Based on the 12° FacTease...
Does anyone ever think about how the overload of "perfect" images of models and celebrities in the media affects the average males and females? The idea of the media's (and consequently, everybody else's) "ideal" beauty often makes a "normal" human being self-conscious -- even if they have nothing to be self-conscious about.
There is a definite impact these "role models/celebrities" have on viewers, be it male or female. The ideal person they want to be is a what they see in the media everyday - and the emphasis is very much on external appearance.
What most people don't realize is that every image of a model or celebrity in a fashion or beauty magazine (or catalog) has been touched-up using the latest computer technology to remove bulges, pimples, stretch marks, etc.
Beyond that, there are about 100-300 professional photographs taken for each published image you see. They are taken from the absolute best angle in perfect lighting with the clothes pinned just so. And as if that wasn't enough, the models hair and makeup is always professionally done and is constantly touched up by a makeup artist and hair stylist standing by to make sure nothing looks less-than-perfect!
"The ideal images presented to women through magazines are artificially enhanced. They are not real. Why then are women made to feel that they must achieve such ideals, when they are clearly unrealistic and unattainable?"
- Elizabeth Tassaro
"What, do we think she’s not wearing makeup and hasn’t been air brushed? People don’t look like this. People are flawed. It’s why we’re people. We’re flawed."
- Jamie Lee Curtis
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