What Are Celebrities Affect Ordinary People?

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Everything that is said, worn, bought, eaten, and even drank by a celebrity, influences an enormous amount of individuals to follow exactly what is being done. The question is why? Why do everyday individuals feel the need to copy and mimic those who strive tremendously in the superstar category? The answer to that is simple, insecurity. Ordinary people, such as myself, encounter uncertainties and doubts about one self. We each undergo a tornado of what ifs; what if this looks weird on me, what if they judge, what if they hate my dress, and the list goes on and on. To compensate for this, our generation relies on celebrities. Celebrities are seen as a prestigious group of people. Which are worshipped and looked up to by those in the secondary classes because to normal people, they bypass all questions of what ifs. Average people are placing so much interest and amazement at what celebrities are undertaking, they become oblivious to what the negative affects celebrities cause or have caused.
People today have become so optimistic about how to live
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These astonishing percentages demonstrate just how powerful of an effect celebrities can have on people, and even young children. Having to be worries about your image at the age of nine, ten, and thirteen is just ridiculous and outrageous. Studies now show that “more than five million Americans a year” (Celebrity) become diagnosed with eating disorders. Whether celebrities are aware of the problem or not, the choices and decisions that they make do truly encourage single individuals to take part in completing actions that can cause serious harm to their

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