The supermodel is supposed to have said “Even I don’t wake up looking like Cindy Crawford”, as a response to chatter about all the beautification, and Air-brushing that abounds in the fashion industry.

We know that since that time, the media has intensified its efforts to try to create cases of Body dysmorphic disorder in the population, by continually giving the impression that perfection is normal and that everyone must fit with its one-size fits all digitally enhanced idea of beauty.

By definition, models and especially supermodels are better looking than the average person. But, apparently if you don’t have large breasts, high cheek bones, a good chin, botox injections, large eyes, perfect fingernails, perfect hair, a hairless body, long legs, collagen lips, faultless musculature, an aquiline nose, smooth skin, tanned skin, a flat stomach, porcelain teeth, thin thighs and so on; there must be something terribly wrong with you!

The Americans are especially guilty of this, and using an already enhanced image of the not particularly unattractive Keira Knightley, we can see the additional enhancements made to the image, for the American public.

In the end, the media has made lots of money, and all the stories about people going to extraordinary lengths to look perfect will most likely keep spinning for years to come, despite the fact that we’re all going to end up old, grey and wrinkly at some point in the future.

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Posted by Jonathan in Psychology, Sociology

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