Am I ugly?

an 11-year-old girl who poses for the camera, twirling her shoulders, smiling big, and pulling her long hair out of a pony tail.

While I am checking my yahoo mail, I saw this article about teenagers in the US posting their videos in Youtube asking opinions if they look ugly or not. I was bothered because at an early age they easily define the real meaning of insecurities. Based on my experience, when you reach the puberty stage it is really hard to cope up with it due to the pressure you will see and encounter with different people. This is the time when teenagers try to fit in within the social environment. When I was on that age, I'll be honest I also try fit in just to easily get accepted by others and have a lot of friends. But then I realized that doing that is not any good. I have my own insecurities then. I hate my hair that I always ask my Mom to bring me to a salon to get a hair treatment. I have this wavy, dry curly hair in high school and I envied my classmates that have straight shiny hair. But then after that I lived with it. I tend to accept that it doesn't make any difference cause personality counts the most. I am very skinny also that my weight do not correspond with my age. I was the second smallest and skinny person in my class. I do not look like anorexic but it runs within the family since some of my cousins have the same physical feature that time. I also have this monkey ear that whenever I tied my hair during PMT they used to teased and pinch my ear. I remembered one of my PE teacher also noticed that I have small feet. I am size 4 then and he mentioned I have a feet of a small child. I experienced all those things. I felt affected once or twice but then I got used to it. I learned how to accept myself especially my flaws. Imperfections did not stop me from doing and achieving my goals. I ranked the top ten, compete with a lot of essay writing contest and even a part of the YFC organization. You choose what you feel. If you feel unpretty then it will just ruin your mood but if you feel beautiful despite of your imperfections, it will create a positive vibe. Even the top Victoria Secret model have their own insecurities, what more ordinary people like us. It is how you carry criticisms.

I watched the movie Camp Rock starring Mitchie (Demi lovato) who lied about her identity. The main reason is she tried to fit in. She joined a music camp where most of her fellow talents came from a wealthy and popular family. She felt very bad about it so she she pretended that her Mom worked in a big company in the China to impressed and pleased everyone. She got the attention of the richest girl in class named Tess Tyler. She even tried to change the way she dress. She never realize that she is very talented and being envied by others because of her good voice. Her Mom is the cook of the camp. In the end, she got busted and faced hurtful consequences. But when she learned to accept herself, she even landed the part in the album of the Connect3 band and Shane (Joe Jonas) fell in love with her.

The videos posted in Youtube is very alarming as growing number of teens having problems on how to deal with their flaws. Some of the comments is really mean and others merely sympathize. It makes me feel sad watching these kids shared their personal insecurities.I can't believe that anyone of any age would want to take this seriously. I cannot blame them for they live in a world where top competition of being beautiful is always at stake. I just hope when they reach the right age they realize that more than anything in this world being beautiful is the second priority and being who you are is what important. Beauty can can be seen in a lot of different ways not just in physical and I hope some people will take it that way. Beauty fades but good personality will remain forever. I wish this kids would see the bigger picture that so what if you're ugly most important is you have a beautiful heart.