I thought it was more than just a song | Serena Sittnig and Tania El Mallah | TEDxWIS

Serena Sittnig and Tania El Mallah perform a dance to the song "Just the Way You Are," by Bruno Mars on the stage of TEDxWIS.

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♪ If you say so

You can buy all the makeup
that MAC can make

But if you can look inside you ♪

Tania El Mallah: Hey, what's wrong?

Serena Sittnig: I don't have
a pretty dress or makeup.

TEM: Well, that doesn't matter.
What matters is your personality.

SS: You've got a pretty dress and makeup.

TEM: Forget that. In fact,
that's why we're here.

So there we were in a PE lesson,
sorting ourselves into groups of four,

when suddenly this
inspirational song came on.

It told us something,

something we wanted
to share with the world.

That something is that you do not have
to put on makeup to be beautiful.

Here are two reasons why:

SS: First reason is
when you walk down the hallways,

and people think you're beautiful,

but you can't feel the real you
from the inside.

TEM: And it doesn't matter
what people think.

It matters what you think.

So what do you think?

I'm Tania, and this is Serena,

and we're going to do a dance to a song,
"Just the Way You Are," by Bruno Mars.

(Music - "Just the Way You Are")

Singer #1 and #2:

♪ Her eyes, her eyes

Make the stars look like
they're not shining

Her hair, her hair

Falls perfectly without her trying

She's so beautiful

And I tell her everyday

I know, I know

When I compliment her she won't believe me

And it's so, it's so

Sad to think that she don't see what I see

But every time she asks me
"Do I look okay?"

I say

When I see your face

There's not a thing that I would change

Because you're amazing

Just the way you are

And when you smile

The whole world stops
and stares for a while

Because girl you're amazing

Just the way you are ♪

(Music ends)

(Applause)