: About Me

In this day and age, being beautiful and thin is "chic" and is the new norm in the U.S. Pick up any fashion magazine and it is evident that fashion advertisements showcasing thin and waif-like models are causing severe problems with American youths. The perception is that one must be skinny in order to be recognized or be successful and that perception is misleading. This trend in advertising causes impressionable girls and young women to have a low self-image and in turn, many young girls strive to be thin and develop eating disorders. Average American women are not the same size as model...