Does being tall and slender qualify women to be beautiful?
Listen to the feedback we got when we asked some women from across the continent what being beautiful meant.
We asked women from across the continent what being beautiful meant to them and this is what they had to say
“Being beautiful comes from within. It does not matter your skin colour, where you come from, your origin. It’s all about your confidence and feeling good about yourself.” ~ Lucy Kirogoi (Kenya)
“Beauty if feeling confident and comfortable in your own skin. If you don’t like the way you are, then it shall show through you.”~ Eta Akapelwa (Zambia)
“Beautiful is something that is natural. The natural appearance that each and every one has.” ~ Linda Willbard (Tanzania)
“Being beautiful is more of the inside than the outside. According to how you treat people, respect them and how you take them” – Brenda Tumusiime (Ugandan)
“Every woman should feel confident in their own skin” ~ Andrea Maart (South Africa)
“Someone’s smile can mean nothing if they do not have a good heart” ~ Taryn Chapman (South Africa)
” I would think its having brains and good character. You would be having good hair, good looks, I mean the figure but with out the character, man that’s not beauty.” ~ Becky Katusiime (Uganda)
“I believe beauty is accepting yourself inside. Yes, it doesn’t matter if you have expensive lipstick. It’s how you accept yourself inside.” ~ Sundy Sendewe
( Tanzania)
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