--- description: Beyoncé is pretty great at inspiring people to start hashtags —just think #serfbort and #iwokeuplikethis — but with the announcement today of her inclusion in... title: Beyoncé Wants You To Tell the World What 'Pretty' Means image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Living](/tag/time-section-living/) ## Living Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Beyoncé Wants You to Tell the World What 'Pretty' Means by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 24, 2014 6:28 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 24, 2014 6:28 PM CUT Beyoncé is pretty great at inspiring people to start hashtags —just think #serfbort and #iwokeuplikethis — but with the announcement today of her inclusion in this year’s [TIME 100](http://time.com/70716/beyonce-2014-time-100/ "undefined") and the exclusive premiere of the official video for “[Pretty Hurts” on TIME.com](http://time.com/74436/beyonce-pretty-hurts-music-video/ "undefined"), she’s decided to mint her very own. The superstar is asking fans to [define the word pretty](http://whatispretty.com/ "undefined") by posting photos that represent what the word means to them using the hashtag #WhatIsPretty. Check out a few choice submissions below (if you like selfies and Beyoncé photos, you’re in luck). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/75575/beyonce-time100-whatispretty/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/75575/beyonce-time100-whatispretty/"},"headline":"Beyoncé Wants You to Tell the World What 'Pretty' Means","datePublished":"2014-04-24T18:28:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:15:16.498Z","description":"Beyoncé is pretty great at inspiring people to start hashtags —just think #serfbort and #iwokeuplikethis — but with the announcement today of her inclusion in...","url":"https://time.com/75575/beyonce-time100-whatispretty/","keywords":["Living","Newsfeed","Body Image","Beyonce","TIME 100"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/75575/beyonce-time100-whatispretty/","name":"Beyoncé Wants You to Tell the World What 'Pretty' Means"}}]}] ```