Skinny is Beautiful?

I fell that people, especially people in modern day society, value body figure and looks extensively. People judge whether or not a person is beautiful base on his or her body figure and look. Today, people emphases more and more on being skinny and how being skinny is beautiful. But I think in On Beauty, Zaddie Smith is trying to suggest that being skinny is actually not as beautiful as what people might think. She also tries to suggest that beauty comes from a inner self rather than from your figure. Okay, first of all, being skinny is not beautiful. In the novel when Jerome and Kiki are in Levi's room, they find pictures of African American women with no clothes or little clothes on. These women have figures rather than being skinning, and Kiki makes a remark saying that at least they have meat. This almost shows that Zaddie Smith is criticizing society for emphasizing on the idea of being skinny. These women, although they are not skinny, they are still perceived to be "pornography" worthy. Although this is extremely degrading but it nevertheless reveals these women's beauties. Then Zaddie Smith is also trying to suggest that beauty comes from the innerself. At the end of the noel. Howard had finally see beauty in Kiki although she might be overweight and old. Compares to Claire and Victoria Kiki is what a society will consider to be less attractive but she is the true beauty Smith protrays. Kiki's beauty comes from her heart and her maturity. Victoria, who might be beautiful on the surface, is just a plastic and is superficial. In the novel, Victoria's personality is extremely ugly in comparison to Kiki's or even Zora's. She is immature and she wants attention. I also want to comment on her "relationship" with Howard. I just want to say that I am grossed out by the two, and it causes me to be extremely repulsive. I almost want to stop reading because of the relationship between the two. I feel bad for Carl and worse for Jerome. When he wanted to marry her at the beginning of the noel, I thought she is a decent girl, but now, i hate her.