We all know the Lebanese love’em some good looks. And did you ever notice how much easier pretty girls have it? Did you ever wonder, why or how we got our reputation for being the most likely to undergo plastic surgery in the Middle East?
Let’s take these two scenario’s:
Jihan-graduated from LAU with distinction, works in HR with an international NGO and makes enough to pay her monthly payments for the new Toyota Rav4 she just bought while helping her family out. She’s a hard worker. Jihan- is a genuinely nice person, she opens doors for people, she’s a good tipper and a loyal friend, but she happens to be overweight. Jihan gets crap from everyone about her weight, her mom, her aunts, her co-workers, her best friends. Everyone feels as though it’s their duty to constantly remind her not to feel good about herself- because they care about her.
Grace– graduated from LAU, no distinction, heck she’s just happy to hold a degree, skinny as a twig and can’t live without spell-check. Men honk at her all the time while she’s in her C200 and she thrives on the attention ( who wouldn’t?). Grace isn’t so nice to people, she oozes of attitude and bitches about her co-workers constantly, sometimes they can hear her, but she doesn’t care. She enjoys torturing waiters and carries a key chain labeled “heart breaker.”
Jihan and Grace both like to go out and kick-back with some drinks at clubs. They happened to be at SkyBar at the same time on Thursday night. Both were very-well dressed, both were ready to party and both did NOT have reservations. Guess who DID NOT make it inside. Thats right. JIHAN
” Not enough room“, she was told by the big bad bouncer.
As Grace walked into the club with her skimpy little bebe dress, Jihan vowed to change her beautiful self to become more like Grace. She will undergo liposuction on her thighs, a tummy tuck, a nose job and breast enhancement surgery tomorrow. She hopes this way, she too can fit in. Bisoux
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t’s just plastic surgery and it’s the good kind, the kind that will make her feel better about herself. It’s a choice she is making because she wants to live a certain life style. She doesn’t have to do it, she wants to do it and I am sure it isn’t a decision she took overnight because she couldn’t get into a club. It something she’s been wanting to do for a very long time.
Plastic surgery is just plastic surgery, it’s not a big deal. People need to watch Nip/Tuck.
It’s sad what the world has come true, but this is how it is.
I’d love to say that Jihan shouldn’t change and lose the weight and all that jazz, and that she doesn’t need her physical to match her insides. I wish the world worked like that. But Lebanon is one of the most superficial places (as far as my personal experiences go) all people talk about is their weight, how they look, what they wear bla bla bla bla bla. And as much as one would like to fight all the idiocy of this society, it really gets to you and sometimes you have no choice but to conform (at least to a certain extend).
I don’t agree that she should go through ALL that surgery, it’s a little too far. I hate seeing girls walking around with that white strip on their nose and their watermellon boobs, fake tans and chop stick legs.
Being pretty is not a bad thing, but it’s not the only thing people should focus on…
@Marie completely agree about the white strip on the girls’ noses in Lebanon. Notice how everyone has the same friggin nose? It’s kinda creepy, everyone looks the SAME! :S
I have recently lost 14 out of the 17 Kg or so I gained after moving to Lebanon. I also changed my blonde hair to dark brown. The way people viewed me was similar to being on a trampoline. Skinny and blonde, I might have had it easier but at a price. Being chubby and blonde allowed men at times to speak to me in an explicit and uncensored way. Being thinner and a brunette made my life easier but the blonde treatment was missing in the equation. Through all these changes, my character have remained the same some people need to be mistreated in order to gain their respect (the bouncer example is a perfect one) at other times being nice made my life easier. Please tell your friend that she doesn’t need to have plastic surgery, a little bit of motivation and self-control will get u there. The physical pain she will endure is not worth it. I’ve seen the bruising, etc.on several people . She needs to change her habits otherwise her plastic surgery dream will be short lived.
People trying to become prettier will always have good consequences, when u become prettier u will start loving urself more. and enjoy life more.
too bad that having prettier soul is so much harder to may while it is not!
yes well said…
I am gonna be the devil’s advocat …. who here whould date a not so handsome overweight guy/girl? and if you do…. who would not keep staring at sexy bodies and beautiful guys/girls with cute faces?… you see …. we all want to have the best looking person.. and drool over stars and bodies (from both gender) but the fact is that it’s only an initial reaction to our human nature…. but after knowing the person comes the “crappy attitude” or ” shitty personality” or etc etc…. and then the whole “handsome or pretty” concept goes out the window…
I am against the saying that inner beauty is what counts… I think you should work on ur outer beauty as well… for example, diet and workout and not let urself be 90kgs then wonder why ppl give u crap about it… it’s true it’s not the most important thing in life.. but let’s face it.. IT IS IMPORTANT.
If she feels better with her self and increase her self-esteem then why not.
I will say going to Clubs is not the highlight of life and you can choose to re frame from being shallow. I am an American Lebanese male and grew up in California particularly around LA and San Diego land of plastic women and men who love that crap. I also lived in Lebanon 3 years of my life but I will say at least there is an under culture of people in California who love being real and focus more on creating a circle of trust worthy friends who are not shallow as hell.(you know the kind who will be by your side if you go to the hospital, your parents die or anything serious in life) Be your own person and don’t make excuses for becoming a shallow and hallow person. I can’t stand fake boobs and a fake look. I want a real women who will go hiking with me and will have a heart full of love.