Society's promotion of a thin body has lead men and women to believe they would not be successful without it. An article published by University Wire, “Photoshopping Sells Illusions, Not Reality”, Christian Ianniello asserts that companies sell illusions by using photoshop to make celebrities/models look thinner and flawless. In return, this causes young adults, who look up to them, to have eating disorders. As well as an article published in USA TODAY, “Swimmers Fight Body Image Battles”, Nicole Auerbach explains how cultural pressures to have a thin body by society contribute to anorexia and bulimia by using Olympic swimmers, who are in bathing suits half their life, as an example of struggling to have the ideal body. An article published
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Fashion magazines and advertisements use photoshop, a form of art where pictures are manipulated , to slim down bodies of models and airbrush facial features for a flawless look. According to American Medical Association, “the appearance of advertisements with extremely altered models can create unrealistic expectations of appropriate body image” (Ianniello, 2016). Although many of forms of manipulating pictures have been around for longer, this is a problem because younger people look up to models and it leads to depression and eating disorders. Lady Gaga has been a victim of photoshop and suffered from an eating disorder of her own. She is against the idea and believes the use of Photoshop is damaging to readers of magazines and encourages her fans to fight against, “the forces that make them feel like they are not beautiful.” Even singer Colbie Caillat is against photoshop. She went makeup free for her music video, which is about her teenage insecurities. She, “was so confused about how [she] should look” as a teenager and “tried changing every single thing about [herself].” According to study conducted by Newlook in London, 15% of the 2,000 18-24 year old women surveyed believe that the images of celebrities and models they see in magazines accurately depict what they look like in
Fashion magazines and advertisements use photoshop, a form of art where pictures are manipulated , to slim down bodies of models and airbrush facial features for a flawless look. According to American Medical Association, “the appearance of advertisements with extremely altered models can create unrealistic expectations of appropriate body image” (Ianniello, 2016). Although many of forms of manipulating pictures have been around for longer, this is a problem because younger people look up to models and it leads to depression and eating disorders. Lady Gaga has been a victim of photoshop and suffered from an eating disorder of her own. She is against the idea and believes the use of Photoshop is damaging to readers of magazines and encourages her fans to fight against, “the forces that make them feel like they are not beautiful.” Even singer Colbie Caillat is against photoshop. She went makeup free for her music video, which is about her teenage insecurities. She, “was so confused about how [she] should look” as a teenager and “tried changing every single thing about [herself].” According to study conducted by Newlook in London, 15% of the 2,000 18-24 year old women surveyed believe that the images of celebrities and models they see in magazines accurately depict what they look like in