Beauty or Happiness?

What is more important - beauty or happiness? Most people will answer that happiness is more important. There is even a Russian saying, "Don't be born beautiful but happy". For many there is a straight connection between beauty and happiness and I am going to show this connection and prove that our happiness concerning beauty is in our own hands.
There is a notion according to which if you are beautiful you will be happy in all the spheres of your life: in your relationship with men, because men like beautiful women more than clever ones, at work, because attractive women are preferred more than Grey mouse-like women, in the society, because people admire and point at you when you appear among crowds.
A survey conducted by London Guildhall University of 11,000 people showed that good looking people earn more. Less attractive people earned, on average, 13% less than more attractive people, while the penalty for being overweight was around 5%.
Someone once said:
"When you look good, you feel good, when you feel good, you look even better, and then you can do anything". That's why every woman tries her best to look beautiful, as she wants to be appreciated, respected, and admired. When a woman improves her appearance, an amazing thing happens. People begin to pay attention to her, listen to her, seek her company, ask her opinion. She becomes more confident, and this makes her look even better! In short, other people's admiration and the thought of acting in accordance with norms for proper female behavior call forth the strong feeling of self-satisfaction which is the motivational force for women to be concerned about beauty. As Doina puts it, "first of all it is for me". As her confidence grows, so does the respect she receives – at work, at home, everywhere. As her insecurity falls away, she becomes more daring, self-assured, and courageous; she finds she can do anything. Her life improves in every way. In other words beauty operates as a moral imperative, as a defining feature of femininity, as a dream and a necessity.
As for me the secrete of happiness is not in whether you are beautiful or not, there are quite a lot of other things for real happiness. But if we look at happiness from the prospective of beauty, I guess that every woman could be happy. They say that all women are beautiful. I agree with this and I also want to add  that  every part of our body is beautiful, because we are made in the image of God, and what makes us think that we are ugly or not good-looking are the standards of beauty stated by some people, who society follows and trusts its taste. We should also not forget that these standards are changed from generation to generation. For example in the middle ages the plump figure was the standard of beauty, while now the slim and tall one is appreciated. In our Armenian villages the standard of the beauty for women is the white skin, and you can assume that all the black and dark skinned people are on the list of ugly ones…
 Every person has its own perception of beauty and he or she tries to do his/her best to reach these standards. But what to do if what is the standard of beauty for you is unreachable at all? I would advise just to change your standards and accept yourself the way you are. You are beautiful! Believe in it! Believe in it and other people will believe in your beauty!