By the term beauty, we may derive different meanings and perceptions attached to this word. A thing of eternal beauty may not always be beautiful apparently, so it is pretty different from the worldly or materialistic perception of the term beauty. In the generic sense, when we refer to the term beauty, we are usually talking about the apparent facial beauty of people especially the women. As they are a metaphor of beauty and always referred to as objects of beauty. The hardest reality or truth for a woman is to realize that she is not actually beautiful.
But this was probably meant for the women of ancient times who simply couldn’t help themselves much if they were not pretty in terms of worldly standards. While women of the modern age are quite different. They know very well how to carry themselves. They know the art of presenting themselves in a manner to leave their mark and an impression to be remembered. They can work out all of their odds with modern day facial treatments; they can maneuver with weird looking features with cosmetic surgeries and can reduce or enhance the features they like. That is why beauty now is more of an art of management of one self’s appearance.