I think celebrities have to watch their weight more because of the media attention, and how they comment on everything they wear and their figures,they are under a lot more pressure to always look their best. People who are serverely underweight are more likely to be suffering from depression, have a low self-esteem, and be dissatisfied with their bodies. Therefore are more likely to undergo plastic surgery than anyone else. And because they are rich and famous they have the money to be able to afford to have plastic surgery, as it is very expensive. Also they are introduced to and made aware of plastic surgery thorough TV advertisements and leaflets in magazines. They also regularly advertise hard to follow slimming diets, claming if women go through with it they can have a slim figure in a mater of a few months, which of course looks appealing to younger age groups. Such diet tend to be leading towards unhealthy and restrictive diets which are almost impossible to maintain. People are likely to think that if it is possible for celebrities to follow these diets it is equally possible for them too. They do not realize that they will not be able to loose much weight in a couple of months just by restricting their diets, like they are lead to believe by the media. Celebrities are more likely to cut certain foods out of their diet and stick to a strict exercise plan over a longer period to successfully loose weight. I think here that the media are confusing fantasy with reality, focusing on unrealistically thin and skeletal bodies which is not attractive to look at as these girls are increadibley unhealthy, they should be using healthy, girls of all shapes and sizes for advertisements instead because that would be showing teenagers that it is perfectly acceptable to be any shape or size and you can still wear the laest fashions just in a slightly bigger size and you will be looked at in the same way. As I believe It is better to be slim and healthy than unhealthy and anorexic. The media portrays this message across overweight people are often lazy with no friends, however if you have a slim figure you are considered to be successful, popular, sexy and powerful. This could particularly have an affect on the younger generation. However women who are professionals are expected to be thin, attractive & well-dressed. People have to realize though they don’t have to be like this society they can look like and be whoever they want to be, and it would still be sociably acceptable. They also have to realize that it is impossible to avoid TV ads with women all below the average weight and that it is virtually impossible to attain this look.They will be equally beautiful, successful and happy if they aren’t anorexicaly thin.
I think the media are firstly trying to make their readers into a ‘friend’ and use eye catching slogans and write in a language teenagers often associate with i.e. slang to make articles more appealing and interesting to read. Once they have young teenagers attention they show their role models either celebrities or pop stars as really slim or anorexic, commenting on how great they look, how beautiful, successful and happy they are. Teenagers see more and more of these images and become obsessed with how their idols look and want to be just like them. And fantasise themselves as thin & beautiful, they would probabally then become depressed because they realize they don’t have the perfect body and all they can see is the only way they can get to have their ideal body weight & shape is by going on crash diets, becoming anorexic or bullemic, or obsessively exercising burning off calories for each individual thing they eat. The media pick up on the fact that peer pressure and family can play a big part in how a peron feels about themselves, body weight and shape. So the media then tries to appeal to teenage girls who may have a friend, brother or sister who are into modeling. They often want to copy friends, older brothers and sisters and celebrities and want to be like them so they think if they also become really thin they may be approached by a modeling agency. Models help to sell a wide range of goods from cars, clothes, make-up, drink, underware, hair products and purfume. Vogue models and page 3 girls are often 6 ft tall, weigh 90lbs, and are blonde with blue eyes, which is considered by most to be ‘perfect.’ Teens don’t know that these models have gone through air brushes and touch-ups to make them look more perfect, and they have had a make-over, nail manicure, and had their eyebrows plucked & legs waxed previously to make them look as nice as they do. Super models in all the popular magazines have continued to get thinner and thinner. Modeling agencies have been reported to actively pursue Anorexic models. The average woman model weighs up to 25% less than the typical woman and maintains a weight at about 15 to 20 percent below what is considered healthy for her age and height. Pop-culture's imposed definition of "the ideal body" combined with the diet industry's drive to make more money, creates a never-ending cycle of ad upon ad that try to convince us "...if you lose weight, your life will be good." young girls look at these models as role models. But most models are anorexic. The media’s influence on body image & eating disorders focuses on the awareness of socio cultural pressures. Girls reported magazines as their primary source of information regarding diet and health.
However TV ads and magazines have realized the negative impact that the pictures and articles on dangerously thin models, celebrities and pop stars is having on young teenagers particually girls. Therefore they have made positive changes to the way in which these images are displayed. Three examples are the body shop, Timberlake & Panasonic. According to a No. of studies, societal standards for beauty emphasize thinness. Advertisers use this societal desire to sell their products. And magazine publishers profit because they can sell more advertising space. NIKE promote a healthy body image . Their ad campaign focuses on the idea that being exactly who you are is what is important, and the ‘perfect’ image women are surrounded with all the time is irrelevant to who we are. Which are transformative images of women. Below are some facts on women suffering from some kind of eating disruption:
Below are some facts on Jodie kidd and marylin Monroe previously stated above.
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