Perfection

 

Adriana Lima one of the Victorias secret model, viewed by teenage girls as the perfect-everything!

Today in our society its all about the looks, studies show the teenage suicide rates have risen over the last decade, as if it wasnt obvious its always the pressure to be perfect."Your a size zero? stop starving yourself anoerexic!" "You ate 5 slices of pizza?lay of the food fatty", "you cut yourself you must be emo". Everywhere we go we are bombarded by the media's idea of the "perfect" body. This unrealistic stereotype is portrayed in music videos, movies, magazines and on television.

Surrounded by images of  celebrities who are thin— with large breasts, It is the media that is responsible for turning our society into believing that to be a successful happy person, you must be thin. The media sets standards on appearances that are impossible to meet.


Trying hard to look like their idols, some fall as victims to eating disorders, and some abuse drugs to help them lose weight. Others,  TV shows like Extreme Makeover  that make physical transformation look so easy, turning to plastic surgery. 

It appears that their lives are trouble-free, happy and constantly entertaining—and the drive to be perfect that is to have a perfect, skinny body.

Ironically, young celebrities themselves are hardly immune from the pressure. "In this industry it's at a huge, elevated level," says The Sopranos' Jamie-Lynn DiScala, 23, who suffered from anorexia and now works as a spokeswoman for the National Eating Disorders Association. "When you're sitting in an audition waiting room, how can you not look at every other girl around you and start comparing yourself?"

For teenagers, aspiring to unrealistic standards can lead to self-doubt, depression, extreme dieting and eating disorders.

 "I've been there, trust me,When I was younger, I tried to be skinny. There is so much pressure in today's society to look like the girl on the cover of the magazine. But [those photos] are airbrushed and have special lighting. She's gone, through two hours of hair and makeup. That just sets expectations really high for young girls." -Jessica Simpson




airbrushed image of Kim Kardashian

The message Jessica Simpson is trying to get across to us is that images or advertisements like the one above of Kim kardashian is not realistic its all airbrushed and fake, to not always think that they're all pretty and perfect when they have been photoshopped to be perfect,she hides under ten pounds of makeup. Celebrities like her are just as human as us we all have cellulite, blemishes, pimples and bad hair days!



Kim Kardashian without makeup



 Perfect is never the same, perfect is the impossible. Perfect is different to everyone, in which: no one can be perfect


The message that many people, especially teenage girls, take from this is that they are not pretty enough or skinny enough. Billions of dollars each year are spent on diet regimes, supplements and exercise equipment. These are purchased mainly by healthy girls who are plagued with feelings of insecurity.

 Most teenage girls look up to celebrities like Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and the Kardashians. When they're the one's prancing around in their birthday suit or bras on television. They're also caked in makeup and designer clothing, how do you think that is making an impact on our children or other teenagers? It's going to make them feel fat, ugly, gross, not good enough, they'll  start going to desperate measures to make themselves look and feel like those girls. It's just not right, society is ruing our teens, even worse – it's ruining us.
 

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