How is Beauty Defined?

• The average woman sees 400-600 ads per day.
• By the time she is 17 years old, a woman has received over 250,000 commercial messages through the media
• 4 out of 5 girls at age 10 admit that their biggest fear is being fat 
• Each year Americans spend:
  •$40 billion for diet products
  •$20 billion for cosmetics
  •$300 million for cosmetic surgery
  In 1994 total retail sales for the American fashion and footwear industries were estimated at $246.5 billion

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen nor touched . . . But are felt in the heart.
-- Helen Keller