The End of Susan Boyle's Fifteen Minutes of Fame?

It was less than a week after I saw Susan Boyle's incredible performance from "Britain's Got Talent" that I started seeing blog posts and headlines filled with negativity about the singing sensation.

Well, that didn't take long.

After the whole world was flabbergasted by Boyle's performance, they had already started to turn on her. The paparazzi and public had started picking apart the fact that she changed her style of dress. Then they started in on her when she admitted the "never been kissed" comment had been a joke. Then they nit-picked the fact that her eyebrows had been plucked and her hair had been done.

Oh my...really? A woman decided to slightly alter her appearance after suddenly gaining world-wide visibility?

It amazes me that in our world, no one will think twice about a woman going to such extremes as getting a nip and tuck or starving herself for something as simple as a twenty year high school reunion. But because Susan Boyle has decided to upgrade her hair and her clothes now that she finds herself in the public eye, she's getting scorned for it by certain people.

It doesn't make her a phony or less than what she portrayed.

Here's the thing that gets me the most...whether she appears as a country bumpkin or a chic woman of the world, Susan Boyle can sing. It doesn't matter what she looks like...it never should have mattered. She still has that amazing voice that captured audiences everywhere.

Think back to when you first heard her. What was it that really impressed? It was her voice...that beautiful voice that brought the audience to its feet and moved this writer to tears.

It was also the fact that at 47 years old, Boyle was still determined to follow her dream and see it through. It was her poise and confidence. It was her determination to stand there as she was being mocked and laughed at and then make the audience damn near choke on that laughter as soon as she started to sing.

But above all else, it was her voice.

That is what her talent is, and I think it is a sad sign of our society that so much emphasis is still being put on her looks.

I like her, I can't help it. I like her cheeky attitude, but most of all I love her voice. It is absolutely amazing, and she will always have a fan in me.

It doesn't matter what she looks like. It doesn't matter what she wears. The fact is, win or lose, Susan Boyle has talent.