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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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    Dovas

    Dovas

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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
    Community Member
    9 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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    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
    9 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

    Load More Replies...
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