Celebrities have a great effect on the people we become. Some people spend so much time consumed by the entertainment world that they begin to idolize certain celebrities in hopes of becoming like them. Two major starlets in the eye of countless teenage girls around the world would be Jennifer Lawrence, known for her starring role as Katniss Everdeen in the film The Hunger Games, and Miley Cyrus, a hit singer with number one songs, “We Can’t Stop” and “Wrecking Ball”. These two stars both have large and supportive fan bases, but which celebrity is the better role model for teenage girls is the question at hand. Jennifer Lawrence is a better role model for teenage girls than Miley Cyrus because of her beliefs, modesty, and humbleness.
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For instance, Lawrence opts for classic, modest styles when attending red carpet events. Lawrence’s clothing choices almost always leave the rest of her body up to the imagination. In contrast, Cyrus does whatever she pleases without keeping the society watching in mind. For example, she recently performed at the Video Music Awards in immodest clothing while dancing provocatively. Her music videos have often included footage of her with just her bare body. The idyllic style of Jennifer Lawrence outshines the distasteful style of Miley Cyrus, making Jennifer Lawrence the better role model. Finally, Jennifer Lawrence is a better role model for teenage girls than Miley Cyrus because of her humbleness. Celebrities typically have a difficult time with relating to teenage, but Jennifer Lawrence makes it seem easy. Lawrence shows she is humble by simply being herself and not caring about what Hollywood has to say about her. For example, Jennifer Lawrence had this to say about her career: “Not to sound rude, but [acting] is stupid. Everybody’s like, ‘How can you remain with a level head?’ And I’m like, ‘Why would I ever get cocky? I’m not saving anybody’s life. There are doctors who save lives and firemen who run into burning buildings. I’m making movies. It’s stupid.’”(61 Hilariously) Despite her star status, she still remains humble. Unlike Lawrence, Miley Cyrus lives the
NEWS: Miley Cyrus Launches Foundation for Homeless and LGBT Youth. In effort to make that a reality, Miley recently launched Happy Hippie Foundation which fights to raise money and awareness for homeless and LGBT youths. She also travels across the world to help out. “I do these hearing aids for deaf kids in Haiti. We go to the schools and fit the kids for hearing aids, and than go back and give them to the kids. It’s the craziest experience, because you go in and it’s so quiet, because no one’s ever talked. There are people who are 90 years old who’ve never talked at all.” (Miley cyrus on weed and Molly,Interview)“ Unless they want a weed-smoking, liberal freak.” “But my dream was never to sell lip gloss. My dream was to save that world.” Miley isn’t all about twerking, she does care about youth, homeless, and people in other countries and stuff. Miley has had an amazing opportunities to travel the world and be helpful and people just don't see that. They see her on the VMA stage “twerking on Robin Thicke” and her tongue out and naked on a wrecking ball and licking a sledgehammer, but maybe that’s not how she wants to be remember in this world. Therefore, this is why Miley will leave a lasting
Taylor Swift, a pop icon and polarizing figure, is often known for her empowering music, feminist attitude, and meaningful lyrics. Many of her fans praise the feminist messages some of her songs deliver, however others say she comes from a position of privilege and only advocates for white women. Still, a common perception of Swift is that she has evolved from an innocent country singer into a more controversial and sometimes provocative pop singer. What is ignored though, is that despite this perception, themes depicted in “old” Taylor’s music still displayed highly problematic concepts about gender, just in less obvious ways. Particularly in her music video for “You Belong With Me,” the audience if presented with a fulfilling love story involving a nerdy girl getting the popular. On its surface, this concept may seem normal, but the narrative of this video unintentionally conveys significant gender issues in today’s society. Thus, through her 2008 music video for “You Belong With Me,” Taylor Swift ironically presents herself as the ideal nerdy girl next door who gets the guy when she suddenly turns beautiful while demonizing a cheerleader, revealing problematic notions of how women are supposed to look and behave in society, as well as reinforcing negative female stereotypes.
Cyrano and Miley Cyrus both people have traits that benefit and affect them in many ways. Cyrano from the book, “Cyrano de Bergerac”, represents a character that has admirable traits and flaws that benefit and affect him. Admirable traits include having confidence, determination, and having poetic ability. Flaws that he has are overconfidence, impatience, and his self consciousness. Besides literature, there are admirable people who have flaws and admirable traits that affect them as well. Miley Cyrus’ flaws are having a drug addiction and is over conceded. But, her characteristics include being caring and supportive. In real life and in the literature some of the most talented and admirable people have flaws that are detrimental
It has been two years since the performance at the VMA’s and people are still talking about it. This is exactly what Miley wants and is striving for. According to Jib Fowles, “The desire to exhibit ourselves in such a way as to make others look at us is a primitive, insuppressible instinct” (Fowles 89). Miley is expressing her need for attention in an extreme way and it is working. By doing crazy and absurd things, she has gotten a lot of attention and people to talk about her and keep her name in headlines globally. Despite the criticism that she was receiving, her song, “Wrecking Ball,” became her first to be at the top of charts in 2014 (Biography.com Editors). A vast number of people still continue listen to the pop artist and fuel her success and desire for attention. She has succeeded in being successful by being deemed as number seventeen on Forbes Magazine’s 2014 list of the highest paid celebrities (Forbes.com). Her “fans” say bad things about her and judge her for her actions, but they still support her by purchasing and listening to her music. People everywhere cannot help but become so fascinated in what she is doing, despite whether they agree with her or not. Her ways are entertaining and interesting because they are bizarre, which society loves. Miley Cyrus has a large number of people that talk about her in negative ways, but this does not stop her from doing what she loves, which adds to her fame and success.
Miley is important to MHK students is that he supports the lower, working class of US citizens. He pays, “tribute to all soldiers who served”(USA Army) and goes to other countries to support families with a member in the army. Some people might not agree that paying tribute to other soldiers is supporting the lower class, but it is. It supports the lower class because most of the members who died were in the lower class, therefore it supports the families of the people who died. Also, supporting families who have members in the army is supporting the lower class because families with member in the army have to support themselves on one person's job, therefore making the income less. This is supporting the lower class because it helps to show that people care about the families in the
In the world of media, Jennifer Anistone and Angelina Jolie are two famous Hollywood actress of the past 5-6 years solely because of the existence of a common man in their life have been targeted. That man is Brad Pitt. Primarily, when it comes to these two significant names in the industry, must be said Jolie and Aniston both have start parents. To compare their looks, Jennifer seems to be a beautiful woman who has many romance appeals in her vision and actually she's like a Barbie doll, whereas Angelina has remarkable beauty with a lethal look and a pout that attracts every man. On the other hand, in the career life, both them excelled in everything they have done. They are both great actors that are loved by people because of their talents.
One of the most popular teenage entertainers ever is warping the minds of our youth. Appearing on television commercials, MTV videos, many magazine covers, and the radio, Britney Spears is taking control of raising today’s children. Her perfect looks and sexual appeal have mesmerized young viewers. Children and teens strive to be just like her. Although some people allow their children to idolize Britney Spears, I now see that she is an inappropriate role model for her targeted audience of five to thirteen-year-olds.
To illustrate, many still remember Miley Cyrus as the sweet pop-star and down to earth character from her role as Hannah Montana on Disney Channel. At some point many fans believed that the personality of Miley Cyrus corresponded to her role on Hannah Montana. In her authentic interviews and encounters with
These platforms where she strikes shocking poses while often wearing flamboyant outfits and tweets her famous lines has given her a new lease on life. Winkle is also an inspiration among every age group and many celebrities that include Nicole Richie and Rihanna. In 2015, Winkle even went to the MTV Music Awards as a guest of MTV and Miley
Miley has been extremely oversexualized by the media, which, in my opinion, is best exemplified
Lindsay Lohan had quite a successful acting career when she was younger. “Stints as a child model and commercial actress brought Lohan into the spotlight at the age of three” (Biography). Lindsay Lohan was once known as a very talented actress; however, her drug addictions threatened her career and nearly ruined her reputation.
In today’s popular culture a big topic of discussion is pop singer, Miley Cyrus. She was a former star on Disney Channel’s Hannah Montana and now we have all seen her transformation from a girl to a woman. To avoid fading away like many other celebrity teen stars as they aged, Miley decided to reinvent herself as an adult musician by pushing the limits. Many people only see Miley Cyrus for her unadulterated VMA Performances and her frowned upon behavior, which most individuals don’t care to get to know. There is another side of Miley that has made a huge impact on society and has reached new levels in giving back to the community. Miley has dedicated herself to feminism, improving society’s image of women, leading the fight against LGBTQ discrimination, charity work, and using social media to expose societal issues.
To illustrate, many still remember Miley Cyrus as the sweet pop-star and down to earth character from her role as Hannah Montana on Disney Channel. At some point many fans believed that the personality of Miley Cyrus corresponded to her role on Hannah Montana. In her honest interviews and real encounters with fans, people connected with her innocence and deemed her as a suitable role model for girls
Appearing naked swinging on a wrecking ball, many claimed this was inappropriate for young girls to see as their role model; but Miley seems to be trying to normalize this for women, allow them to control their sexuality, not allow men to define it. It’s consistently pointed out if star women are sexual but when male stars have naked women in their music videos it is not questioned. This double standard is furthered with the use of drugs; shortly before the release of the video, Miley smoked weed at a MTV Europe music awards in Amsterdam, which outraged people although drug use by male stars is widely
The difference is that now Miley has the chance to express herself without direction from others. “My whole life it was never about having control. Shit would just come out with my face on it, and that was it. So now nothing can have my face on it, my name on it, that isn’t dope -- that isn’t a part of the movement.” In an interview featured in her documentary, Miley adds a comparison between the lifestyles of other pop icons in their youth to her own. “Most people don’t have their kid photos put up and then be like, ‘She’s changed.’ Well, yeah. If you put up a picture of Lady Gaga at eight, and then Lady Gaga now, yeah, she’s changed” (Schillaci). Therefore, Miley’s new dubious movement into adulthood is not so out of the ordinary. Nonetheless, the essence of her movement embodies the revolutionary truth of self discovery, and teenagers worldwide who struggle with the fear of persecution should take note of her effortless ability to express herself.