' the 'E' on its supply of (superficially)beautiful people! I thought the whole point of an interview was to extract some sort of information from an authority on the topic. Where's the beef(cake)?

It's like asking a botanist about astronomy! Gat damn!

[br8d1]

So boring. The should have found some beautiful people to ask this. None of them were beautiful.

[NoLifeTehRs]

@br8d1 wtf? are you stupid, well why am i asking that question.

[Taarable]

EEEEEEEW That chinese woman made me up-chuck my dinner. Aubri looks like an average woman.

[flyinJJ]

honestly, to put anybody on the spot with that type of question would be pretty evil to begin with. with reverse-psychology, most people would have to come up with a burden (got to be a worse one) by accepting themselves as beautiful, but in their head they might respond: "I don't any burdens, I think Im beautiful" but to satisfy the question asked, they would have to come up with a burden, and as arrogant as it may sound. Can we just laugh it off?

[flyinJJ]

the question confuses her... haha, which is very smart thing to do, to laugh it off.

[lilmissnisa]

People think I'm a bitch when I don't talk to them a lot but it's because I'm shy. =(

[Castaa]

@lilmissnisa That's pretty common I found.

[SirReptitious]

That's unusual, because it's usually pretty damn easy to tell bitchiness from shyness. Hell, you can tell the two apart just from body language. People that are shy will not have the confidence that a bitch has.

[lilmissnisa]

I think I actually have a healthy dose of confidence. Just not in first impressions. Unfortunately they say that those are the ones that stick. What happens is if I'm with a friend I'm very confident when I speak to him or her, but if there's a new person there I'm shy so I come across as a judgmental bitch to that new person since I'm not talking to them as much. It usually only happens in class when I can work independently, 'cause if we're out together I go out of my way to include them.

[sunnybunny6690]

it is very interesting to note how uncomfortable people are with admitting/accepting that they are beautiful for fear that they will be thought of as arrogant or concieted. very few people make "eye contact" with the camera...makes me think that they are very uncomfortable discussing their own beauty. i am trying to write an article on this subject, and it is, admittedly, hard to articulate without sounding snotty or stuck-up

[ollicehunter]

As a man, I would say the way I look makes me much less approachable...additionally, people expect me to look great at all times, which is not a possibility.

[cealabeala]

If you look a certain way, not even beautiful but attractive, sexy, whatever, you can become dependent on that... And when you get old and your looks go, your fucked!

[Metalaseylypse]

It's funny because attitude goes a much longer way in showing your attractiveness. If you're in a good mood, trying to hide it will be impossible and others will notice you. It will come out in subtle physical cues.

Try smiling for no reason and see the change in how much people warm up to you.

[ColtraneAndRain]

People think you're never lonely. People think you're stuck up. People think you are stupid, and that you achieved what you have because of your looks. People think you are cold, and don't have feelings.

People think you have no sense of humor.

People think you don't look horrid when you wake up in the morning. People think that all you do is sit around and think of how beautiful you are. People suck sometimes : (

[mousecuit]

I like this..very intriguing! So many interesting faces and opinions

I've been considered both beautiful and ugly...either way it's painful, because you know you're only being judged for what's on the outside. As if who you really are doesn't matter at all..

[apa6000]

In my opinion, and in my experience, beauty ends up beeing one of the major pilars of selfestim and selfsecurity when relating with other people. And for that reason you dont put as much effort in cultivating other aspects, abilities or values, of ones beeing and become fully dependent of that beauty that will eventually disappear. So I belive that the worst burden of being beautyfull isn't necesaryly others judgement but oneselves.

(sorry for my spelling im from Spain)

[roberthenry1983]

the girl named katie at 6:35 is so pretty i think

[PapaBlueMarlin]

This is insulting - people who are attractive can take advantage of or lead on those who they don't consider to be as attractive...

[ArranoGris]

I think this guy's videos are getting voted down by votebots or something...everyone vote.

[LetMeGit5dollaZ]

I don't get that either. These vids should have 4-5 star averages. Interesting stuff.

[Unekwu89]

Im not 'beautiful' Im cute but its as if people talk down to you sometimes.

Im smart, 4.0 smart but when I first meet people or even the people I know(known me for 2+yrs) talk to me as if Im a retarded 5 yo.

The boy I like talked down to often(like I was dumb) we had the same classes same circle of but he talked to me like I was stupid.

and ppl think Im a bitch but Im just shy

[gothdolly84]

I think half these people don't know what burden of beauty.

[gothdolly84]

men are not in the same boat as women!

[FayeMidori]

I find it interesting that most of the people you've interviewed are afraid to say that they might consider themselves to be beautiful or don't feel like they are..

and it's funny that they laugh after hearing the question asked.. I guess I would do that too (:

[SirReptitious]

You obviously havent watched the video where they ask those same people to rate their own looks on a 1-10 scale! Go watch that one and you will see that the vast majority of them overrate themselves. I was totally shocked at how conceited most of them really were!

[lilmissnisa]

Well it all depends on perspective. Maybe you think they rate themselves too high but they might rate other people high too. I know that I personally tend to rate people higher than other people rate the same people.

[SirReptitious]

Well yes, obviously beauty is rather subjective. But on that other video, I can tell you that a lot of people gave my comment thumbs up, so they agreed that most of the people overrated themselves and seemed conceited.

[desperadodaze]

i love what u do!

[ovalvelociraptor]

sophie is so effing adorable! AND beautiful.

[TruthIsBliss]

I found it interesting that the people who used themselves as the "beauty", or took your question as a personal compliment, were not the most beautiful people you interviewed. And the most beautiful saw the question objectively and were more diplomatic, or charming in their response. And that very much respectively increased or decreased my opinion of them.

[EyequeenCasskulla]

This is like the 1st time 4 me hearing about this bullsh** stereo-type about how some1 that's beautiful is automatically dumb. Wtf's up w/ that???

[nda5150]

I would love to befriend both Shawn and Sophie, which I feel are both interesting and amazingly women

[Fatiski]

mmm dorothy is sexayyy

[emmeenchanted]

"What do you personally feel is the single worst burden of being beautiful?"

It's all how you feel about yourself on the inside,being confident and happy. That's beauty.

[creativetone]

Joy, in the beginning of the video, is far from being beautiful... seriously cmon

[misstheoldy4h00]

Joy is beautiful!

[IshmealArmageddon]

Thank you, THANK YOU for uploading this! I really appreciate your time and thoughtfulness because I feel this video has an important message. Thank you!

[Castaa]

Thanks

[MrTsBastardChild]

I think most peoples' comments in the video had validity and I can agree with many of them.

[HighLandHotPocket]

If I were beautiful, I'd worry that guys (and people in general) don't really like me for anything other than I'm beautiful. What happens when it all fades??

[tinyyuki]

@HighLandHotPocket To answer your question. You make DANM sure you have a personality but beauty does indeed fade but dumb is FOREVER!

[gaymansfart]

the heaviest burden of beauty for me would be the fact that teachers/adults hit on me almost everyday... it disgusts me to think that they probably have daughters my age and they're tryin to fuck with me. Its uncomfortable and i feel i'm bein mentally molested... cool video. it gives a different perspective on beauty.

[kxmode]

the ironic/sad thing about this video is that nearly all of these people are beautiful, and they don't realize it.

[smerrigan]

first of all..was Eden high?

Its not a beautiful person's fault they were born beautiful..alot of intelligent people are beautiful so I think the beauty = dumb arguement goes out the window..however, think about if your ego was stroked every single day by marveling admirers...you'd walk around like you ruled the world too lol

[belac8150]

Molly talks about having videos on youtube... Does anyone know what her user name is?

[Castaa]

mememolly

She's one of the most popular people on YouTube.

[belac8150]

Thanks, love the documentary.

[BogzyBoss]

and another thing: bodily beauty wears out with time while spiritual beauty dies only if you want to.

[BogzyBoss]

is the beauty of the body the only beauty we have?

no. there is a little something called "the beauty of the soul" and many people neglect it. A beautiful body is just meat without a beautiful soul.

the burden of the beautiful body is envy, while the burden of the beautiful soul is the ease of getting hurt inside.

it hurt to be good, but you will get a greatest reward.

[chrissytinalalala]

I think the worst burden of being beautiful is the jealousy that people will have toward you and the fact that many people that do like you will veer away from you, fearful that you are out of their league and would never "waste" your time with them.

[FersitoMonet]

I think envy is one of the hardest things to deal with if you are beautifull, olso the preasure of other people expecting you to mantain that beauty everyday, the comments you get if you have a bad day, they'r like expecting you to be beautifull all the time.

another thing I think is that people think they know what your about, just by how you look, it's just so so wrong.

Oh and sometimes people are like scared to talk to beautiful people, they get intimidated, that sucks too.

[civciv7]

Hey purple girl.Your grandfather works for CIA and they will try to kill you.Trust me, I can help you.

[Janzah]

the first womens laugh was so funny :)

[AstridVonAij]

I like this video. The most interesting thing is how uncomfortable people are in owning their own beauty. I blame corporate american bullshit.

xo- Astrid

[Castaa]

Astrid. I just watched a couple of your videos. You stuff is excellent. Everyone should check out her channel. I subbed.

[davyross]

Sophie is so lovely :)

[kll510]

I think anyone who answers this question is conceided and stuck up. Beauty of a person depends on who is looking. If that makes sense. I think some of the most beautiful people have a great personality and sense of humor and it has nothing to do with their looks.

[Xazard]

Yeah a mic. would be awesome. Too much distortion on the background.

I think for a girl a burden would be guys acting weired around them, either too cocky trying to show off, rude, shy or just ignoring them. Also most guys think if a girl is 'hot' they already got hot boyfriend and don't even try to make a move

[1ninato]

My face...iguess. I don't need to use makeup because it's just great. Or that's what people tell me. Just because of that. ummm. i think it's a burden because when driving or walking people look away from what they're doing to accualy look at me. Yes i'm beautiful, but i don't give a shit about that. Smarts is what counts. If you like me good, if you don't well that's your choice! :)

[PartyGalKim]

I think the single worse burden of being beautiful is the battle of ego. Let's face it, how many beautiful people do we know who are conceited and believe they are privileged? It usually takes some flaw they see within themselves to truly expose who they are. Of course this usually comes with age and maturity. Although, I do believe, many beautiful people worry about the vibe they put out to the world. They want to be confident but don't want to seem arrogant.

[syupandkitties]

you should get a boom mic

[dickmanly]

My experience has been that you get very polarized responses from people based on their instant expectations of you. They either project that you are wonderful or horrible without starting from a neutral place. It can be unnevrving and exhausting. I, as a result, have become more apprehensive socially which of course makes me look like an asshole.

As a gay male you get the addition of peoples grand disappointment and disgust that you are wasting the "gift".

[jhermbaby]

i really loved angels comment! wow, what a great statement!!

[Castaa]

Angel rocks. :) She's a friend of a friend.

[simplybecky01]

Im pretty young and i dunno, as a teenager you have alot of insercurities. Beautiful people; it seems, have less to worry about, and seem to be better treated in a society based on looks which makes people jealous of them. hence people want to make these people ''mean and rude'' etc in their minds. this means that the beautiful people, even though they have looks,dont have everything in the minds of average looking people. so a burden for a beautiful person could be resentment from others.

[simplybecky01]

p.s this was a very interesting topic and view, good work. good videos on youtube are becoming harder to find.

[PointsofOriginII]

There is virtually no down side of being beautiful. Beautiful people are perceived as being smarter, they're more desirable, more "cool," more "in," more "hip," more wanted, and more loved.

People want to be with beautiful people just because they're beautiful. How many of you beautiful would give it up, even for a day?

And Erica, you do look very smart.

I'm serious.

And you're hot too!

[gizmo2084]

There's lots of wonderful people in this video. But I have to say that Lauren 20 just GLOWS HAPPINESS (inside and outside).

[ouREvilone]

Definitely what the last woman said, Amy, that in relationships its confusing because someones looks is so overwhelmingly that you always question do I like them for looks or because of who they are. But also I question while dating is this person only interested in my looks, and if so I wouldnt want to waste my efforts into them because there is more to me but they cant see it. Wow thats a hard question, I hope there is more!

[Songbottle]

Husbands checking you out when they are standing by their wifes, and watching thier wifes get uncomfortable, pissed off, and then hating you.

[Songbottle]

I spelled "wifes" wrong... yuppers.

[PointsofOriginII]

That's okay. We all make mistakes. We got the gist.

[Songbottle]

Thanks.