“Charm is deceitful, and beauty empty; the woman which is wise is the one to praise” (Proverbs 31:30).
In an anthropology class, the teacher was groping for an example of how our ideas about beauty keep changing over the years. Finally, he said, “Take the ‘Miss America’ contest, for example. Seventy years ago, the Miss America winner was only five feet tall, she weighed just over one hundred pounds, and her measurements were 30-25-32. How do you think she would be regarded by the judges in this year ’s contest?” One student replied, “Not very well.” “And why not?” the teacher asked. “Because she’s too old,” said the student.
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