The “It” Girl “Perfect is boring. Human is beautiful.” American model and talk show host, Tyra Banks, continues to reach out to younger females by spreading positive words to those who aspire to be like her. Between the age of 12 and 17, many adolescents idolize individuals such as Tyra Banks because of her physical beauty. Billboards, magazines, television, wherever one looks there are images of tall, skinny models that resemble perfection. And what exactly is perfection? Perfection is the condition, state, or quality of being free or as free as possible from all flaws or defects. The image media portrays of the “perfect” women is what causes teenage girls to struggle with their self-esteem and confidence. Although the media does portray
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Confidence is hard to build when a female is surrounded by those she may believe look better than her and having low self- esteem is an issue that many teenagers and women face every year. Every female goes through an awkward stage, otherwise known as puberty. When her body starts to change, the young woman may or may not be happy with the transformation. Girls who are unhappy tend to lack self- esteem. In a school-based cross-sectional survey, a total of 250 adolescents were recruited. They filled out self-completing questionnaires on body image, body parts ranking, self-esteem, personal qualities and related factors. The results suggest that body image in the consciousness of a teenager defines his personal characteristics, level of self-esteem, the scope of internal conflicts and specific features of emotional reactions on the environment (Javaid 15). The dissatisfaction a teenage girl may feel while she …show more content…
In a study performed in the United Kingdom, researchers “examined whether young women who make implicit associations between underweight models and positive attributes report elevated eating disorder symptoms” (Amuze 12). An eating disorder is evidence of an individual’s lack of positive body image. The person believes that he or she has to fit a certain ideal in order to be accepted and liked by others. The article states that, “societal pressure to be thin is thought to be a major contributor to the high levels of body dissatisfaction,” which once again demonstrates how much media truly affects a woman’s self esteem and body image. The media has glorified the thin ideal by having extremely thin models strutting down the runway and thin physiques of other celebrities gracing front page covers of magazines. When one looks at advertisements and campaigns, the majority of women are of a slender figure so everyday women perceive this to be the ideal. This statement can be supported by the results of a preliminary study in which a sample group of twenty young women had to mark different images of models as underweight, normal weight, or ambiguous and then separate the images into underweight images and a standard weight. During this part of the study, many of the participants unknowingly labeled many of the pictures of
Confidence is hard to build when a female is surrounded by those she may believe look better than her and having low self- esteem is an issue that many teenagers and women face every year. Every female goes through an awkward stage, otherwise known as puberty. When her body starts to change, the young woman may or may not be happy with the transformation. Girls who are unhappy tend to lack self- esteem. In a school-based cross-sectional survey, a total of 250 adolescents were recruited. They filled out self-completing questionnaires on body image, body parts ranking, self-esteem, personal qualities and related factors. The results suggest that body image in the consciousness of a teenager defines his personal characteristics, level of self-esteem, the scope of internal conflicts and specific features of emotional reactions on the environment (Javaid 15). The dissatisfaction a teenage girl may feel while she …show more content…
In a study performed in the United Kingdom, researchers “examined whether young women who make implicit associations between underweight models and positive attributes report elevated eating disorder symptoms” (Amuze 12). An eating disorder is evidence of an individual’s lack of positive body image. The person believes that he or she has to fit a certain ideal in order to be accepted and liked by others. The article states that, “societal pressure to be thin is thought to be a major contributor to the high levels of body dissatisfaction,” which once again demonstrates how much media truly affects a woman’s self esteem and body image. The media has glorified the thin ideal by having extremely thin models strutting down the runway and thin physiques of other celebrities gracing front page covers of magazines. When one looks at advertisements and campaigns, the majority of women are of a slender figure so everyday women perceive this to be the ideal. This statement can be supported by the results of a preliminary study in which a sample group of twenty young women had to mark different images of models as underweight, normal weight, or ambiguous and then separate the images into underweight images and a standard weight. During this part of the study, many of the participants unknowingly labeled many of the pictures of