Wasted By Marya

Everyone has a quirk about themselves that they wish they could change, but why? Why do we try so hard to impress others? If everyone in this world was blind we would not even think twice about stepping outside of the house with no makeup on and our hair up in a messy bun, so why do we care so much if people do see our imperfections? A lot of women believe that they can not be beautiful if they don’t look like the 98-pound super model on the cover of Vogue Magazine. Society has ruined the way that people think, everyone now believes that you can not be remembered if they are not skinny and gorgeous. In the book Wasted, Marya depends on others to tell her how she should look. There is an unhealthy cycle that the women in Marya’s

In the movie The Devil Wears Prada, Andrea is smart, ivy-league educated, but not concerned with fashion or her appearance. She goes to work at a fashion magazine as a stepping stone to make contacts and get ahead as a serious writer. She is immediately looked down on because she does not look like the models in the magazine. When she eventually starts to dress fashionably her co-workers and boss suddenly become impressed with her and start to take her seriously. Fashion and body size go hand in hand at the magazine. (Frankel) Andrea’s co-worker, after being complimented on how thin she looks, states, “I am on a new diet. I do not eat anything, and when I feel like I am going to pass out I eat a cube of cheese.” Andrea is criticized for being a size 6. Unfortunately, Andrea forgets what is important and her personal relationships suffer. She has to choose between her ‘fashionable life’ and the friends she has left behind. Andrea makes the right decision and returns to her old life, but this is only a movie, and it is not so easy for many women to escape the fact that they are unhappy with the way they

Women take this risk to try to feel better about themselves or to try to look like someone else. (Kenevan) In a survey of his cosmetic surgery patients, Dr. Robert Kenevan found that they are unhappy with their bodies, and they think about their shape and size every day. Women feel pressure to look like the models in magazines or their favorite movie star. When a famous actress has the bump on her nose fixed, or has her breasts enlarged, cosmetic surgery starts to become appealing to her fans. (Kenevan) “Cosmetic surgery has become a mainstream phenomenon and it is women just like you who are the real face of cosmetic surgery. That is the real reality and the reason why 9.9 million women had cosmetic surgery last year