The Influence Of Beauty In The Media

Introduction
“I want to look like Miranda Kerr! Or even better, I want to walk on the runway with models wearing Vera Wang,” said 18-year-old Maggie.
“I want to be beautiful and likable. I look at myself in the mirror every day to check out my flaws and what needs to be fixed. I’m skipping dinner tonight even though I already have anorexia,” said 19-year-old Holly.
“My nose needs surgery! My hair is ugly! My face is too wide! I am a horrible looking person. I need to save money for these things,” said Amber sadly.
“I love me just the way I am. I look exactly like that girl on the front cover of Cosmopolitan magazine,” Priya said proudly.
“If my boyfriend sees me with no makeup on he will totally break up with me. Thinking about it makes

Girls are passive consumers of media. While these best friends are arguing about beauty and their looks, what is the cause of this? The media has twisted what these ladies perception of what beauty really is due to television, the internet, movies, magazines, and the media. Society tells these ladies they need to be thinner, more beautiful and have all these traits and qualities to be successful and accepted. Their mental perception of what they look like has already been distorted. Their version isn’t realistic. Feminine beauty is presented in all forms of media. The mass media has portrayed what a woman should look like or what an ideal body is considered in every way possible. Beauty standards are unattainable for most women and most models are underweight. They are considered not healthy. The media has sent out an implicit message to the people that being a model or beautiful is unhealthy. It is hard for any women to achieve the great physical appearance and be content. This idea of beauty and looks has a negative impact on women today. Women are vulnerable to this topic and compare themselves to the images they see everyday. They question their own image and their

This is one of the biggest misconceptions about eating disorders. It’s easy to make this assumption. The media is terribly persuasive in how we view beauty, our bodies and really ourselves. Does the media contribute to disordered eating? Body dissatisfaction is defined as a negative evaluation of our weight and body size. Body dissatisfaction leads to results in eating disorders. In many ways, the media is to blame for the state of our body image. For we desire to diet. For the view, that thinness leads to happiness. For the idea that we must wait until we lose weight to do anything. The National Eating Disorder Association (2006) reports that in the past 70 years national rates of incidences of all eating disorders have dramatically increased across the board. The number of incidences of bulimia in women between the ages of 10 and 39 has more than tripled from 1988 to 1993. The cause of these staggering statistics has yet to be determined, but research has shown that body dissatisfaction and low self-esteem put women at high risk for developing eating