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It’s All About Perception [Real Beauty]

There's a good chance you've already seen Dove's viral video campaign "Dove Real Beauty Sketches," but I figure it's worth a mention on this blog because I love the message behind it: Women are their own worst beauty critics. Only 4% of women around the world consider themselves beautiful. At Dove, we are committed to creating a world where beauty is a source of confidence, not anxiety. So, we decided to conduct a compelling social experiment that explores how women view their own beauty in contrast to what others see. In the experiment, FBI-trained forensics artist Gil Zamora is hired to interview and draw seven different women. He produces two sketches of each woman — the first sketch based on the woman's personal description of herself, and the second...

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