The Islander // Issue 12

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Women’s Ability & Beauty Written by Elly Lee, Year 10, Geomun

t is evident that the importance of women’s beauty and

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According to a thesis, written by Jeung Mu Guan, Park Jong Hun

Women invest a lot of time for their beauty. The standard of

highlighted the importance of beauty.

order to reach a conclusion.

ning of the Miss Korea Jin isn’t only an honour in itself but also a

ability is potentially dividing.

their beauty and ability is gradually increasing. However, the

significance of beauty and ability had not been compared so far. Elly Lee found interest in this issue and began researching in Elly found that women’s ability has more value than beauty.

For the evidence, women’s leadership has been publicly known and became more and more remarkable.

Germany’s Prime Minister Angela Merkel, Managing Director of

Internation Monetary Fund IMF ’s Christine Lagarde are two of the top leaders in the world.

Hillary Clinton is United States of America’s former Secretary of State and currently in the running to be the next president who

have great power. Moreover, USA magazine found out that 18 out of 500 women were CEOs of global companies.

HP’s Whitman and Pepsi Cola’s CEO Indra Nooyi.

and Kim Miang Sock, they studied the effect of beauty and they

Based on their thesis, beauty doesn’t directly effect the interview

result. Moreover, the prize for the winner of Miss Korea Jin in 1997 was 20 million won but rose to 50 million won this year. The wingreat opportunity as well.

Winners get a great following among the society and a lot of them became entertainers or celebrities.

Rather than investing in beauty, which you can’t change without a great effort, it is better to focus on improving your ability and enhance your personal value.

Elly hasn’t determine whether beauty or ability is important.

It is because both factors seem to influence significantly to a lot

of women. So, the question still remains. Is women’s beauty or is women’s ability important?

They are the ones who are in the list. We can’t avoid the fact that

some of the leaders are beautiful and their beauty was somehow beneficial for them to succeed. However, it is definitely the case that these women mentioned above didn’t succeed because of their beauty, but because of their extraordinary abilities.

On the other hand, Elly also found that women’s beauty is highly

valued. When it comes to selecting a women employee, it is generally known that their beauty is regarded significantly.

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