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Media's Impact on Body Image


            "To all girls who think you're ugly because you're not a size zero, you're the beautiful one.
            
             There are some people who believe that the fashion industry has no correlation with the way women perceive them selves (Hooke). However, the modeling industry, media, and society influences young women to think that the way the media perceives women is the way they should look. This can easily lead to low self-esteem, anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, obesity, and major anxiety and depression disorders. The modeling industry and the media should be held accountable for the recent increase in negative body image because they promote immodest and expensive wardrobe, .
             broadcast unrealistic body ideals, and glamorize eating disorders.
             Many influential celebrities dress in extremely provocative and immodest ways and women thus feel pressured to dress similar to them (Khidekel). Celebrities are considered fashion icons because they have great influence on the way adolescents, adults, and even children try to dress (La Ferla). "Researchers say many teenagers are emulating celebrity .
             idols like Mischa Barton, Lindsay Lohan, Hilary Duff some scarcely out of their teens themselves, to cultivate an impression of maturity," (La Ferla). In a poll conducted by a teen magazine it was written that, "Seventy-three percent of you say seeing celebrities and models who dress sexy makes you feel like you need to dress sexier and seventy-seven .
             percent say seeing those images makes you feel like you're not sexy enough" (Khidekel). In addition, TV shows like Pretty Little Liars and Keeping Up With the Kardashians promote provocative clothing. The celebrities in these shows are seen as role models to women so women want to mimic their style. However, they feel as if they're not sexy enough, and never can be sexy enough to even compare to the stars. .
             The fashion industry also displays expensive designer clothing like Gucci and Prada in magazines and runways.


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