The Age of Beauty
Shortform

When I was in high school, I became surrounded by a flurry of pretty girls with blonde hair and slim figures. I would look down at my overly plump frame, blemished skin and brown hair and wonder:
“Aren’t I supposed to be pretty at this age? Aren’t all teenage girls supposed to be bombshells?”
I was an anomaly, a mark on the perceived agility and beauty of all girls my age. I didn’t wear makeup, and I didn’t dress up. I feel that I missed out. I am not like the other girls with their hourglass figures or flat stomachs.
I am the ugly duckling in my family. Instead of being this flat stomached goddess, I am a rotund goblin. I wear makeup now, but it doesn’t make a lot of difference. Beauty is the evil that lays in wait right in front of our eyes.






