true beauty comes from within theme

The idea is posited that real beauty does not come from make-up and such mundane trappings, but is a thing of the soul.

Examples

Ruth, Magda and Eve found that they didn't need the Venus drug to be beautiful because their beauty stemmed from increased self-confidence and not the drug in tos1x03 "Mudd's Women".

6 total · 2 choice · 3 major · 1 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
ftt1982e3x05 choice The queen could not be more beautiful than Snow White because the queen was rotten and evil on the inside.
tos1x03 choice Eve's beauty was a result of her own self-confidence
ftt1982e1x01 major The princess complained that the Frog Prince was slimy and ugly, but he was able to charm the entire court with his words and antics.
futurama4x18 major Zoidberg said this then changed his mind. In the end Leela was impressed with Fry even though he was inept at playing the holophoner.
gdtcoc2022e04 major Did Stacey magically become beautiful from a truly magical cream, or must we at least ponder the possibility that the madness of the cream and the allergic reaction simply brought out a self-confidence in her that it was all it took for her to appear beautiful?
movie: X-Men: First Class (2011) minor Erik convinced Raven that she ought to embrace her freakish (as judged by society) blue-skinned self, rather than go on masquerading as a beautiful woman (again as judge by society).