You wouldn't want to go out in public with it on because your skin would look awful and feel gross. After the facial makeup is applied, the body gets worked on. A bronzer is usually applied to give the model a more "healthy", tanned look, and to give their body sheen. Body makeup may be applied to cover up body blemishes or scars. Sometimes the models are sprayed with water to give the false image of sweat. After their hair is done and retouched to perfection and the clothing on just right (spray body glue is sometime applied to keep clothing in the right place) the flawless, unrealistic image is almost complete. After the photos are processed, they are finished off on a computer. Any imperfections are erased and any look of an unsymmetrical body is fixed up to result in that perfect body. Upon looking at these images of "flawless" models, young teens will begin to gain a false image of how a "real" teen looks. They may begin to doubt themselves and feel ashamed of their image.
The body image portrayed by the models in these magazines is unrealistic. According to an American based wed site, inch-aweigh.com, the average American woman is 5'4" tall and weighs 140 pounds, compared to the average American model who is 5'11" tall and weighs 117 pounds. Inch-aweigh.com also states that most fashion models are thinner than 98% of American women. This could be the reason why four out of five American women say they're dissatisfied with the way they look. Models in these magazines usually fall into the statistics. It is very rare to come across plus size models or average size models not only in the magazine articles, but in the advertisements as well. When plus size models are included in the magazine, they are usually featured in a special article that consists of plus sized models only. These special articles point out that fact that the models are plus sized and this may make them feel different.
