America's Next Top Model

executive producer, Tyra Banks claims America’s Next Top Model aims to expand beauty standards…” (Pozner). However, she shames females within a different skin tone and stereotypes them. A female contestant on the show America’s Next Top Model named Gina Choe was referenced; she feels that she is pressured by the media, as well as the show, to choose whether she was “more tied to her ethnicity or her nationality” (Pozner). Not only how America’s Next Top Model is manipulative, they are also…

but, expressing an adventurous and determined personality from the earliest years of life, she left her home at 16 to act as a model in several international agencies. Working, he spent only five years in Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Australia and France. It was precisely in one of these trips that he met the director Carlo de La Torre, who opened the doors of the then model for cinema. At age 21, he auditioned for the film "The Mask," which starred actor Jim Carrey. Even without previous experience…

Over 100 Years of Oldsmobile Classic Cars Oldsmobile Cut from the General Motors Team When General Motors cut Oldsmobile from the team in 2004, it was the first sign the opening decade to the new millennium would change America's largest car company forever. Unfortunately, for fans of GM cars the closure of Oldsmobile would be followed by the [death of the Pontiac Motor Division] just six years later. It's not easy to shut down a brand that helped start your company and built quality cars for…

plans and homework to do. With a big paper I didn't want to write, a hockey game I couldn’t wait to play in, and a family gathering later that night, all of the things I had to do piled up. I hung around my house after waking up, watching “America's Next Top Model” and making pancakes for breakfast, not too worried about the obligations I had. Two hours came and went and I headed out to my hockey game. I piled up the car with my gear and drove to Nobles to meet the team and play our last game.…

Didot. Just the word, the name, conjures visions of elegance and propriety in the heads of typographers. A go-to font for many, it has been used on magazine covers to TV shows and even chosen by CBS to be shown next to their iconic eye logo. Didot has been around since it creation in the eighteenth century by a Frenchman by the name of Firmin Didot. It is a very structured font, with an attitude all its own. The bold strokes and thin serifs give Didot is timeless look, a look that has survived…

American society is founded on the ideal that America is a place of refuge for all those who seek a place to express themselves freely as individuals as protected by the Bill of Rights. Many people would assume that these would create a society that either tolerates or accepts multiple diverging cultures, ideas, and religions. However, the majority of news reports from FOX and CNN would enjoy every opportunity to emphasize on the fractures and dysfunctions of our society where some Americans…

Anorexia Versus Bulimia Anorexia and Bulimia are both eating disorders that are common among both men and woman. Anorexia is an eating disorder that affects women all over the world. Seeing yourself as twice the size you are, as well as common social pressure are the main causes for this disorder. Woman will consume fewer than 1,000 calories a day while excessively exercising to lose the nonexistent weight they are viewing in the mirror. Anorexia not only affects woman, but it can affect…

manufacture, as well as implementing cutting-edge technology into their models. The two car manufacturers, Studebaker and Tesla, have many comparable aspects, such as their come ups, model of cars, financial troubles, and pricing. Studebaker had a modest beginning. Studebaker started out in 1952 when…

remarkable names whose lives inspire greatness to the world. Like these women, Tyra Banks exemplifies strength, ambition, dedication, wisdom, and a never giving up spirit along with feminine charm. Tyra Banks has made her name famous worldwide as a model, actress, singer, author, television host/personality, and producer. Tyra Lynne Banks known as Tyra Banks; was born on December 4th, 1973, in Inglewood, California. She is the daughter of Caroline London, a NASA photographer, and Donald…

This past weekend I had the incredible opportunity to assist in a girls leadership program called Wavus Girls Lead. Wavus Girls Lead is a four month long program that allows 7th and 8th grade girls to develop their leadership skills in order to effectively avoid and resolve conflicts and difficult circumstances that they may face in their daily lives. This weekend, we focused on how to effectively communicate, how the media portrays women and girls, how to safely challenge ourselves, and how we…