Beyond the Call of Beauty

An homage to those who do not meet modern conventional beauty standards and have (gasp!) led interesting and successful lives anyway.

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It's a state of mind

When I'm feeling inauthentic or stifled or trapped in some way, I don't feel beautiful. No matter what I look like that day.

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Go on, tell Marty Feldman more about the false lashes you bought because your eyes are too small and you want them to look bigger.  

He's interested, really.  Go on.

Please, he really wants to know.

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Whoopi Goldberg (Caryn Elaine Johnson)

Truly versatile actress, comedienne, singer-songwriter, producer, and talk show host.

Has won an Emmy, a Grammy, a Tony, and an Oscar, in addition to three People's Choice awards and recognition from the LGBT community for her activism.

Has a bit of life experience: raised by a single mother, became a grandmother herself on her 34th birthday.  Thrice divorced.  Was a high-functioning drug addict at one time.  Lived in communist East Germany between 1979 and 1981.  Is dyslexic...but has authored 10 books.  Doesn't care what you think of any of this.

Moderated a panel discussion at the UN in 2009 that examined topics like human rights, terrorism, children and armed conflict, and reconciliation among different societies and faith groups...through the lens of Battlestar Galactica.  For real.

                                   When you're as bold and talented as Whoopi, you don't need eyebrows.  Hell, you might not even have room in your life for eyebrows.  Remember that, boys and girls!

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SOCRATES

One of the chief figures of classic Western philosophy -- a figure rumored to be short and pot-bellied, with a pug nose and bulging eyes.

Started out as a stonemason; ended up as such an influential philosopher, teacher, and speaker that his criticisms of Athenian political and social life were frightening enough to the leaders of his day to earn him a death sentence.  He was executed by being made to drink an infusion of poison hemlock.

The way you go on and on about your cellulite makes him want to drink more hemlock.  Just to be sure.

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Pema Chodron

One of the most renown Buddhist teachers alive today

Principle instructor at Gampo Abbey

Has helped countless people through her talks, retreats, and books, such as the much-loved publication When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times 

Probably isn't going to read that stock article on "Sexy Summer Hair" that comes out in every women's magazine every summer; kind of too busy achieving enlightenment.

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Rowan Atkinson

Beloved English actor and comedian of Mr. Bean, Blackadder, and Johnny English fame

Once prevented a plane containing his family from crashing

Does not give a shit what you think about his face