The Swan

Think I'll pass. I'm still struggling over the idea that I should've been wearing make-up all of these years...

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I think this is about as low as it goes. I liked "Extreme Makeover", but this is just horrid.

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Another lesson one can take from that show is looking good isn't going to change your life. You will still be the same person underneath and if you don't like that person, all the surgery in the world isn't going to make a bit of difference.

I watched one episode of this show and was disgusted by the fact that they take these women who hate themselves, are in failing relationships, etc and make them belive that the answer to their problems is lyposuction and a nose job.

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The episodes I saw didn't seem to focus on therapy but should have. This woman is away from her husband for months while she undergoes this change. She keeps calling and he never picks up the phone. She goes on and on about how this is typical of him, he never supports her, isn't interested in her life....but somehow surgery will change that.

I actually realized that I saw two episodes. In the second one a woman has been left by her husband, her brother has been killed and numerous other tragedies have occurred in her life to make her depressed. These people need pschological help, not cosmetic surgery.

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Reality shows have gone much too far. This is just a scary concept.

Barnum was right. There is a sucker born every minute. Lowest common denominator. The dumbing down of America

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Haha, I'd love a reality show which is the followup to the Swan, years later, showing how well these women adjusted to the fact that absolutely nothing about their outward appearance resembles the person they knew for their entire lives.

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good looking women are treated so much better than a woman who is not considered good looking. i am living proof. when i was young i was much abused in the world of theater because how dare i think i was going to be somebody the way i looked. i grew up, healed myself and became good looking through proper diet, exercise, etc. i understand their elation and relief but on the other hand--self-confidence and self esteem are what make someone truly attractive and unfortunately these things require a lot of support over time. a lovely facade takes very little time to fall apart.

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Good looking people in general are treated better, not just women. However, the pressure to be beautiful is stronger for women. I see nothing wrong with a person wanting surgery to correct a nose that just doesn't fit their face, to make a weak chin stronger or to take a few years off their face. If you generally like yourself as a person and want to look better, that's fine.

This show seems to seek out women whose lives are an emotional wreck. These are people who need to learn how to like themselves before changing their looks. the boost of self esteem they seem to get when they look in the mirror after all that surgery is great but, how long does it last? What happens a year from now when these women realize that their lives don't change, tehir personalities don't change, everything they are inside is still the same? I don't think the pretty face will help them at that point.

I know a woman who, by societies standards, is considred homely. She has a wonderful, happy life, a successsful career, she is surrounded by friends, men fall for her once they get to know her...basically, everyone who meets this woman loves her. It's because something in her life made her a self confident, loving, caring person who just naturally draws others to her. That's what's really important.

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Phantom... you don't sit home on Saturday Nights though.
You forgot to delineate between hot, and super-hot.

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Perhaps you need my definition of a nasty queen?

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"A beautiful person may still be ugly inside, but a malformed body may contain a perfect heart" -- Liet Kines