Negative Effects Of Beauty Standards

Advertisements tell women and girls how they are supposed to look by creating an "ideal female beauty" by using tools such as Photoshop that create impossible beauty standards

The fashion industry is a major object of body image issues, as they believe clothes look better on more than average height and svelte women. Established on a survey partaken by 13 to 17-year-old in the United States, 90% felt intimidated by trends and media to be sleek, with more than 60% routinely evaluated themselves to supermodels, whilst 46% will endeavor to

The Fashion Industry is affecting the way many people look at themselves. In today’s society there is always an ad promoting fast food, clothing brands, Cars. Etc. almost all of them have a model to promote their products. These fashion models are usually, extremely thin, tan, tall, and gorgeous. This set a negative standard for many women on what they should look like and can often cause to self-esteem issues. The Media is having a negative effect on body image by choosing to settle toward an unrealistic persona. In Addition, this has created many young girls, to have eating disorders such as bulimia, anorexia, and fasting. However, some businesses have started gravitating toward plus size models to stop the affects it has on society. Plus, also many companies are limiting the amount of photo shopping and airbrushing. The issues are far from being resolved but numerous people are working toward making a change.

“Society tells girls how to look and how to act and that’s not good at all” “On late night talk shows people are more likely to hear about how thin Nicole Richie is then a fat joke abouthow heavy Queen Latifah is.” “Ideals of beauty change some what over time, but the simple fact is that proponents of plus-size preference have failed to convince America that fat is beautiful.”

The so-called “plus-size” models of the industry are skinny and in-shape; they are just curvy. Curvy does not equal plus-sized, and as the average woman is heavier than she was 20 years ago, the general population should be more represented in fashion. Lisa Hilton makes an argument saying that obesity is much more common than anorexia and eating disorders, but this has nothing to do with how the fashion industry itself influences the amount of eating disorders that there are. We know that obesity has struck America, but these people often times feel bad about being overweight and feel like they are a taboo in society. Fat shaming in media does not promote a healthy diet for women, and more clothes should be created for overweight models so that every girl can look and feel

In today’s society, the media is very influential when it comes to their standards on the size and shape of models, especially with women according to Modeling Wisdom, NP. In America, women models have such an abundance of standards they must meet in order to stay in the industry. For example, the typical age is 16-21 years old.  Models can be younger than this, but many agencies will require models to be at least 16.  Likewise, models can be older, but agencies and clients tend to like their models looking younger and more youthful; alongside age, a model’s height is typically between 5’9″-6″, bust is between 32″-36″, waist is between 22″-26″, and hips should be between 33″-35″ (Modeling Wisdom, NP). Although the average woman cannot meet

What makes someone beautiful? This striking question has always had a complex answer rather than simple. Society makes their interpretation of beauty with many standards that qualify for the “most beautiful people” in the world. America's picture of the perfect lady is extremely thin however full figured. America’s picture of the perfect gentleman is also thin, yet very fit. It’s always one thing or the other, never one choice. The public has their own particular rendition of what beauty looks like, yet american beauty happens to have a stance amongst the most startling standards. These standards of beauty that women see each day impact their confidence and self-esteem negatively only to push them to discover ways to fit into these unrealistic beauty criterias. Beauty standards in America are ever-changing, but society has yet to absolutely accept the average, everyday woman.

Beauty standards are portrayed everywhere: on magazines, social media, ads, commercials, and even flaunted among peers. While the ideals are supposed to promote health awareness, fitness motivation, and self love, it unfortunately results in many unfavorable consequences. Women are constantly “penalized for not being beautiful and at the same time are stigmatized, even pathologized, for not feeling beautiful, for having low self-esteem, for engaging in behaviors like dieting and excessive exercising, or for having eating disorders” (Johnston and Taylor 954). Beauty standards are unrealistic and unhealthy to pursue, and misinforms the public on what true beauty is. While not all beauty image ideals promote negative feelings and dissatisfaction, many believe that the negative effects far outweighs any positive effects.

A new study in the NCA’s Communication Monographs discovered that when women, who were hocked up to a heart monitor, viewed images of other women with the same or similar body type to their own. There were more reports of body positivity and less social comparison. While there is more growing awareness of plus-size models there is also starting to be more demand for plus-size clothing in more styles. When a heavier set woman goes to flip through a magazine and all they see is skinny models being portrayed as beautiful and smart, yet this starts to take a mental toll on them. Thoughts of self-discrimination can lead to low self-esteem issues. To help with these thoughts fashion industries have now started putting plus-size women on their runways, such as the Lane Bryant’s #ImNoAngle and Dove’s Real Beauty campaigns.

I reconcile the higher degree of acceptance of plus size women in today society by thinking realistically. All women are unquie in there own way so all women will never be the same size. I understand there is a severe health issue dealing with obesity in America. But the media needs to do a better job promoting diet and health products.The media portray thin models in ways that make the public believe that everyone needs to be thin. Marketers need to address the health issues in a manner that does not offend plus size men or women. A person's self-concept is a continuous process some parts may be stable, but people change different elements as their lifestyles changes (Solomon, 2015). Marketers need to encourage plus size women to feel

From a young age girls are exposed to advertisements that give an unrealistic standard of beauty. In previous years, women in these ads are portrayed to have perfect bodies, hair, and skin. These images subconsciously alter self esteem in maturing youth. Many of these young women see these images and feel they are not thin or pretty enough. The feeling to be perfect is overwhelming. Recently, however, there has been a breakthrough of “plus size” models that confidently flaunt their figures and are dauntless about their imperfections. The This Body ad from Lane Bryant break the mold from previous decades and encourage empowerment and self love. This ad reminds women everywhere their body is beautiful and capable of amazing things.

In the article Does Size Matter? The impact of Model’s Body Size on women’s Body-Focused Anxiety and Advertising effectiveness.’’ the article informs readers on that girls have anxiety about their size. And that at the end of the day girls that are thick, skinny, fat or any size can be a model. The author Emma Halliwell ensures girls that girls have anxiety about their size.

Beauty standards have been a major issue for many years now and women have been willing to change their bodies over and over to please themselves and others. Beauty standards are often defined in terms of hairstyles, skin color, and body size. The measures involved in having to live up to these standards are often risky in nature. For decades, what is seen as beautiful is centered around a women’s weight and size. Today, that standard is often defined as being thin. Women often resort to drastic means to attain that ideal image. However, achieving these standards can be expensive, can lower self-esteem and can be a threat to a woman’s health and life.

With the media being a very popular way of communication and self expression in today’s culture, it influences the way of younger generations to be more involved in today’s technology, and to allow them to influence the world by the press of a button. But one of the topics that is very controversial is that in today’s society is the high expectations of what they think a girl has to look like, from girls not having stretch marks or scars, to magazines and photographers using photoshop to convince readers that the model looks like that. With all of these being factors that there is pressure is high for many girls around the world, this has to resolved.

More recently, Sports Illustrated model, Kate Upton whom is a size 4, is now considered a plus size model and deemed to be “too curvy”. In the United States the “normal” sized woman is between the size of 6 and 10. Most of us do not understand why some put themselves through so much anguish to satisfy these body image complexes. Back in the 1950’s, models were