Reasons to be Modest Instead of Hottest

1. Being hottest will get you nothing in the long run. Beauty is fleeting. When you are old, you are not going to have your perfect bikini body, your long flowy undamaged hair, perfect skin, etc. You are going to have your personality, your sense of humor, and whatever you find important. I know it's hard to imagine, but one day, not a single person is really going to care about how cute you were in middle or high school. There has actually been a study proving that women who were super popular in middle and high school have more problems with self image when they grow older. I don't know about you, but that's not something I want to deal with.

2. Self respect. It doesn't matter how attractive you are, you HAVE to like yourself before others will really like you for who you are. It's not fun to not like yourself, and it's not fun for your friends to have to deal with you not liking yourself. You are fabulous, so treat yourself like it. Don't let the little voice in your head tell you that you look like an ogre. Even if you feel like you should be the star of Shrek 4, think about things that make you feel good about yourself. If you flaunt your body around, you aren't going to attract the kind of friends that you deserve.

3. Respect from others. Here's the thing. If you are worried about your image and how you look all the time, you are going to attract friends who are worried about their own image and how they look all the time. The minute that they decide you aren't cool enough to hang out with them they will leave you in the dust. Focus more on your own inner strengths and the people who you will attract will see that in you rather than how ugly you looked last Friday.

4. Your future depends on it. No future employer, college, sorority, etc., wants to look on your social media and find a trashy girl. If you are trashy now you can retain a trashy reputation for a long time afterwards. Set some standards for how you want to be seen. Think about this: You are an employer at a top company. You just interviewed two young women who both seemed PERFECT for the job. They both have the same qualifications, so you decide to look at their social media. Do you hire the girl who posts pictures with barely any clothes on, but would be considered "in"? Or would you rather do business with the you woman who has pictures in cute clothes that cover everything appropriately? Personally, I would hire the woman who dresses like a respectable businesswoman.

I know, it is really hard to be a girl in this day and age, especially with all the media around us promoting us to show off what we have. Make it easier for the girls behind us and don't go around half dressed.