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Written by Trevor Hill   
Thursday, 16 April 2009

Susan BoyleOn behalf on the entire planet, including those who wouldn’t know what purity was if it ran them over at 200 kph on the Autobahn.

Thank you.

Thank you for showing this self-absorbed planet that beauty and grace can come from the most unlikely sources.

Thank you for reminding all of us that humans are real, no matter what their DNA says; and that looks will never be what matters most.

Thank you for putting those who think they are “something else” in their place.

Thank you for sharing your incredible voice with all of us, when in shameful reality most of us would not pay attention because you didn’t fit into the picture frame of what “society” dictates what a “beautiful” singer is.

We apologize.

Image Courtesy of the Mirror UK

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dessa
June 03, 2009
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good article! Thanks for the updates!

Irena Tippett
May 30, 2009
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Nicely written, Trevor.

Even in England where 'stars' don't have to be perfect, Susan Boyle was quickly invalidated by social expectations of physical beauty and youth. Gloriously, almost as soon as she began to sing, those very expectations were, for many of us, forever invalidated!

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