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    The Victoria’s Secret brand of sleepwear and lingerie are featuring in and sponsoring their annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. The show is being broadcast in prime time on American network TV. The shows began in the 1990s just before Valentine's Day to promote the Victoria's Secret line for that special day. Initially the shows weren't broadcast on national TV. The shows were webcast in 1999 and 2000. In 2001, Victoria’s Secret moved the shows to before the Christmas holiday season. In 2001…

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    The Ugly Truth Behind Victoria’s Secret Advertisements Victoria’s Secret is a well-known fashion brand for women across the nation. Although they primarily sell clothing and lingerie, they’re actually selling something much more complex. They’re selling what they want their female audience to believe is the ultimate feminine image. They define felinity in many ways. They strive to convey their female customers that they should live a rich lifestyle. By doing so, they convince their customers…

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    The Victoria's secret ad claims they know what the "perfect" body should look like.They are an example of pure ignorance. There is no "perfect" body , everyone was born with unique features which proves the "perfect" body is the one you were given. Due to ads like Victoria's secret , women begin to chase after the " perfect " body. I myself used to believe that in order to look beautiful , I should look like the women on these ads. I refused to eat in order to follow societies standards…

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    Victoria’s Secret like many other clothing stores are selling the unattainable dream body. The ads used in regards to Victoria’s Secret are causing young teens and adult women to go after the unattainable dream of looking just like them. Women and young girls look up to these models and aspire to have the “perfect body”. The propaganda used in these ads is what makes girls and women buy their products. They buy into the ad selling the sexiest bra in hopes that they will look the same way as the…

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    A commercial that was presented in the year of 2015, that had all the Victoria’s Secret angels modeling a new product that claims to be the “Sexiset Push-Ups”. In this commercial, the angels are posing in a sexual way and making sexual contact to the camera. They are arching their back and touching their body up and down their torso…

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    The ad we chose to bust comes from Victoria’s Secret, a company that is known for their marketing strategy of using attractive female models and calling them angels to sell their product. The females they chose to represent their brand are never anything less than tall, skinny, physically fit, able-bodied, young, and flirtatious with big breast and white or at the very least light-skinned. Accompanied by the message of perfect body, this ad communicates the message of what a person is expected…

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    One, whereby there were clearly more female-only stores than male-only stores. This portrays the hidden curriculum of education where girls are taught to play dress-up from a young age, which is maintained into adulthood. Hence, the case of Victoria’s Secret which had a dark pink and black theme with sexually suggestive posters. It had plenty of mannequins, a lot of which were not full-sized – so it emphasized women’s reproductive bodily features. However, it is still primarily a lingerie store…

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    Victoria’s Secret is a lingerie company. It was established by Roy Raymond in 1977. Its beginnings started from an embarrassing experienced of Raymond. According to Naomi Barr in her article “The Tragic Story Behind Victoria’s Secret”, Raymond wants to buy his wife some lingerie but he’s too embarrassed to shop for it at a department store. As he was uncomfortable to shop for some lingerie, he thought of putting up his own business. He made a bank loan and borrowed money from his in-laws, opened…

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    without a grand plan. It’s satisfactory thinking and trying to achieve big dreams. For example, my mother is extremely idealistic. She had plans inside, outside, surrounding, flying, all over the box. She had this particular one, to become Victoria's Secret's’ first ever overweight model, and by God did she have the scintillating smile talking about it. Unrealistic? Absolutely. But is she happy? Of course, and that’s what I mean. She’s satisfied with the idea of it because that’s the…

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    Victoria’s Secret has separated itself from other women’s lingerie companies as it becomes the number one seller of women’s high quality lingerie clothing, but in reality half-naked women being used for an advertisement is destroying the respect and image given to a woman. Victoria’s Secret is selling more than just lingerie clothing; they are selling the idea that they care about “you” and want what’s best for “you.” This concept is effective because not only do their ads tell an individual…

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