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**whimpykid** · 06-07-2012, 09:46 PM

The famous Afghan Girl photo, that has became famous all over the world as a symbol of afghan people, owe its popularity to the fact that the girl portrayed has green eyes.
Green eyes are striking beautiful, and catch the attention of the observer a lot more than black one's does. Also, they are unusual for a middle eastern woman.
Were her eyes brown she would not have became so famous all over the world.
So, in the end, my point: traits associated with western ideals are indeed more beautiful and considered beautiful all over the world.

Yes, her eyes are pretty and they catch the "eye"; but that is not the only reason. I find her face harmonious and really pretty. Apart from the dust and grime she is pleasant to look at. That color pigment is common in Afghan people, and her pose shows confidence and poise in a lady which is suppressed in the Afghan area. I doubt the magazine was trying to pull users on basis of looks or pseudo-European looks / pigment factors. It should the boldness and relentlessness of the Afghan people and how they have been ostracized and manipulated and tried to be conquered by the western nations and neighboring countries. She shows across confidence, and the Afghan attitude of "will never give up". The people are strong willed and fighters to the last. That is what the image shows. Not some theory off western looks being better. She has nothing of western ideals in her. I doubt most of the world looking at her said "ooh she has Western pigmented eyes, how nice". But rather an innuendo of what I mentioned, above, about Afghanistan and its relentless people. They will never give up, never be conquered. Graveyard of nations.

Traits associated with western ideals are a personal PoV. Cannot be generalized for the world to like a certain segment / sector as an overall average. That is unfair to write.

She fit in the ideal of western beauty as average looking girl , nothing special . the big problem is her eyes looks creepy they aren't harmonious with her face . Also the one who made the picture, try to put in value her eyes, for make a deep look . The reason why that looks creepy .

What you mean made. It is not a touched up image. Or you trying to say something else.

06-07-2012, 09:46 PM	#12
whimpykid Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 611 Senior Member	The famous Afghan Girl photo, that has became famous all over the world as a symbol of afghan people, owe its popularity to the fact that the girl portrayed has green eyes. Green eyes are striking beautiful, and catch the attention of the observer a lot more than black one's does. Also, they are unusual for a middle eastern woman. Were her eyes brown she would not have became so famous all over the world. So, in the end, my point: traits associated with western ideals are indeed more beautiful and considered beautiful all over the world. Yes, her eyes are pretty and they catch the "eye"; but that is not the only reason. I find her face harmonious and really pretty. Apart from the dust and grime she is pleasant to look at. That color pigment is common in Afghan people, and her pose shows confidence and poise in a lady which is suppressed in the Afghan area. I doubt the magazine was trying to pull users on basis of looks or pseudo-European looks / pigment factors. It should the boldness and relentlessness of the Afghan people and how they have been ostracized and manipulated and tried to be conquered by the western nations and neighboring countries. She shows across confidence, and the Afghan attitude of "will never give up". The people are strong willed and fighters to the last. That is what the image shows. Not some theory off western looks being better. She has nothing of western ideals in her. I doubt most of the world looking at her said "ooh she has Western pigmented eyes, how nice". But rather an innuendo of what I mentioned, above, about Afghanistan and its relentless people. They will never give up, never be conquered. Graveyard of nations. Traits associated with western ideals are a personal PoV. Cannot be generalized for the world to like a certain segment / sector as an overall average. That is unfair to write. She fit in the ideal of western beauty as average looking girl , nothing special . the big problem is her eyes looks creepy they aren't harmonious with her face . Also the one who made the picture, try to put in value her eyes, for make a deep look . The reason why that looks creepy . What you mean made. It is not a touched up image. Or you trying to say something else.
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