A pretty face and fit body but what is missing? It takes more than makeup and white smile to make the front cover a magazine. It takes many hours to apply makeup and do hair but at less time to use a software to make the model more "attractive". So why are we taking so much time and effort to kill one's self esteem?
The message that is being conveyed in the video (about Photoshop of the model) is that it women in magazines are worked on like a colouring book to create one "perfect" picture. In other words, it takes much more than a pretty face to make the front page of a magazine. It take so much time to keep fit, to do hair, makeup and yet it's still not good enough. I think the way these photo editors are capturing these women is very bad. To the women at home, who see these photos, rethink about their beauty and do things to the extreme measure such as plastic surgery to look like that girl in the magazines. This doesn't only kill the self esteem of the viewer at home but also to the model. The women in the photo isn't actually her, it's a picture of someone who is more attractive to what she is already. Being told that they were Photoshop and that isn't actually the person themselves makes them also think they are less of themselves.
The media has taken a huge part in our lives today especially for the youth. Some kids are born with a big nose or big ears and they are bullied because of it. These kids are being tormented day after day because of the way they look; they come home crying. Parents of these children are so hopeless that they'll do anything to make their child feel better and have more self confidence, that they actually request doctors to preform surgery on their child. As for the kids who were born with no imperfection and yet they still compare themselves to magazines in the media. Plastic surgery isn't the best way to make yourself look better or stop bullies. Imperfections are what makes each and everyone of us unique. I do not agree with plastic surgery ; but I do agree that the main key to life is happiness. If the child is really self conscious about the way they look that makes them depressed about it, they'll have to whatever they need to do find their own happiness.
This video portrays how the media can affect the way we look at ourselves. We see ourselves as "unattractive" or "imperfect" to those women on our TV screens or even in magazines. We think less of ourselves when we are actually more. I do not agree about manipulating beauty because it's not who we really are. Everyone is beautiful in their own ways and they don't need a photo editor, or anyone to tell them other wise. We shouldn't be concerned about how we look because it's what in the inside that counts.
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