Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It is totally subjective and what is breathtakingly gorgeous to some can be average to others. Still, there are some people who are considered "universally pretty ...

Richard Gere and Julia Roberts charmed audiences with this classic rom-com from 1990 Kate Hogan was Director of Digital Specials and Features at PEOPLE. She started at PEOPLE in 2008, leaving in 2025.

Humans can’t help but judge a book by its cover. Here's what it’s costing us. In a world that remains highly fixated on outward appearances, the phenomenon of "pretty privilege" awards significant ...

Pretty privilege is all too real. When you’re young, you come to know quite quickly who’s pretty and who isn’t. If you’re pretty, people will tell you often and upfront. And if prettiness isn’t your ...

Ross Bonaime is the Senior Film Editor at Collider. He is a Virginia-based critic, writer, and editor who has written about all forms of entertainment for Paste Magazine, Brightest Young Things, ...

The other week, my four-year-old daughter and I were going to her swimming lessons, when a man came up to us in the gym and exclaimed: “What pretty girls!” “Mama, what did he say?” my daughter asked, ...

Typing up and thoroughly explaining the concept of “pretty privilege” and why it exists pains me. I don’t want this ideology to be real, nor do I want people, “pretty” or not, to be affected by it.

On Feb. 28, 1986, Paramount released the Molly Ringwald-starrer in theaters. By Duane Byrge On Feb. 28, 1986, Paramount unveiled John Hughes’ high school feature Pretty in Pink in theaters, where it ...

Madelyn Machado is a former recruiter who has worked at companies like Meta, Microsoft, and LinkedIn. She says she's received some special privileges due to her looks. But she also experienced ...