We see it everywhere: slim models on the face of Vogue, girls looking into the camera with bright eyes and beautiful smiles; these images of perfection that surround our media.
I'm sure many of you have either seen or heard of this commercial by Dove. It's absolutely captivating that so much work goes into one advertisement that we see. So many effects are used on this picture to make the woman an image of utter perfection, of perfect symmetry. But obviously the woman in the advertisement in the end doesn't even exist. She is simply a product of the woman in the beginning of the video, a flawless version of herself. It's unfair that the representation of beauty today is inaccurate and ultimately unattainable, as the uses of Photoshop and other editing sites are prevalent in the process.
Imagine you are a young girl living in this time period. You would have become accustomed to the gorgeous models around you, suddenly expecting that of yourself when you grow up. Becoming beautiful is represented as a top priority, the magazines and commercials giving you the idea that your looks are the most important thing in life. This is detrimental to all girls the same, negatively affecting the way they view themselves.
The American ideal has altered over time, but currently it is simply a product of Photoshop and other photo enhancing sites. It's important to teach people, especially children, that you're beautiful in your own skin, without the rather false image of perfection that is shown all over media today.
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