I don't want to have to be beautiful all the time. I want to be able to look cruddy in my weekend sweats, with a pimple on my face and pimple cream on top of the pimple. The expectation to always be beautiful bothers me.
Interpretation
Cindy Crawford expresses her desire to be free from societal beauty standards.
In this quote, Cindy Crawford emphasizes the pressure that comes with always needing to appear beautiful. She shares her longing for authenticity and the freedom to look unrefined, like during casual moments at home, highlighting how beauty standards can be burdensome and unrealistic.
In practice
During a panel discussion on body positivity, the quote can be used to represent the struggle against unrealistic beauty expectations.
I'm actually happier with my body now . . . because the body I have now is the body I've worked for. I have a better relationship with it. From a purely aesthetic point of view, my body was better when I was 22, 23. But I didn't enjoy it. I was too busy comparing it to everyone else's.
Beauty is about perception, not about make-up. I think the beginning of all beauty is knowing and liking oneself. You can't put on make-up, or dress yourself, or do you hair with any sort of fun or joy if you're doing it from a position of correction.
Beauty comes from within, not from what you wear.
I wear make-up, and it gets a little bit thicker every year.
Beautiful people do not just happen
Within every girl is the possibility of arousing emotion. Without emotion there is no beauty.
I truly, truly believe that beauty is something that comes from within.
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