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Powerful Ad Campaign By Dove Shows That Women Can ‘Choose Beautiful’
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Powerful Ad Campaign By Dove Shows That Women Can ‘Choose Beautiful’

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Dove has released a video of an interesting social experiment called #ChooseBeautiful that challenged women around the world to decide to be beautiful and reevaluate their self-image – for the better. In the campaign, women at stations in Sao Paulo, Delhi, Shanghai, San Francisco and London were given the simple choice of entering through a “Beautiful” door or an “Average” door.

Women make thousands of choices each day — related to their careers, their families, and, let’s not forget, themselves,” the company said. “Feeling beautiful is one of those choices that women should feel empowered to make for themselves, every day.” According to their survey, 96% of women wouldn’t use the word “beautiful” to describe themselves, although 80% would use that word to describe something about themselves.

Watch their video to see how women around the world reacted to the experiment, and let us know in the comments – which door would you have chosen?

More info: dove.usTumblr | Facebook | Twitter (h/t: mashable)

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There is a beast with heart of cold stone that dashes like lightning, shreds flesh from bone. // Bewitched by this beast, I fell to my knees. My mouth babbled madness and mumbled soft pleas. // I stared down the ravenous, gnashing dark maw of a cute cuddly kitten with yarn in its paw

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MartinW
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How about a door that should say " I don't give a s**t what you think"

WendyWalker
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9 years ago

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Enhance your B r e a s t Naturally. More and more women are learning that B r e a s t Actives is the program they need to help them get the attention they deserve. After you’ve responded to the b r e a s t enhancing effects of the B r e a s t Actives program you’re sure to turn some heads when you walk into the room. For more information visit http://goo.gl/4hcf41

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JocelynSideridis
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How we like t see ourselves publicly & privately are two different things. No one wants to be seen as 'vain.' Not a tight social experiment.

MosesSilva
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think you missed the whole point of this - I think this is truly beautiful to see women remind themselves that no matter what - You Are Beautiful.

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MrTree1779
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dove is owned by Unilever, who is in the market to sell you their products. And they will use any tricks necessary. Even your own emotions.

AngeliqaNielsen
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wouldn't hesitate to go through the beautiful door. I believe I'm beautiful as a person.. and in the end that's what matters

AmberTrudell
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think this was very interesting! We are all beautiful! We should all choose the BEAUTIFUL door! Who cares what anyone else thinks!

AlanThorp
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

if lots of people choose beautiful and few choose average then beautiful becomes the new average and average is demoted to below average.

WilmavanDiejie
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nice thought if they have the goal to let everyone know they are beautiful, each in their own way. Sidenote is indeed the shallow vanity

MattNoel
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dove just loves to play with people's emotions in their ads. They like making people think that they aren't beautiful the way they are.

smash17
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm beautiful + avg. It's possible to be both! This experiment makes one think these are altrnves + choosing avg is to have poor self esteem

jane_xxx
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Very emotional, I actually cried when people started choosing beautiful. We are all beautiful, average is statistics term!

ShanMacDermott
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Since when does feeling beautiful make you vain? I think it's sad if that's the general consensus women and girls have about themselves.

GraceInRainbows
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is nothing bad in being average or whatever you think you look like. Let say I see myself awful...what's wrong? Awful is not wrong.

Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a stupid "experiment", but typical for Dove.

MarisolVarela
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

its not an experiment youSTUPID, this commercial has been done for the women to feel beautiful inside and out by just the way they were made

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MartinW
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How about a door that should say " I don't give a s**t what you think"

WendyWalker
Community Member
9 years ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

Enhance your B r e a s t Naturally. More and more women are learning that B r e a s t Actives is the program they need to help them get the attention they deserve. After you’ve responded to the b r e a s t enhancing effects of the B r e a s t Actives program you’re sure to turn some heads when you walk into the room. For more information visit http://goo.gl/4hcf41

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JocelynSideridis
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How we like t see ourselves publicly & privately are two different things. No one wants to be seen as 'vain.' Not a tight social experiment.

MosesSilva
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think you missed the whole point of this - I think this is truly beautiful to see women remind themselves that no matter what - You Are Beautiful.

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MrTree1779
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dove is owned by Unilever, who is in the market to sell you their products. And they will use any tricks necessary. Even your own emotions.

AngeliqaNielsen
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wouldn't hesitate to go through the beautiful door. I believe I'm beautiful as a person.. and in the end that's what matters

AmberTrudell
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think this was very interesting! We are all beautiful! We should all choose the BEAUTIFUL door! Who cares what anyone else thinks!

AlanThorp
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

if lots of people choose beautiful and few choose average then beautiful becomes the new average and average is demoted to below average.

WilmavanDiejie
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nice thought if they have the goal to let everyone know they are beautiful, each in their own way. Sidenote is indeed the shallow vanity

MattNoel
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dove just loves to play with people's emotions in their ads. They like making people think that they aren't beautiful the way they are.

smash17
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm beautiful + avg. It's possible to be both! This experiment makes one think these are altrnves + choosing avg is to have poor self esteem

jane_xxx
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Very emotional, I actually cried when people started choosing beautiful. We are all beautiful, average is statistics term!

ShanMacDermott
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Since when does feeling beautiful make you vain? I think it's sad if that's the general consensus women and girls have about themselves.

GraceInRainbows
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is nothing bad in being average or whatever you think you look like. Let say I see myself awful...what's wrong? Awful is not wrong.

Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a stupid "experiment", but typical for Dove.

MarisolVarela
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

its not an experiment youSTUPID, this commercial has been done for the women to feel beautiful inside and out by just the way they were made

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