The mixed media messages and the reactions I hear from guys continually blows me away. I don't think either extreme is healthy and to have either of them glamorized as "ideal" is scary.
- Option 1: Starve/purge/drug to get and stay thin + get breast implants.
- Option 2: Go Jayde Nicole/Heidi Montag, lipo and Botox everything + get huge breast implants.
- Option 3: Go straight for "Rapper's Delight" (AKA "Coco-ified") by getting huge breast and butt implants.
JLo's "big butt" was a size 6. Now, she's much smaller. Megan Fox has admitted to wearing chicken cutlets, you know, those fake boob things. Now, let's look at a picture of the much touted, "Perfect Woman".
Yes, it's Angie and yes, I defaced her pic with my captions.
If you look closely at some of her un-Photoshopped pics on the internet, you'll see that - while she is a naturally beautiful woman - she's also very, very thin. Bony, in fact. You can see the veins in her arms and forehead. Some pictures even show a distinct difference in her nose. I.e. she may have had a little help achieving said "perfection".
There's a lot of money to be made on people who try to "buy" the "dream" product. Meanwhile, NONE of the people we worship as "perfect" actually IS perfect. They've got an army of assistants to keep the image, and both photographers and companies who benefit from peddling the image.
Wishing you much peace, happiness and success,
I agree there is such a contradiction about what is the perfect woman. On one hand they are telling us to be our natural beautiful selves - no matter what shape or size. On the other hand, there is such an emphasis on being thin.
ReplyDeleteVery true. I am so fortunate to be content with my appearance, and a lot of the reason for this is because my husband lets me know on a regular basis how beautiful he thinks I am :-)
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Yep. My late-ex-husband told me regularly that it was time for another diet. "I don't WANT to be attracted to other women!" Well, he's dead, and I laughed last.
ReplyDeleteSo, there's a hand model off-frame sticking her arm up?
ReplyDeleteShe who laughs last, laughs hardest! I'd add a LOL but losing anyone isn't really funny. I'll snicker at the diet thing though.
ReplyDeleteIMHO, yes, this is a good example of parts modeling and typical Hollywood/fashion illusion.
Sometimes hand/arm models even run their fingers through a famous person's hair, making it look like the famous person is perfect all over when in fact they have "nasty" nails: chewed, chipped, etc.
Here is a good visual: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1254795/Im-Kate-Mosss-hand-double-Behind-scenes-body-model.html
Hands, arms, butts, and boobies. It's all up for swap if it's deemed imperfect.
Something I didn't mention before but you've probably noticed is how you can even see what looks like the outline of Angie's areola on the right.
ReplyDeleteThat's how much skin is exposed. That makes the girls look impressive.
Try this:
Grab a shirt or dress with a plunging neckline, squeeze your arms together in this pose, angle your body like so, raise a shoulder up and chin down, and then try to mimic the facial posing.
Presto! Instant vavavoom cleavage and curves.
If you want more "lift", lift the girls one at a time and place a strip of medical tape in the natural crease. Instant perkage.
Yeppers. So many little tricks.