Beauty or Talent?

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I believe that people shouldn’t be judged just because of the way they look, but because of what’s inside. Both Susan Boyle and Paul Potts from Britain’s Got Talent didn’t have the looks of a star, but they had a magnificent voice. People may have great talents, but now, if they don’t have the right looks, people take one look and say ‘How are they going to be any good at this?’ I believe this is wrong, people aren’t perfect, some people have both the looks and the voice, others only have the voice. If a person can only focus on the outside of a person, and not on the inside, then they might as well stop looking because what they find may not be the true person.

Susan Boyle had a dream of performing in front of a large audience and becoming someone famous like Elaine Page. An audition on Britain’s Got Talent was the perfect way for her to pursue her dream, but because of the way she looked, both the audience and the judges both were looking at her thinking ‘There is no way she can have a good voice, she doesn’t look like star material. And the smile of hers looks like she is just a goofy person who is playing some joke.’ I believe this isn’t fair because they had no solid proof that she was going to be a bad singer. The moment she opened her mouth and started singing, everyone was taken by surprise. The judges and audience started cheering and clapping for her, which I believe is simply a way to show that they hadn’t thought she would make it. One of the judges remarked that in the beginning, everyone was being very cynical to her, and that this wasn’t fair. Susan Boyle knew she didn’t look like a star, but came anyway because she had a dream and was willing to pursue it. This goes to show that it doesn’t matter what’s on the outside, but what’s on the inside. The same goes for Paul Potts who also had a dream.

Paul Potts had a similar dream to Susan Boyle; he had always wanted to do opera singing as a career. He worked as a mobile phone salesman in South Wales, not the type of person you would find singing opera is what the judges were thinking. I believe this wasn’t fair of them either because were you work doesn’t affect your ability to sing, it’s what you do for your voice that affects your singing ability. All the same, he decided to take his chances to fulfil his dream, and ended up winning that years Britain’s Got Talent. Judging people from the outside I believe shouldn’t be done. If people would learn to judge only by what’s inside, I believe that you would get farther with less mistakes.