How a forgotten restaurant selfie became the internet's symbol of "beautiful mid" and sparked a debate about what men really want.
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00:00What does it mean when someone calls you Beautiful Mid?
00:02And why did this contradictory phrase spark one of the internet's biggest debates about attraction?
00:07The answer lies in a photo editing app, a controversial tweet, and one woman whose restaurant selfie became the perfect example of what men really want.
00:15Beautiful Mid is an oxymoronic slang expression used to refer to a type of appearance that can be described as beautiful and cute, but not hot.
00:23The phrase gained traction on X in mid-September 2023, typically used in the format, every man simply wants a beautiful mid to call his own.
00:31Attractive enough to be average. I'm not like above average attractive, but I'm like on the higher end of average. I take a win as a win.
00:40The term was popularized by X user at Kill to Party, who used it for engagement baiting, sparking widespread discourse about male preferences and beauty standards.
00:49The phrase suggests an attraction to someone approachable and relatable, rather than conventionally stunning.
00:54The controversy intensified when at Kill to Party posted a photo of actor Henry Cavill with his girlfriend Natalie Vescuso, referring to her as Beautiful Mid.
01:04This reignited the online debate about the term and what it represented.
01:08Then came the perfect example when an X user posted a photo with the caption,
01:12All a man really needs in this life is a beautiful mid to call his own.
01:15The image? A restaurant selfie of VSCO user Evelyn Smith.
01:19Smith's photo showing her with brunette hair, a light blue crop top, smiling directly at the camera in natural sunlight, embodied everything the beautiful mid-concept represented.
01:28The post exploded and propelled both the beautiful mid-concept and Evelyn Smith's image to widespread recognition.
01:34What happened next transformed Smith from a beautiful mid-example into something bigger.
01:38Her smile became a template for temptation itself.
01:41The how X looks at me when Y format emerged, using Smith's expression to represent moments of weakness or poor decision-making.
01:48Popular variations included how my car keys look when I drink three whiskeys on an empty stomach.
01:53How quitting my job, disappearing, and traveling around the world looks at me at 10.21 a.m. on a random Monday.
01:59And how the head of HR at my company looks at me when Coldplay announces new tour dates.
02:03From my business to Ireland for a friend's twins.
02:05From the disrespect to Gerald Fawke that with this type ofę£ilon, Listener for Someone
02:06that never thought I would ever be right away by building the job of his own.
02:07Is it Huwanna?
02:08Yeah, that's what's in itself called Bachemont?
02:10There I am going on when I won't be looking for sure.
02:12He, interested myCIUS family is the same.
02:13I, for this type of thing, he AUC.
02:14I just wanted to give a point of anything maybe 19 to you to come back.
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