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Beauty by default
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Beauty by default

Having beauty virtue is mostly not about being beautiful, I think, but about lacking flaws. It’s about having an airtight case when the critics come to tear you apart.

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Holly Elmore
Jun 19, 2023
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When every other contestant is disqualified, you win “by default”. You don’t have to compete; you won only because you showed up and you didn’t violate any of the rules. Beauty by the lack of flaws could be called “beauty by default”.

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