by cody18

Created on: February 21, 2007   Last Updated: April 13, 2007

What beautiful is today is defined by the media. Who graces the cover of the magazines? Who do we see on TV? Who do the entertainment shows focus their coverage on? The people the media has defined as beautiful. The people to watch. The people we should all strive to look like. However, the media's idea of what beauty is is often hard to replicate.

The media assults us daily with images of "beautiful" people and articles on how to make ourselves more attractive. Pick up any women's magazine and there are articles on how to have better hair, better teeth, better makeup, a better body etc ... These articles are accompanied by pictures of "beautiful" women who look like they have won the genetic lottery.

The standards of beauty the media sets are not obtainable for the average woman. Without a personal trainer, chef, stylist, and often plastic surgeon it is impossible to meet the media's beauty standards. The average woman does not have the time or the money to make themselves over the way the media encourages.

If you look on the streets of your town very few women look anything like the women that grace the covers of magazines. They are not made up twenty-four seven. Real women leave the house in sweat pants on Saturday morning to run errands without putting on a full face of makeup and doing their hair. If a celebrity is caught in sweats or an outfit that does not match perfectly they are put on the "worst-dressed list" or there is a story about how they are "letting themselves go." This is ridiculous!

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