How do the themes (beauty, self-doubt, and self-acceptance) relate the short story"Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self"?

I think that the themes mentioned play a prominent role
throughout the short story.  The notion of beauty is one that drives the entire
narrative.  Walker goes through three distinct periods in the short story . The first is
one of socially accepted notions of beauty.  This is the period of her life where she is
deemed as "the prettiest" or the one with the most beauty.  The second phase is one
where she is disfigured and the social experience of what it is like to be unwanted or
ugly.  The last phase is one where she strives to make peace with both of these
experiences.  It is here where we see the elements of self doubt enter the narrative
(The magazine cover discussion as well as the fears of her child examining Walker's eye
would be points of reference here.)  At the same time, the ending where Walker dreams,
listening to the Stevie Wonder song, of the dance with "the other," and where the
collision between both experiences finally ceases would be an instance where one can see
self acceptance present.