What does it mean to be beautiful? There are many qualifications to finding a lifetime partner however, beauty remains on the top of that list. Everyone wants to be beautiful and be seen as beautiful. Many individuals strive to be beautiful no matter what it may take. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines beauty as “the quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit.” (Webster) Although this may be true this does not completely define the word beauty. Beauty can be seen in many different ways and is defined differently by every individual. The standards of beauty can be seen as social markers that determine an individual’s status within their culture, social
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However, the media has always played a large role when it comes to beauty “The media channel desire and narrow the bandwidth of our preferences. A crowd-pleasing image becomes a mold, and a beauty is followed by her imitator, and then by the imitator of her imitator.” (Etcoff) Women see a beautiful woman and want to be just like her to become beautiful. When Marilyn Monroe became famous to the public most women wanted her iconic hair and beauty. Celebrities play a huge role in the American beauty standards as well as TV shows, magazines and the media. These standards mainly revolve around fashion, makeup, hair and body type. In America what our society has come to believe makes up an attractive person are “tan skin, a thin nose, big lips, long eyelashes, defined cheek bones, thick hair, thick eyebrows, white teeth, big breasts, a big bottom, tiny legs, tiny arms, defined collar bones, and a thinner face.”(Weebly) These standards are so incredibly high that many women actually pay for plastic surgery to fit the criteria of being beautiful. Women spend countless hours and money fixing the way they look to be the most attractive. If women aren’t tan enough they get spray tans, if they don’t have white teeth they bleach them, and if their body isn’t ideal they work out to achieve that perfect beautiful body. Beauty in America wasn’t always like this in the 50s and 60s …show more content…
Many women in India or of Indian descent use homemade remedies to make themselves beautiful. Indian women also wear a kumkum which is the little red dot of powder on their forehead to achieve a higher level of beauty. Indian women are envied from around the world known for their long beautiful hair and flawless skin. Other cultures have since tried to replicate their thick and shiny beautiful hair. Such as America where extensions and weaves are used to try and achieve this look and has also turned into a multibillion dollar business. However, the hair that is trying to be replicated comes from a sacred place. Over the course of a year more than one thousand tons of hair is shipped into the United States from India to be used for extensions and weaves.AS Venkateswara which is a very sacred temple in the southern region of India. This temple is one of Hinduism’s holiest and most worshiped place. Many of the people who visit the temple of Lord Venkateswara leave a special offering-their own hair. In India the people’s hair is not only a beauty standard, but it’s an offering to one of their
However, the media has always played a large role when it comes to beauty “The media channel desire and narrow the bandwidth of our preferences. A crowd-pleasing image becomes a mold, and a beauty is followed by her imitator, and then by the imitator of her imitator.” (Etcoff) Women see a beautiful woman and want to be just like her to become beautiful. When Marilyn Monroe became famous to the public most women wanted her iconic hair and beauty. Celebrities play a huge role in the American beauty standards as well as TV shows, magazines and the media. These standards mainly revolve around fashion, makeup, hair and body type. In America what our society has come to believe makes up an attractive person are “tan skin, a thin nose, big lips, long eyelashes, defined cheek bones, thick hair, thick eyebrows, white teeth, big breasts, a big bottom, tiny legs, tiny arms, defined collar bones, and a thinner face.”(Weebly) These standards are so incredibly high that many women actually pay for plastic surgery to fit the criteria of being beautiful. Women spend countless hours and money fixing the way they look to be the most attractive. If women aren’t tan enough they get spray tans, if they don’t have white teeth they bleach them, and if their body isn’t ideal they work out to achieve that perfect beautiful body. Beauty in America wasn’t always like this in the 50s and 60s …show more content…
Many women in India or of Indian descent use homemade remedies to make themselves beautiful. Indian women also wear a kumkum which is the little red dot of powder on their forehead to achieve a higher level of beauty. Indian women are envied from around the world known for their long beautiful hair and flawless skin. Other cultures have since tried to replicate their thick and shiny beautiful hair. Such as America where extensions and weaves are used to try and achieve this look and has also turned into a multibillion dollar business. However, the hair that is trying to be replicated comes from a sacred place. Over the course of a year more than one thousand tons of hair is shipped into the United States from India to be used for extensions and weaves.AS Venkateswara which is a very sacred temple in the southern region of India. This temple is one of Hinduism’s holiest and most worshiped place. Many of the people who visit the temple of Lord Venkateswara leave a special offering-their own hair. In India the people’s hair is not only a beauty standard, but it’s an offering to one of their