The Swan. Nip/Tuck. Dr. 90210. Extreme Makeover. We've all heard of them. The number of these plastic-surgery themed shows seems to have increased in recent years. This implies that the concept of these shows have become more and more acceptable amongst the mass audience as a whole. There is no doubt that the changes in media, and Hollywood specifically, have triggered people's perceptions of beauty and sexuality. Before, you had actresses like Grace Kelly; modest and sultry was the appeal. Then came Marilyn Monroe who broke those barriers. Sexy was the new thing. Hollywood's A-listers like Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron, and Reese Witherspoon are not merely characterized for their talented acting skills, but for their appearances as well.
Actors, actresses, singers, and tv stars have a strange impact on people. They are seen as role models and almost 'perfect' creations. People want to be like them, look like them, and act like them. This makes the fact that the plastic surgery industry has been rising dramatically no surprise at all. There is a specific criteria of beauty nowadays that is far from natural, and to be 'perfect', this set of criteria has to be reached. This is easily but costly available nowadays through the knives of plastic surgeons. Hollywood makes plastic surgery look like such a normal thing to people, totally disregarding the fact that it comes with its own set of risks and harmful side effects.
People have to realize that taking it to the extreme is a always bad thing. Teenage girls are being driven into anorexia and other such dangerous diseases because of unneccessary insecurities about their looks. Even the very actresses of Hollywood themselves are dealing with such problems as we hear in the tabloids everyday when it comes to the likes of Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Richie. People also have to realize that most of what we see and percieve is fake. Actresses have tons of make up on before they film a scene, and models have been photoshopped to death before their pictures are even considered for publishing.
Fortunately, there are campaigns that try to invoke some sense into the mass audience. Dove is one example. Dove's campaign for "real beauty" aims to encourage people and especially girls to be natural. Another example is the TV show "Ugly Betty". The heroine of the show is far from Hollywood's typical sexy bombshell, and yet she is portrayed as a confident, career and family-driven young lady who struggles for what she wants. The show has surprisingly been wildly accepted (even though it goes against Hollywood's agenda), and the lead actress even got a Golden Globe award this year for her performance.
People have to realize that what they see in the media is mostly fake, and they musn't let their insecurities lead them to plastic surgeries or any other extreme methods that only encourages fake and unnatural beauty. Plastic surgery should only be a solution for medical-related issues and problems.
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There are many incidents were young teenagers and young adults got injured or even died because of the diseases such as anorexia or other. What we should realize is that it is all fake and god have created us for what we are and shaped us using his wisdom. Each one of us is different from the other, but we all have our own beauties that god gifted us with and no matter what we do to our image we can never change this fact. I agree that they’re some awareness to this matter, but it seems to me; Ugly Betty is not one of them. To honest, I don’t see how can anyone say show that no matter how you look like, you still can do it by naming his or her show title “Ugly Betty”. You should portray people ugly because they look different or have a different taste if cloth than most. Creating your own identity is powerful statement; we should be unique and not fall into the trap of peer pressuring with the image that we have to be fit with other think of or believe in.
People fell into the trap of “ideal beauty” that television and various media sources represented to them and that fall was not easy to recover from. Girls were suffering from eating disorders and some were dying from those diseases just to have the body of their idol. All of this shocked the world and parents specifically woke up to realize the danger that lies within those messages represented to us through media. I agree with you that people finally started to spread awareness about the fiction that we see and how different it is from the realty that we live. And I support you 100% about how fortunate we are about those starting examples that put the audience’s needs and health on the top instead of just selling the product. When it comes to “Ugly Betty”, there are some critics who pointed out the negative aspect of this show, which I agree with. It starts with the show’s name, she is called Ugly Betty just because she looks different, she is not this tall super skinny fashionable model and that could affect the way teenage girls judge those who dare to be different and become somehow superficial. One critic said that the main message was that ugly people still could do something with their life instead of it being it doesn’t matter how you look like inner beauty is the main aspect. For it seems to me, the media should represent all kinds of beauty because each individual is entitled to be different and have his/her own unique attraction.
Hi every one this is Noora Khalid :
Take a look at this: this picture shows us how media creates fake buttery for their shows and advertising to give most women the feeling or to convince them about different kind of cosmetics products This is before and after shots of the same model. In the video on the front of the Campaign for Real Beauty, you'll see that she is given better lighting, makeup, hair, etc., and then she's been photoshopped extensively to perfection. Finally, the camera zooms out and we have this billboard, and we see two young women walk by and look at her. In my opinion beauty is within the person inside him ,or her it shows his .or personality not his or her face and if only beautiful people were in media you wouldn’t see Mr. Been ,Opera and other average good looking people working in the media filed. Based on my own experiences watching shows like the swan lower my self steam. For example whenever I stand in front of the mirror and look at my self I say well ‘’ I might need some changes in my Oh my noise is too big and it needs some changes: why don’t I left my eyebrows it would make me prettier” these thoughts comes to each women and girls minds when they watch such commercial shows or different kind of advertisements. Finally I hope that the fewer honest people in media produce in lightening shows that clarify and it explain the true meaning of beauty like Operas show and Dr.pill show.
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