Operation Beautiful is the pride and joy of Plano Senior High School’s Student Council. Hours and hours of thinking brought them to the conclusion that to celebrate inner beauty one must remove all extremities that girls apply on their face every morning, more commonly known as makeup. On the day of Operation Beautiful, all girls wishing to participate in the festivities shall arrive to school with no artificial products or even natural products on their faces. I, for one, completely agree with the concept, after all, one must often take a step back in order to take two steps forward. We should not have to rely on makeup to make us appear more beautiful than is natural. I get the idea from the most beautiful planet in our solar system. Earth itself! Our Earth is covered with beautiful untouched forests, rolling hills and snowcapped mountains. And people should be expected to emulate the same purity and naturalness.
Although I agree with the creators of OB I have to say that I am disappointed with their short-term mindedness. Ever since I could comprehend words in my brain my dad has told me to look at the bigger picture. So why is OB just one day? I strongly believe that we should remove unnatural beauty from the world by resorting to a natural and not as beauteous world every single day of the year instead of a measly twenty four hours. But one gender is not enough. Why does OB pertain to girls only? Like BO, OB should be properly distributed among the different genders. I propose that the gentleman be involved somehow in OB because then the festival would create an insecure feeling among both men and women of Plano Senior High School. But makeup is not enough. Why does OB pertain to just makeup? Is makeup the only artificial obj...
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... a day where the students of Plano Senior High School are united. Finally, I heard from many students that Operation Beautiful should be cancelled because the festival forces all of us to be self-conscious about our looks even though the entire point of OB is to be comfortable in one’s natural skin. I, for one, completely disagree with the previous statement because the reason we are so uncomfortable in our natural state is because we have been given clothes and makeup to cover our naturalness up. We should be striving to take all synthetic mediums out of our lives and live as our ancestors did thousands of years ago.
To the creators of Operation Beautiful I say, OB is not making enough of a difference in our school. The question still remains. Why should people be able to use what we have to make ourselves appear attractive instead of letting nature run its course?
...auty School. From Nguyen, beauty functions in foucauldian terms because the students are made aware about their bodies in relation to the west that forces them to regulate themselves in order to adhere to beauty norms and standards set forth by their instructors. Nguyen contends that the western experts then shape the bodies of the students, who will then shape the bodies of others who also want to be like the west. Since western institutions are in charge of the Kabul Beauty School, the beauty school functions to cultivate women who want to preserve beauty for the sake of their dignity and morality as a tool against the “ugly” and uncivilized who are not like the west. In conclusion, Nguyen argues that beauty connected to morality justifies the United States intervention within Afghanistan that regulates individuals to accept western culture over their own.
Following Joan Jacobs Brumberg throughout her conveying research of adolescents turning their bodies into projects the reader is able to see where all of the external beauty fascination came from following up to the 21st century. Brumberg effectively proves her point, and any girl of today’s age knows the struggle of which she continuously portrays throughout her book. Beauty has become such a preoccupation that it has gone from soap and washcloths, to makeup, to cosmetic reconstruction of body parts.
.... "The Beauty Industry Promotes Unrealistic Beauty Standards." Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers, 2007. Rpt. in The Culture of Beauty. Ed. Roman Espejo. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2010. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 4 Mar. 2014.
All women wish to look their best on their wedding day, prom, or their ten year anniversary, so it is a makeup artist’s job to fulfil this desire. The art of emphasizing one’s most attractive features by highlighting the inner corner of the eye to brighten the eyes, contouring the cheeks to make the cheekbones appear higher and painting on bold lipstick to form perfect, plump lips make the face appear flawless. Some people do not wear makeup everyday, so when they do, their face can appear brightened and awake, therefore they believe they look wonderful. Although many people are confident in their appearance and do not demand makeup to boost their self-esteem, wearing well-applied makeup will always make someone feel
Because young girls and women around the world are beginning to alter themselves to fit a certain mold, people are starting to realize that a pretty face and one’s youth is a factor that has been hurting the world for many years. So much so that a person is willing to kill to obtain beauty. This is truly and amazing yet sickening fact and the more we emphasize on one’s appearance the more catastrophes like this will happen.
In today society, beauty in a woman seems to be the measured of her size, or the structure of her nose and lips. Plastic surgery has become a popular procedure for people, mostly for women, to fit in social class, race, or beauty. Most women are insecure about their body or face, wondering if they are perfect enough for the society to call the beautiful; this is when cosmetic surgery comes in. To fix what “needed” to be fixed. To begin with, there is no point in cutting your face or your body to add or remove something most people call ugly. “The Pitfalls of Plastic Surgery” explored the desire of human to become beyond perfection by the undergoing plastic surgery. The author, Camille Pagalia, took a look how now days how Americans are so obsessed
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First, women spend huge amounts of money to improve their looks. So here we are unable to escape the reality that we can never be flawless or blemish free; moreover, as long as women have the belief that all greatness de...
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Flipping through the pages of Vogue's latest edition, 23 year-old Susan seems quite upset. She struggles with the thought of lacking the perfect body and delicate features in order to be considered attractive. Surprisingly, Susan is not alone in this kind of an internal struggle. In contemporary society, every other woman aspires to have the lips of Angelina Jolie and the perfect jaw line of Keira Knightley. Society today looks down upon individuals that do not fit in, whether in terms of body shape or facial attractiveness. This forces them to consider the option of 'ordering beauty.' Since cosmetic surgery is no longer a social taboo in America given its widespread popularity, more people are promoting it which ultimately affects the rest of the world due to the unwavering influence of American culture. Cosmetic surgery should be deterred in the US because it promotes the idea of valuing appearance over ability, gives rise to unrealistic expectations, and brings with it high cost to society.
Based on the findings of a major global study, The Real Truth About Beauty: A Global Report, Dove® launched the Campaign for Real Beauty in 2004. The campaign started conversations around the globe about the need for a wider definition of beauty after the study proved their hypothesis that the definition of beauty had become restrictive and seemingly unattainable. The study found that only 2% of women around the world actually see themselves as “beautiful”. Since 2004, Dove® has utilized various communications channels to challenge beauty stereotypes and invite women to join a discussion about beauty. In 2010, Dove® evolved the campaign and launched an extraordinary effort to make beauty a source of confidence rather than anxiety, with the Dove® Movement for Self-Esteem.
Nevertheless, while we as humans might be somewhat prone to look for beauty in our surroundings, the modern standards have become out of hand and are completely unacceptable. As Confucius said, “Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it”. True beauty is not what is on the outside, but what is on the inside. America’s youth needs to learn to differentiate between the two, and they will never learn how until something is changed in the daily messages thrown out at them.
Today, the idea of beauty has been turned into unattainable forms by media, trends, and marketing. To reach the social’s standard of beauty, many people have gone anorexic, bulimic, or have been addicted to plastic surgery. Many people are wasting money on beauty products to make themselves prettier, but they forget that their inner beauty is more important. Inner beauty is an essential key to the overall appearance of someone. Beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder and is the combination of inner and outer attractiveness of one
...ounds, having good hair, and covering themselves in makeup are what beauty should be perceived as. Every time someone flips through a magazine, sees a picture of a model and wish to look like them, they are contributing to an idea they are supposedly disgusted by. People might think that they have never done anything to support this, but everyone has. Everybody feels the pressure from society, because it is pressure from us. They only way to stop this is by not supporting “things” that advance this idea and by not feeding into it, so in the end it will eventually die.