--- title: Dove's Choose Beautiful Campaign Empowers Women Not to be Average description: Dove's latest campaign asks women to #ChooseBeautiful canonical: https://time.com/3773858/dove-choose-beautiful-average-door/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-07T19:27:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-01T09:07:43.687Z og:title: What Happens When Women Decide to Call Themselves Beautiful og:description: Dove's latest campaign asks women to #ChooseBeautiful og:url: https://time.com/3773858/dove-choose-beautiful-average-door/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92d93d0d0899ccaf/69878701cd1bba413c6f60de/screen-shot-2015-04-07-at-10-45-20-am.png?branch=production&width=786&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 786 og:image:height: 442 og:image:alt: Dove #ChooseBeautiful og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: What Happens When Women Decide to Call Themselves Beautiful twitter:description: Dove's latest campaign asks women to #ChooseBeautiful twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92d93d0d0899ccaf/69878701cd1bba413c6f60de/screen-shot-2015-04-07-at-10-45-20-am.png?branch=production&width=786&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's What Happens When Women Decide to Call Themselves Beautiful > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. ## Video: Dove: Choose Beautiful [Watch (HLS stream): Dove: Choose Beautiful](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/y93eZZTg.m3u8) (3:40)  _Published 2015-04-07. Dove: Choose Beautiful_ by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 7, 2015 7:27 PM UTC Dove: Choose Beautiful by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 7, 2015 7:27 PM UTC If you were faced with two doors to a shopping center, one labeled “Beautiful” and the other “Average,” which would you walk through? In its latest inspiration-via-advertising campaign, Dove set up labeled entrances in Shanghai, San Francisco, London, Sao Paulo and Delhi, and filmed the results. Unfortunately, and maybe unsurprisingly, many women chose to slink by unnoticed under the “Average” sign rather than display to the world that they acknowledged their beauty. It’s all part of the company’s new [#ChooseBeautiful ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/choosebeautiful)[advertising campaign](http://dovechoosebeautiful.tumblr.com/), which aims to change the instinct to settle for average. “Women make thousands of choices each day — related to their careers, their families, and, let’s not forget, themselves,” Dove said in a [statement](http://mashable.com/2015/04/07/dove-video-doors-beautiful-average/). “Feeling beautiful is one of those choices that women should feel empowered to make for themselves, every day.” A recent survey by Dove found that 96% of women do not choose the word “beautiful” to describe how they look, although 80% said they could see something beautiful about themselves. Dove wants women to make the conscious decision to embrace that beauty and acknowledge it to the world. The women who walked through the “average” door felt saddened by their decision. “It was my choice,” said an Indian woman, “And now I will question myself for the next few weeks or months.” But those who walked — or were dragged by their mothers — through the “Beautiful” door felt “triumphant.” During the company’s press breakfast briefing Tuesday, attendees seems to waver when confronted with the “Beautiful” and “Average” door options. Personally, I still felt hardwired to pick the more supposedly humble option. Would embracing beauty seem pretentious? Or would I feel less vulnerable than if I tried to sneak out unnoticed under the “Average” sign? Embracing inner and outer beauty can be a difficult adjustment to make. _Read next:_ [_How ‘Fat Monica’ on_ ](http://time.com/3735737/fat-monica-friends/?iid=time%5Freadnext)[Friends _Stuck With Me All These Years_](http://time.com/3735737/fat-monica-friends/?iid=time%5Freadnext) ### PHOTOS: See the Same Woman Photoshopped in Different Countries  Argentina (left), Original Photo (right) Courtesy of Esther Honig  Australia (left), Original Photo (right) Courtesy of Esther Honig  Bangladesh (left), Original Photo (right) Courtesy of Esther Honig  Philippines (left), Original Photo (right) Courtesy of Esther Honig  Bulgaria (left), Original Photo (right) Courtesy of Esther Honig  Germany (left), Original Photo (right) Courtesy of Esther Honig  India (left), Original Photo (right) Courtesy of Esther Honig  Kenya (left), Original Photo (right) Courtesy of Esther Honig  Morocco (left), Original Photo (right) Courtesy of Esther Honig  U.S.A. (left), Original Photo (right) Courtesy of Esther Honig [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ## Transcript [00:00] [ MUSIC ] [00:05] It was my choice. And now I will question myself for the [00:09] next few weeks, maybe a month. We [00:23] had an option of two pathways to walk and they led [00:27] to two doorways. [ MUSIC ] It [00:32] was a bit confronting actually, to be honest. To [00:36] see these big signs and feeling like you had to choose -. [00:41] And be self conscious of how you perceive yourself and, [00:44] perhaps, if it lines up with how the rest of the world [00:47] perceives you. [ MUSIC ] [00:50] I went through the average door. Really? Yeah. Oh my [00:54] gosh. Yeah. I didn't even hesitate. [00:59] Beautiful to me. [ FOREIGN ] [01:18] Am I choosing because. Of whats constantly bombarded [01:23] at me, and what I'm being told that I should [01:27] accept, or am I choosing because that's what I really [01:30] believe? I walked into the door that said average, and I [01:33] didn't feel really good after that, because obviously I [01:38] had rated myself average. [ FOREIGN ] [ MUSIC ] Every [01:38] day I go through the average door. [01:54] But yesterday was a unique day. So I chose to go through [01:58] the beautiful one. [ MUSIC ] I wanted to go through the [02:02] average door but my mum just pulled me [02:09] over to the beautiful door. [ LAUGH ] [ MUSIC ] It's quite [02:12] triumphant feeling, it's like [02:31] feeling the world I think I am beautiful [ MUSIC ] I [02:39] just wish more young women realized [02:43] it. [ FOREIGN ] I think I [02:50] would walk through the beautiful door, [02:54] yeah. [ FOREIGN ]. [ FOREIGN ] Maybe, maybe I could [02:58] walk in that door. You [03:03] can. Next time I look in the mirror, I [03:08] will see somebody very beautiful looking back at me. [03:11] Beautiful is a great word. [ MUSIC ] So [03:16] why not see what's on the other side of that? 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