Beauty contest

If a person was to sit down and watch a high fashion runway show and then watch a pageant. They probably wouldn’t believe that the walks are similar, they would only see the obvious differences between the two. While both walks are very different, they do have similarities. Each walk has four key elements to the walk. Runway and pageant walks are made up of posture, steps, facial expressions, and energy. A key part of both a runway walk and a pageant walk is the posture. When I first learned…

Lin has created magnificent pieces of work through her ideas which are shown through her famous pieces of work of architecture. Her simplicity that lies within her is shown through her architectural works as they are very natural and simplistic. The beauty lies in both the creativity and content of her work. Famous works of hers include: The Last Memorial (2009), Above and Below (2007), Timetable (2000), Wave Field (1995), Eclipsed Time (1995) and the Women’s Table (1993). Her works of…

American Teenaged girls find themselves imprisoned by the trap called thinness. There are numerous ways to attain an ideal of thin beauty, yet eating disorders are the easiest and fastest form of achieving this. Since the 1960s, many models and celebrities have been a representation of the perfect body. Their perfect measurements are being directly displayed by the mass media. Eating disorders have become a silent problem influenced by technology, the fashion industry, social media, and the…

Corporate companies are defining our beauty standards to impossible lengths for women by manipulating emotional insecurities and using well loved celebrities as a way to define beauty expectations. In 2016 popular singer/actress Selena Gomez became the leading face of the popular hair care company, Pantene. In these series of commercials Gomez expresses her…

BEAUTY ARTICLES The two articles I have chosen to discuss are; how to subtly contour and highlight your face in two easy steps by Chloe Metzger and why squalane oil is the ultimate multi-tasker for your hair and skin by Nikki Brown. I choose these articles because they discuss how people should use their favorite oil to get the best out of their skin and the other one informs them how to ensure contouring brings the best out of them. Many individuals when using beauty products use them with…

“Perfection,” that is what people want. In today’s society, people desire in wanting to be perfect. The two stories, “The Falling Girl” and “They’re Not Your Husband,” shows how society’s standards have an overwhelming effect on people. The first story, “The Falling Girl,” is about Marta, a 19-year-old girl who falls off a roof of a skyscraper hoping to reach the bottom and metaphorically shows her journey through life. The second story, “They’re Not Your Husband,” is about Earl and Doreen, a…

Think of something beautiful like the stillness of the morning before the first glimpse of sunlight makes its presence known, or the gentle smile of a stranger passing by on the street. Some individuals would argue that there is absolute beauty in these things. Still, for some individuals it is difficult to identify the elegance of what may seem to be everyday trivial life. In his poem, “California Hills in August,” Dana Gioia creates a speaker that imagines how a foreigner would find the dry,…

Course Packet.”) For this analysis the discussion is about an advertisement and the morals, ethics, and societal position of Gwen Stefani. She tends to be a well known name with the younger generations and a reliable source. Her biggest asset is her beauty, that is her voice in this ad. Even if someone seeing this ad did not recognize who was in the picture her good looks speaks for her. Regardless of her name the images of her face, hair and makeup are enough to make most women jealous. There…

Their association with love and beauty are what make diamonds so precious. The fascination with diamonds isn't a modern-day phenomenon. Their history is entwined with the history of the world itself. A Roman naturalist in the first century AD described a diamond as "...the most valuable, not only of precious stones, but of all things in this world." Every ton of rock yields barely a half a carat of diamonds, which makes mining a long and arduous process. By slipping a diamond on your finger you…

There is currently a large amount of debate about the representation of Johann van Eyck's "Wedding Portrait". The portrait depicts a wealthy couple holding hands in their Flemish home. However, it does not necessarily imply a wedding or marriage. There are many symbolic aspects to this double portrait that I believe should be mentioned. Symbols such as the shoes, chandelier, dog, carpet, and fruit give the viewer subtle but, unclear details as to the purpose of the narrative. The shoes are a…