Gloria Delgado's Stereotypes

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We daily see many common terms of body type in media like long legs, small waists, flawless skin, and nice clothes represented by actresses or models. The ABC’s episodic introduced to all Americans “Modern Family”, supports this stereotype with the role of the actress named “Gloria.” Gloria Delgado is a sexy Colombian woman that represents a ditzy person, often misusing phrases, mispronouncing worlds and saying whatever is on her mind even though it might come off wrong. The character always acts as unintelligent, but that does not matter to people because she has a good appearance that controls the audience to just laugh at her and not to realize the stereotype the show is giving. People look at her because of her physical appearance, not

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