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TOK Presentation

Knowledge Issue
To what extent is the concept of beauty definable and if definable by whom?

What is beauty?
The definition of beauty is the characteristic of a person that provides a perceptual experience of satisfaction. Along with the positive aspects of something that are not physically visible. The definition of beauty is the characteristic of a person that provides a perceptual experience of satisfaction.
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Pantaloons Femina Miss India


Miss India or Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India, one of the most recognized contests to produce international beauty queens in the 90s, which annually selects three winners to compete globally.
The Procedure of selecting the winner Criteria on what bases is the winner selected

What is beauty according to you?

Who according to you is the winner?

1) Deepika Bajwa
1) http://feminamissindia.indiatimes.com/photoshow/7634057.cms?curpg=11 2) http://feminamissindia.indiatimes.com/photoshow/7634057.cms?curpg=8

2) Kanishtha Dhankhar

Who according to you is the winner?

Yukta Mookhey

Gul Panag

http://feminamissindia.indiatimes.com/archives/1991-2000/articleshow/5022005.cms

Winners for the previous 12 years:


Year 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Representatives to Miss World Kanishtha Dhankhar Manasvi Mamgai[7] Pooja Chopra Parvathy Omanakuttan Sarah Jane Dias

2006
2005 2004

Natasha Suri
Sindhura Gadde Sayali Bhagat. First won by Lakshmi Pandit.(Dethroned)

2003
2002 2001 2000

Ami Vashi
Shruti Sharma Sara Corner Priyanka Chopra

Perception Different opinions Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder Every mother finds her child the most beautiful
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Perception
Ad Ignoratium If you cant disprove it its true. Everyone's perception/opinion cannot be false since they have a certain reasoning behind it. Their reasoning can be argued upon but not proven false.

Math and Beauty


Since differing perceptions hinders the process of judging who is actually beautiful a mathematical process can be used. Golden ratio It is defined as a line that can be divided into two parts such that the longer part divided by the smaller part is equal to the whole line divided by the longer part. Although mathematical it is used in an aesthetic sense.

The Golden Ratio Mask

So should we leave it to math to decide who is beautiful?

Mona Lisa is known to have the perfect golden ratio i.e. the perfect bodily proportions.

Reason and Math


As seen even math which is the most logical approach to deciding who is beautiful it is not exactly feasible as seen before.

Reason and Emotion


Every rationale decision/perception is always affected in some way or the other by emotion. This can lead to two things1)A bias in the opinion formed like the mother and child example. 2) A need to change oneself to conform to the accepted standard of beauty. Plastic Surgery.

Emotion and Ethics


The earlier stated point of emotions affecting rationale decisions to look beautiful often leads to unethical actions. Miss Venezuela 2009 at the age of 21 in a bid to be the Most Beautiful Woman got a nose job done. This shows the length people are willing to go at such a young age to look beautiful.

Miami plastic surgeon Dr. Michael Salzhauer says, Plastic surgery is very common amongst beauty pageant contestants. Majority of contestants have augmented their breasts and refined their noses. The nose being the center of the face can improve the look and symmetry of the face, and enhancing the breast can create an ideal figure. Those are two areas that most consider key components involved in the judgment of physical beauty. In an interview (posted on Make Me Heal) with Celestrellas 21-year old Miss Venezuela says, Yes, I had a nose job. I wasnt sure about it first, but after the operation I was really happy with the result. Sometimes its good to give natural beauty a little help.

Ethics in this sense has been completely ruined in the concept of beauty, as people have started organizing beauty pageants for toddlers and children. Toddlers and Tiaras Encouraging children to look at superficiality in life. Getting them to wax and get airbrushed.

Video
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Conclusion
Thus we can see the knowledge issue brought out earlier on beauty is related to different aspects of life- Math, Science, Ethics and is greatly influenced by our perception, reasoning, and emotions. To conclude we feel that beauty does truly lie in the eye of the beholder and as such cannot be defined by any one person or logic.

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