Beauty- Is it Really in the Eye of the Beholder?

The media has one of the greatest influences on people around the world. The media puts out images of all these people with "perfect" bodies and facial features and we instantly become influenced to look like that. The media does this, so that we as consumers will buy whatever is needed to fit the mould that society has set for us. The media feeds us all these fake images and non-effective products knowing that we will hop on to the newest product. When we see these images, we want to be like the people in the images. We wants to have clear beautiful skin,  flawless hair, and amazing bodies. We start seeing ourselves negatively and want to be more like the images we see in the media. If the media used less photo editing programs and used real people and made their models look more realistic then I think the pressure to fit into societies mould would lessen. I would personally love to see the subject on the cover of a magazine not all glammed up. I do very much believe that this is a possible route for society to take, but I don't think it would happen. I think that the amount of images where the person is all dolled up could lessen but I don't think that it would altogether stop. The media and society preys on people feeling negatively about themselves and wanting to change things about themselves so that products would sell more and people would be more taken with those who do fit into societies ideal image.

Britney Spears offered the before and after shot
of the photos she took for a new Candies campaign

In these images you can see the photo editing done to the
pictures.