It's not how you look, it's how you see yourself | Chi Chi Wang | TEDxAlbury

Your face is so ugly. That is what I used to say over and over to the innocent young girl in this picture. She would stare back at me from the mirror and say, "I know." Growing up in Taiwan, I often looked in the mirror and the thought I am ugly.I had the big lips, curly hair, and the tender skin. None of which matched the beauty standards around me. Some people called me octopus to make fun of me.I noticed women were judged more harshly, but men carried hidden pressures, too. to escape. I straightened my h ...