Plus Size Women And Media Analysis

In the United States woman can suffer from identity issues. In the year 2016 the first plus size model was shown on the cover of the swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated named Ashley Graham. Ashley Graham comes from the white ethnic background. As the issue was talked about on multiple radio and TV stations, African American woman have been speaking on this matter. A woman, Chantelle Nunes Norman, who is an African American woman posts “She's a perfect size in the African American community. It's a real shame that a lot of whites consider a starved looking woman attractive, I think she is beautiful at this size and would look sickly if she were skin and bones (Feldon)”. Many issues can come around this logic. One of the main

“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 first reason for promoting a healthy body figures in women is because fat Acceptance Promotes Well-Being .When people are accepted they are happier. a robust, laughing 12-year-old from University Heights in the Bronx, says. The ads show girls of different races and sizes, some playing sports and one in a wheelchair. that it is beautiful. girls are getting more happier with their bodies, accepting themselves girls are not depressed it helps

The media group that retouches images skews the “normal” body image of people through many of its outlets, including models in advertising and magazines, and actors in TV and movie productions. “The average model portrayed in the media is approximately 5’11” and 120 pounds. By contrast, the average American woman is 5’4” and 140 pounds” (Holmstrom, 2004). This statistic shows how the media manipulates consumers into believing that because they are not what the average model looks like, they are not living up to a certain standard which implies that they need to look like that to be beautiful. Another research fact that shows a similar concept is that, “In the United States, 94% of female characters in television programs are thinner than the average American woman, with whom the media frequently associate happiness, desirability, and success in life” (Yamamiya et al., 2005). This association of female thinness and happiness, desirability and success makes consumers believe they must achieve this unrealistic thinness to achieve more ultimate goals and fulfillment in life. “The media also explicitly instruct how to attain thin bodies by dieting, exercising, and body-contouring surgery, encouraging female consumers to believe that they can and should be thin” (Yamamiya et al., 2005). This idealization of thinness in the media is seen so much, and is extremely harmful to women’s self confidence and is often associated with body image dissatisfaction, which can be a precursor to social anxiety, depression, eating disturbances, and poor self-esteem (Yamamiya et al.,

Today’s beauty standards for women are extremely harmful, showing society that only one beauty standard is acceptable. This look is often portrayed as an underweight woman with pale skin, and long heat-treated hair. Plus size models are widening the diversity of beauty standards by showing society that there is more than one definition of beauty.

Obese men and women are beginning to accept themselves for who they are and the health issues that come along with it. Obesity has been a dire issue for quite some time in the United States and is getting worse as time progresses. “The nation will spend… about $190 billion a year- paying for the health consequences of obesity.” (Brady 519) Although obesity rates are skyrocketing, individuals demand that every body is beautiful and the curvier the better, but when does too curvy lead an individual onto an episode of My 600lb Life? All forms of social media have been normalizing those who are unhealthy. Shows like My Big Fat Fabulous Life shows off the beauty of being plus-sized, and how individuals treat you if you are a larger individual. Mainstream media had flocked to obesity and its tabu nature in extreme ways; people are disregarding the health effects of being plus-sized and are crediting it with daring to be different. Growing obesity rates have been one of the main situations that are threatening the health care system. “...the American diet of highly processed food laced with added fats and sugars is responsible for the epidemic of chronic diseases that threatens to bankrupt the health care system.” (Pollan 514) Plus-sized model Tess Holliday is a size 24 model who believes her weight is healthy and acceptable. Her confidence has inspired

But they have addressed this issue on television and on ads. Recently I saw JCPenney’s new “#HereIAm” campaign pop up while I was on YouTube. According to a Yahoo News headline this campaign has “demolished society’s preconceptions about ‘Fat Girls’.” I saw successful women who looked like me, but they have such confidence. They all speak about the problem not being that they are overweight, but being people’s attitudes towards them. I feel nothing but admiration and empowerment after seeing them.

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.

Today I’m going to talk about the Media and a women’s body image, and how the media could be harming you and your children. Have you ever read a magazine or watched TV and say wow I wish I look like her? The media sets out tons of images and videos of a way an average woman should look like when in reality what the media is showing is unrealistic goal to achieve. Whit the media showing off only one body image or what they would say “perfect,” body image they can cause serious problems mentally and physically in a women’s mind and body.

A large proportion of television programs depict the plus size body equalling unhealthy and undesirable. Three discourses surrounding obesity are

[She’s] not the biggest girl on the market but definitely bigger than all the girls Calvin Klein has ever worked with, so that [was] really intimidating (Chernikoff, Leah. In-Between' Model, elle) Even though she is just a size 10, people considered her to be a plus-sized. Many are making an effort to change the ways of the fashion industry to be more considerate of other body types that form our society. Turning a blind eye on this issue affects us all. Not only does this have an impact on how people represent themselves, but also how people are viewed. If the fashion industry keeps exploiting one body type how will anyone feel like they fit in. The efforts plus-sized models are making to change what it means to be a “model” today are groundbreaking, giving a more diverse and broadcast of who forms part of our

The idea of an idea woman has been thin for a very long time. According to the society, being thin means being happy, successful and appealing. Most of the models/actors that media portrays as ‘beautiful’ are thin women and not at all like the women we see every day. They represent images of women that most of the society cannot attain. These models are shown as almost close to perfection, with all the styling, make-up and airbrushing techniques to hide any flaws. Woman who are constantly exposed to such messages of beauty, might end up feeling dissatisfied of themselves. According to Berg 2000, girls as young as two are exposed to media that portrays thin women as successful. They see their aunts, mothers and sisters battling to achieve the perfect body, which is thin. This over time has an impression on the minds on the children.

The fashion industry achieved their goal which was to identify their target consumer to wear they're clothing, which was women who were slim. This is how the ideal women’s body changed during this time in the beginning of the twentieth century from being full-figured to being very slim. Then the new term “plus-sized” took way and was a category that women who didn't fit this ideal look were put into. By even doing this to women, by telling them they that can be categorized by their looks or body size is objectifying them, it is degrading and dehumanizing, and this is what lead and formed a society that does this on a regular basis. A society that can control the woman consumer, tell her what to wear, where to shop, how to look which all adds

Ideal body is totally a lie, a huge transfer in the models body to be plus size models. Media have a huge effect to change the perspective of people especially men and to convince them that it’s a normal thing to be a plus size women and that they have become an important part of the fashion industry and also the shopping has totally changed. McCarthy has a big influence on the fashion industry when they refused to make her a dress for the Academy Awards in 2012 so that was the plot twist in the fashion industry to change all the perspectives that we must care about plus size models and what they dress. So that took all eyes even men that we must have fashion lines for plus size models. So many Retailers starting thinking about how to gain more customers to make a line for plus size

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