Beauty: 1. A combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, esp. the sight. 2. A combination of qualities that pleases the intellect or moral sense.
The definition of beauty or being beautiful does not always entail one to have certain features and it is certainly not defined by the makeup or clothes one wears. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but what if our perception of beauty was distorted from the beginning? In today’s society our interpretation of beauty is certainly not the definition of beautiful, starting at an early age we have been fed the idea of an ideal woman.
Barbie dolls have been around since 1959 and throughout the years there has been various changes made to Barbie’s appearance, however, the “perfect” body and the always flawless hair has stayed the same. Barbie was marketed as a “Teen-age Fashion Model,” and has been the dream toy of many young girls. With this unethical advertising, children are made to believe that the only way of being beautiful is to be like Barbie.
The makeup industry is also guilty of false and unethical advertisement, the models on billboards and in magazines claimed to have transformed into someone much more beautiful with the help of certain cosmetic brands. When young girls see advertisements, they view the people in them as role models and want to look like them. But when the advertisement is fake, how can anyone become as close to looking or being like a person who doesn’t even exist?
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