Unless you’ve been on another planet for the past week or do you can’t have failed to have come across the reality TV show phenomenon that is Susan Boyle.
This fabulously talented lady stunned the judges of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, as well as the general public of Britain itself, with her incredible singing voice.
However, most of the incredulity seems to be a consequence of the fact that, from looking at Susan, people did not expect her to sound the way she did. It’s not so much that people are amazed by her talent (talented as she), it’s that such a person could be so talented.
This just goes to show how much, as a society, we judge a book by its cover.
So should somebody like Gok Wan give Susan Boyle a makeover to make the cover match the book?
Some say yes, why shouldn’t she get a bit of pampering? Others say no, she’s perfect just as she is and why should she have to be made to conform to what we expect a singer to look like?
From my point of view, Gok Wan makeovers are more designed to benefit the recipient rather than those around them. He makes people over because they feel down about themselves and they need a confidence boost - not because he thinks that they really need to look better. He thinks that as long as people are happy then they are great just the way they are, as his show Miss Naked Beauty clearly demonstrated.
Susan Boyle is happy and bursting with personality and confidence, which really shines through. So if you ask me she doesn’t need a makeover from Gok Wan - or anybody else for that matter.
