RickawayJE's blog: "From me."

What defines Intelligence? What defines Beauty? 
Intelligence is defined as : A very general mental capability that, among other things, involves the ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly and learn from experience. It is not merely book learning, a narrow academic skill, or test-taking smarts. Rather, it reflects a broader and deeper capability for comprehending our surroundings. 
Beauty is defined as :The characterization of a person as “beautiful”, whether on an individual basis or by community consensus, is often based on some combination of Inner Beauty, which includes psychological factors such as personality, intelligence, grace, politeness, charisma, integrity, congruity and elegance, and Outer Beauty, (i.e. physical attractiveness) which includes physical factors, such as health, youthfulness, facial symmetry, averageness, and complexion. 

Quite often we as a society in our "stereotypes" assume that these two things are mutually exclusive. Is it possible for a physically "beautiful" person to be intelligent as well? yes it is. 

Is it because of "celebrities" that arent actors (cause face it, actors have to be reasonably intelligent...else they wouldnt succeed at all), ie Paris Hilton's a popular one... that tend to flaunt cluelessness? 

Just because someone is beautiful, by society's standards doesnt make them automatically a blithering idiot as many people tend to think. I have three examples off the top of my head that I know personally. 

subj A) 31 yr old female, call her... BK. Born in kinda the slums of maui(as hard as that might be to believe) whole family trapped in a house till she was old enough to go to college. Beautiful woman by any standards. Did modeling to get herself through college, graduated top of her class, went on to be VP of a fortune 500 company. 

Subj B) 24 yr old Female, call her Maggie. From the Bronx NYC. Grew up on the streets hard life as far as i know. INCREDIBLY beautiful. could easily be a model or one of those "hiphop honeys" and have fame and fortune. But no, shes not taking it easy. She's actually bettering herself through education to be a Criminal Defense Lawyer. Not for the money, but because she's seen injustice in her life and she wants to correct it as best she can in her own way, by defending people who might not be in the wrong. 

Those are just two, blatant examples. That i know personally, i think the world of both those women. They're street smart, and booksmart and pretty enough to put beyonce, vida guerra, gabriel union, aaliyah whomever you can think of, to shame. Just because i didnt mention someone doesnt mean i think they're unattractive or nonintelligent. just means I wanted to use the two BEST examples i know of. I have more respect for those two women mentioned than most people i know. 

Don't take beauty for granted. Dont take intelligence for granted. Don't underestimate anyone, you can always be proved wrong and look like a jackass. Just cause someone isnt attractive, dont make them dumb, or vice versa. Just cause someone isn't book smart, doesn't mean when it comes to being streetwise that they're not a genius. and again, or vice versa. Never take anyone for granted and always leave room to be surprised. You might just be pleasantly surprised.