Who Is the 'Beautiful Mid' Girl? Evelyn Smith’s Selfie Explained

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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,

00:10and 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

00:19that can be described as beautiful and cute, but not hot.

00:23The phrase gained traction on X in mid-September 2023,

00:26typically used in the format every man simply wants a beautiful mid to call his own.

00:31Attractive enough to be average.

00:34I'm not like above average attractive, but I'm like on the higher end of average.

00:38I take a win as a win.

00:40The term was popularized by X user at Kill to Party, who used it for engagement baiting,

00:45sparking widespread discourse about male preferences and beauty standards.

00:49The phrase suggests an attraction to someone approachable and relatable,

00:53rather than conventionally stunning.

00:54The controversy intensified when at Kill to Party posted a photo of actor Henry Cavill

00:59with 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?

01:15A restaurant selfie of VSCO user Evelyn Smith.

01:19The post exploded and propelled both the Beautiful Mid concept and Evelyn Smith's image to widespread recognition.

01:25What happened next transformed Smith from a Beautiful Mid example into something bigger.

01:29Her smile became a template for temptation itself.

01:31The how X looks at me when Y format emerged.

01:34Popular variations included how my car keys look when I drink three whiskeys on an empty stomach,

01:40how quitting my job, disappearing and traveling around the world looks at me at 1021 a.m. on a random Monday,

01:45and how the head of HR at my company looks at me when Coldplay announces new tour dates.

01:50The Beautiful Mid concept tapped into something real about attraction and relatability.

01:55It suggested that many people are drawn to approachable beauty rather than unattainable perfection.

02:00Evelyn Smith's photo became the perfect visual representation, warm, inviting and slightly mischievous.

02:06The phrase also reflected broader conversations about beauty standards, male preferences,

02:11and what makes someone attractive beyond conventional metrics.

02:13While controversial, it highlighted how internet culture processes and categorizes human attraction.

02:19The Beautiful Mid phenomenon reveals how quickly internet slang can evolve from engagement bait into genuine cultural commentary.

02:26What started as potentially offensive categorization became a way for people to discuss authentic attraction and relatability.

02:33For Evelyn Smith, her ordinary restaurant selfie became an accidental symbol of both the Beautiful Mid aesthetic and universal temptation.

02:40Her image now represents that moment when we're drawn to something we know we shouldn't do,

02:45whether that's bad decisions or simply appreciating approachable beauty.

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02:52It's perfectly demonic when we're drawn to something we know we're drawn to something we don't put into ajemony.

02:53It's perfectly not inclusive for real estate

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