We should know that looks are not everything in life, despite this assertion; we know that looks are of great importance for a number of people now a day. On October 2012, Cameron Russell gave a talk in TEDxMidAtlantic. She presented compelling material related to the topic of her talk, which was “Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model". Miss Russell, who is tall, beautiful, and white, worked for ten years as a supermodel. In her presentation, she mentioned personal feelings and an impressive amount of material of herself; furthermore, she discussed some of the problems that are encountered in today’s world in her line of work. She used pathos, ethos, and logos as a form of rhetoric to maintain the attention of her audience.
The first rhetoric used by her was ethos, considering she is a powerful model, and her opinion is of importance to young women that would like to pursue that career. In her presentation, she displayed some of her photos to show the way she looks when dressed as a model, in addition, she compared herself to how she looks outside her modeling life; granting her more credibility. The photos that she shared with her audience, gave her the opportunity to interact with the audience. Furthermore, the tone she used, although nervous and with a giggle, displayed her concerned and …show more content…
She let the members of the audience know how uncomfortable she felt with some of the takes she had to pose for and how despite her feelings, she had to do it since it was her job and was paid to do it. Furthermore, as I mentioned before, her expression of disappointment when sharing the number of non-white models that are hired by the agencies portrayed the truth on the topic of her
The first rhetoric used by her was ethos, considering she is a powerful model, and her opinion is of importance to young women that would like to pursue that career. In her presentation, she displayed some of her photos to show the way she looks when dressed as a model, in addition, she compared herself to how she looks outside her modeling life; granting her more credibility. The photos that she shared with her audience, gave her the opportunity to interact with the audience. Furthermore, the tone she used, although nervous and with a giggle, displayed her concerned and …show more content…
She let the members of the audience know how uncomfortable she felt with some of the takes she had to pose for and how despite her feelings, she had to do it since it was her job and was paid to do it. Furthermore, as I mentioned before, her expression of disappointment when sharing the number of non-white models that are hired by the agencies portrayed the truth on the topic of her