The former pop-princess and now "brand" that is Jessica Simpson travels the world with her two best buddies, Ken Paves and Cacee Cobb to see what beauty means to women around the world and ultimately discover what true beauty means to her.
I like Jessica Simpson and the show open is beautiful so I'm game to see what she learns. Our first stop is Thailand, Bangkok and Ken and Jessica start with a Thai massage which really looks a bit painful and is more like a form of exercise where the massuse pulls and tugs at you to stretch you out. There's no rub down or lit candles and soft music. It's a time of discovery so the group is remaining optomistic
The beauty ambassador for this leg of the trip is Sonia Couling, model/actress. They start at Wang Lang market where most of the Tai women shop. Fortune telling is huge and Jessica gets her plam read and is told that she's lucky in love- hmmm. Well her friends and family love her a lot so she is lucky in love. They make a pit-stop at a vendor and snack on fried worms, crickets and cock-roaches- it's supposed to speed up your metabolism. Casey and Jessica both spit the worms out right out on the sidewalk.
Then it's off to see what type of beauty products Thai women use. In Thailand using skin whiteners is the way to go. Sonia then introduces them to a woman who looks like she has vitilago but what happened was she used skin whiteners and her skin was burned off. She cries and says that now she hates herself. The group is sad to here her story and Jessica embraces her.
From there they take a tuk-tuk to meet a Buddhist monk. The monk tells them that true beauty comes from inside- well you didn't have to travel to Thailand to figure that one out. Anyway- then they go into meditation and Jessica's ADD kicks in and she can't control herself and starts giggling. I didn't really expect anything different coming from Jessica- she's a little goofy and in her defense it's hard to meditate for what an entire 30 secs? Hmmmm- just kidding- I really have no idea how long the meditation was but she gets an A for effort.
The next stop is Chaing Rai which is in the northern part of Thailand. They take a ride on an elephant to meet the women with the rings on their necks- the women of the Karen tribe. The longer the neck the more beautiful you are. They want them to stay for dinner and they pick out the pig that they'll eat later for dinner. Then we meet a pretty little 6 year old girl- Chum- Chum who receives her first rings. Jess and Casey get their rings and brightly colored ribbon. It's not customary for men to receive rings but Ken gets them too.
The tribe cooks a feast for the trio which includes the pig that they handpicked and frog grilled on an open pit- yum. Frog legs actually taste like chicken so it was probably pretty good- lol.
I don't have an ending to this post because my DVR cut off the ending- thanks VH1. Next time I'll remember to either watch the show live or tape the next show as well.
At the end of each "POB" post I'm going to leave you with a beauty-ism. The first is an oldie but goodie.
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"- Margaret Wolf Hungerford aka "The Duchess".
Until next week...
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