FBI-trained forensics artist draws the same woman based on her description of herself...

... and the description of her by a random stranger who had just met her.



"Our self-perceptions are generally kind of harsh and unbecoming when really that's not how the world sees us."

This was very nice, and contained some truth, but it was produced to promote a product (Dove) and it expresses the product's message of self-esteem and self-acceptance. The film was edited, so I don't know if every example was shown. The subjects were chosen, perhaps to be self-critical. The strangers might have been selected for their kindness. And the artist might have framed his questions — consciously or unconsciously — to extract the critical descriptions from the subjects and gentler assessments from the stranger.