Going to go against the grain as per usual... But
WTF?!?! Seriously!
Deepika can, at best, be described as pretty. Sure, she is 'beautiful', when one compares her with mediocrity like Rani or Preity or Sonam or Genelia or Priyanka. Or models like Nina Manuel and Carol Gracias and Neha Kapoor. S'not like we've got an embarrassement of riches here to compare her with. Deepika, IMO, has the acceptability and blandness of prettiness, but not the greatness of beauty.
Angelina... Not for nothing does the woman repeatedly get voted as the most beautiful woman in the world. So maybe according to conventional desi standards of beauty - which encompass fair skin, symmetry in proportions, large expressive eyes, sharp nose, winning smile and general prettiness - Angelina might not seem beautiful. But thankfully that's not the standard of beauty elsewhere. Beauty is rare, beauty defies conventionalism, it is distinguishing and unforgettable. And Angelina has that fierce, contestable, transcendent beauty. What really stands out to me is this: everyone agress that Deepika is pretty. Nobody is going to contest that or call her ugly. But with Angelina, it is a matter of opinion. Some may say she's extraordinarily beautiful, and some may think she's not at all good looking. At the end of the day, it is beauty that's said to be in the eye of the beholder, not prettiness.
Edited by joie de vivre - 15 years ago
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