Beauty

Media's Influence On My Body Image

Growing up I always looked toward the media to know what was considered beautiful. The media told me in order for me to be beautiful I had to wear makeup, wear name brand clothing, keep and maintain latest fashion trends. In order to be considered beautiful I needed to be tall, thin and large breasted. I never knew how much of an impact media had on my behavior until I got older. The media had influenced several of the decisions I had made in my youth. Because of these guidelines of what was considered beautiful I never felt good enough. Even though I tried my best to follow the guidelines I always seemed to fall short of what society considered beautiful. I now realize that media's definition of beauty is very limited and not necessarily realistic or necessary. After all real beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

To me real beauty is being comfortable in your own body and accepting yourself regardless of what "imperfections" society thinks you have. Real beauty is loving yourself as a person and not caring about what other people think. Real beauty is being happy and having positive energy about yourself. Real beauty is selfless...

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