What is beauty?

What is your definition of beauty? A few months back, I was enlisted to take the photos for my church directory. One of my favorite things about photography is for a moment you get to turn into a counselor, and help a person with their physical insecurities. I know that sounds weird, but it so true. When a person steps in front of your camera walls immediately go up, from the way a person holds their mouth, to the way they cross their arms. And when it comes to women, we just take it to a different level, we tug at our shirts, pouf our hair, and check our makeup a million times. That day every single woman, from age 8-80 made a comment about the way that they looked while the photo was being taken. What's sad is the ease in the way that it came off our tongues. Why is it that it has became second nature that we second guess our beauty? I don't know how many times have I looked in the mirror and thought this is as good as it gets. When my heart truly breaks is hearing my girls make a statement regarding the way they look. If I don't model confidence in my beauty, how can I expect them to model it. I know this is an argument that will continue for years to come, but why not allow yourself to feel beautiful. Everyone always talks about photoshopped images on the cover of magazines, and models with false beauty being the problem. The reality is the world's standard of beauty is always going to be there. Our job is to BE CONFIDENT WOMEN, in return we will build CONFIDENT GIRLS. So the question I ask, is women how do you see yourself? -Jsqd