Essay On American Beauty

The notion of a globalized beauty standard will never(by any means) be a prevalent way to pick one common core characteristic of what beauty is or how it is defined due to its grand diversity. What is defined as attractiveness is dependent on the country in which those questions are being asked. The influence of color is greatly variable and shaped(molded) by our cultures, color has the power to either alert us or be a psychological reminder to well-known brands and when we compare color to cultures we define it as demographic. But the way we also utilize(exploit) color as a facade in essence to distract us and others from what we perceive as reality is also the way we comprehend the status of beauty, in which this desirable trait of attractiveness is link to being more successful.
With such a visual society is beauty only influence by just the color? If we look at American beauty we are constantly bombarded with what perfection should look like and if those standards aren’t met there is a multibillion dollar global industry of health and fitness with the willingness to sell anything with a promise of perfection yet that promise doesn’t stop there it continues down with an assurance of changing the complexity of skin tone by whitening it. However, if we compare …show more content…
Therefore, skin bleaching is a worldwide phenomenon emulating beauty standards brought forth from the media equating beauty with self-worth where even models are often times white washed by the media in order for advertisers to appeal to a broader diversity groups. Asian women have been caught in this whirlpool of skin bleaching their “yellow” tone skin due to a high demand of a white porcelain look. This preference might be due to the mid-nineteenth century in which higher class would put on a white-lead powder cosmetic a representation of their elite