Rhetorical Analysis of Cameron Russell’s “Looks Aren’t Everything. Believe me, I'm a model” TED Talk show A girl is being judged by others how her appearance, not is her character. The title was shown as “Looks aren’t everything. Believe me, I’m a model” this TED talk was given by an underwear model Cameroon Russell. She is a professional model who worked in the modeling industry for the last decades. She appeared in the a variety international editions of Vogue and also ads like Ralph and Benetton. Cameron is a establisher of Block ArtRoot.info which shows her dedication to cover basic public art and political power. She views her experiences about the modeling industries as a close watcher of the industry which made her highly seductive at her age of sixteen. Cameron Russell made her audience excited at the candid TED Talk show named “Looks aren’t everything. Believe me, I’m a model” this talk show showed Cameron’s perception of the industry. Cameron Russell’s “Looks aren’t everything. Believe me. I am a …show more content…
Model” persuades modeling industries racial discrimination and how they make female models feel unsecure, she proves using the techniques of ethos, pathos, logos. She builds her credibility sharing her personal experiences and facts, and confidently employing emotional appeals to make audience get her point. First of all Cameroon makes everyone to believe in herself, so she uses her personal experiences with the comparison of her modeling and real life events photos these are her strategies to use ethos. One of her most valuable point was how her modeling career was completely based on her skin color and the slim body. That was the way the modeling industries look at the models as dolls with wanted structure and the color of the skin. The female models are being looked for the white skin and the thin thighs; here her talking clearly explains the racial discrimination in the modeling industry. “I am on this stage because I am a pretty, white woman, and in my industry we call that a sexy girl (TED 00:2:32-00.2.34).” where the women only get the attention for their color of skin not for the inner beauty or great attitudes or the amazing ability of performing. Cameron indicates that in 2007, very inspired NYU Ph. D students counted all the models in the present, and there were 677 models hired and only 27, or less than four percent were nonwhite, so the higher opportunities were given to the pearl white skinned models not the shinning black skinned women. She highlights how she is forced and taken to the career and having bathing suit captures and sexy photos with males even before she had her periods or first kiss. This emotionally touched the audience with her personal experiences and the facts which are already proven. Cameroon processes her speech in a logical order to make sure how the modeling industry and how the women had been portrayed and she uses her photos in modeling vs. the day to day life as a strategy to persuade; everyone could see the big difference between those two. In the modeling photos her look was artificial and the day to day photos she was natural. She had to pretend to be someone in the field of modeling, but reality she is a normal girl with good enough outlook. She also demonstrates couple of things in front of the audience which makes her speech more credible such as put clothes on her and the walking style of a female model. The speech was very interesting, because she used the visual aids to attract the audience. Cameroon indicates that, “When I was researching this talk, I found out that of the 13-year-old girls in the United States, 53 percent don't like their bodies, and that number goes to 78 percent by the time that they're 17 (TED 00:07:33-00.07:37).” This particular situation shows how the modeling industry manipulate the young children’s’ minds to get their work done. It makes a lot of young girls to starve to make their bodies slim like the models they have seen in the shows. Next, Cameroon uses pathos in a manner where everyone can understand her points and makes everyone to have emotional connection with her speech.
There is a good way that she used taking particular part of modeling insecurity such as if women are with thin thighs and shining hair will be happier than the women without that. Watchers go into deep that women are not dolls that everyone can play with the physically and emotionally. Where everyone needs to have a pause and think about this, she also indicates it never makes the models to be happy, they only feel insecure. The models are acting in front of the camera, because they never say that they are insecure in front of the camera. As a model Cameroon comes forwards to tell the true color of the modeling industries. She also mentions that the technicians, photographers, etc whoever is working in the industry work hard to get the best outcome, however still the field is not true what we see outside is all
false. Finally, Cameroon bravely uses ethos, logos and pathos to make everyone realize how the modeling industry looks like, treats women with racial discrimination and creates unsecure feelings among the female models. She creates the environment using the phrase “Believe me I am a model”. Her speech wasn’t that lengthy, but very worth full watch it. She attracts the audience saying her personal experiences with little bit of humor, which makes everyone engages in the speech. She makes credibility through some real photos of her; she also uses some survey to support her ideas and also touches some emotional appeals. Cameron gives a good presentation using the personal references and numerical facts to make her points stronger, and stands against the modeling industries and their unfair treatment of women.
This is a stereotype, which has been engraved into heads of men, women, and children. By plastering the world with models who seem to have it the genetic jackpot, Dove set out to discredit this cultural cast created by our society. Body image, to some people, is the first part of a person they notice. A study conducted by Janowsky and Pruis compared body image between younger and older women. They found that although older women “may not feel the same societal pressure as younger women to be thin and beautiful…some feel that they need to make themselves look as young as possible” (225). Since women are being faced with pressure to conform in ways that seem almost impossible, Jeffers came to the conclusion “they should create advertising that challenges conventional stereotypes of beauty” (34) after conducting various interviews with feminist scholars. The stance of Figure 1’s model screams confident. She is a voluptuous, curvy and beautiful women standing nearly butt-naked in an ad, plastered on billboards across the globe. Ultimately, she is telling women and girls everywhere that if I can be confident in my body, so can you. Jessica Hopper reveals, “some feel that the ads still rely too heavily on using sex to sell” (1). However, I feel as if these are just criticisms from others who are bitter. With the model’s hands placed assertively placed on her hips, her smile lights up the whole ad. She completely breaks the stereotype that in order to
With all the traveling and being in the public’s eye, it is not uncommon for a model to have anxiety issues. “We found that the majority of models begin their careers very young — most start working before age 16” (modelalliance.org). The majority of models start working at the age of 16 and some even younger. They are required to work just as hard and be able to take the same jobs has models older than them. “60.5% of models lack the privacy while changing into clothes, 46.4% posed nude because they were okay with it, 86.8% have been asked to pose nude without advanced notice and 27.5% ended but posing nude because they felt they had to even though they didn’t want to” (modelalliance.org). Many models are exposed to modeling naked no matter what age they are. “‘Insecurity is in everyone and we don’t feel it just because we’re models. We just see ourselves more often because we’re in pictures all the time, so it’s become more apparent to us. It’s easier for us to admit that we are insecure. Models aren’t any different and we don’t think that we’re that perfect image’” (telegraph.co.uk). This statement was made by male model, Jamie Jewitt; Jamie has explains that he was not always as fit as he is and he usually only sees his imperfections. In the statement, he explains how everyone has insecurities even models like him and it's easier to admit it because of the amount of times they are in
When asked what beauty is, most women will point to a magazine cover at a size two model — a small waist, long legs, and flawless skin. Dove has attempted to change this perspective with their “Campaign for Real Beauty”. Launched in 2004, this campaign is comprised by a series of advertisements such as commercials, short-films, billboards, and many more. Dove appeals to women’s pathos in order to market to women of all ages. The company’s strong ethos allows women to feel comfortable and believe that they are truly beautiful. A majority of the campaign is aimed at young adults but also includes women fifty years and older. The creative directors Janet Kestin and Nancy Vonk strive to remind women that they are responsible for setting their own
Women are told that in order to get anywhere in life they must constantly worry about their outer appearance. In Jennifer Weiner’s article, “When Can Women Stop Trying to Look Perfect?” she delves deeply into how today’s society women’s worth is based on how they look. Weiner believes that women who do not meet the standards of beauty do not have as many opportunities.
The models and celebrities in the media that set the standard for what women should look like are thinner than 90-95 percent of the American female population (Seid p.6). This is an unrealistic portrayal of what the human body should look like when compared to most women’s genetic makeup. Women’s self-image, their social and economic success, and even their survival can still be determined largely by their beauty (Seid p.5). Men on the other hand seem to have it a little easier when it comes to looks. Their self-image is largely determined by what they accomplish in life and not by whether or not they meet the social standard for looks. Modern clothing and fashion require women to show off their bodies more in tight clothes and by showing more skin than in the past. According to Roberta Seid ...
“My lips and fingers were blue because I was so thin that my heart was struggling to pump blood around my body”, said teen model fashion Georgina (Carroll 1). The new skinny has become excessively scrawny. Is it definitely not normal for today’s society models to walk around with blue fingers starving themselves until their organs start failing! As for the model agencies, they couldn’t care less of the pressure and dangerous practices they put the models through in order for them to stay thin for the runway. Even fashion Designers continue to produce the smallest couture sample sizes and scout for the slimiest bodies to wear the designs not aware of the consequences of the pressure they not only put on models, but on the society girls to look like these starving models. And when the models continue to get offers from the most important fashion industries like Prada, it motivates them to keep doing what they are doing to stay in the shape they are in (Carroll 1). But little did the outside world know what this pressure had on the models and what they were doing to their bodies to peruse their modeling careers.
Fashion models don’t need to be thin, they need to be diverse and healthy at whatever weight that is. Not everyone is supposed to be thin, some women are big boned and curvy, others are naturally slim and small boned, some are tall, others are short, some are light skinned and others are darker. So many diverse looks exist in the world today and the fashion industry need to change their perception of perfect. Body image in our society is out of control. We have young men and women comparing themselves to unrealistic models and images in the media and feeling bad about the way their own bodies look because they somehow don’t measure up. (Dunham, 2011) The struggle for models to be thin has led to models becoming anorexic or bulimic, untimely deaths, and inferiority complexes. Even worse is the fact that they influence a whole generation of young women who look up to these models and think “thin” is how they are supposed to be. They influence what we buy, how we eat and what we wear. Why has this specific group captured our attention so much? Why do we seem to be so fascinated in their lives, to the point where we try to look and act just like them? The media is largely to be blamed for this, many people believe the media has forced the notion that everything supermodels do is ideal. Others believe that the society is to be blamed because we have created a fascination with their lives. There are many opinions, and I agree with both of these specific opinions. We allow ourselves to be captivated by these people's lives, and the media portrayal of their lives seem to also enthrall us. (Customessaymeister, 2013) Despite the severe risks of forcing models to become too thin, designers, fashion editors, fashion brands and agencies still ...
Rachana Kim Heather Stewart 24/SP ENGL-1301-7PA2 20 April 2024 A Rhetorical Analysis of Daniel Asia's Review of Surprised by Beauty For classical music enthusiasts and aficionados, a certain perception exists that the 20th and 21st centuries produced a staggering amount of challenging and unappealing musical compositions. Despite this, Daniel Asia, professor of composition and director of the American Culture and Ideas Initiative at the University of Arizona, aims to shatter this judgment in his review of Surprised by Beauty: A Listener's Guide to the Recovery of Modern Music, written by Robert R. Reilly alongside Jens F. Laurson. Asia’s main argument in this review is that a generous wealth of beautifully composed and accessible music exists within these previous two
Jennifer Pozner writes similar ideas in her essay, “Ghetto Bitches, China Dolls and Cha Cha Divas”. She says that these stereotypes are dehumanizing to the models on the show. The models on the show are not given freedom to express themselves how they truly are. They must follow what the producers set up for them to do. The photo shoots they
The Fashion Industry can be described as a glamorous world with cameras flashing, beautiful models strutting down the runway, in stunning and grand designs. What really goes on behind fashion’s dolled up doors is only an illusion compared to what reality is. Beautiful people, stylish clothing and timeless sophistication all make up the illusion of the glitz and glam of the fashion industry, but behind the curtains countless of models and designers constantly fall victim to this industry’s ever changing wrath. Fashion can be defined as a popular trend especially in styles of dress, ornaments or behavior. A model is a person who poses or displays for art purposes, fashion or other products and advertising. Fashion models are used mainly to promote products focusing mostly on clothing and accessory. The two main type of modeling in the fashion industry is commercial modeling and high fashion modeling. High Fashion models usually work for campaigns, designer’s collections and magazine editorials for high fashion designers. Runway modeling also known as “catwalk modeling” is displaying fashions and is generally performed by high fashion models. In my research paper, my main focus will be the multiple effects on high fashion models based upon the industry’s unregulated standards.
To begin, how people view one's appearance can determine where they are ranked in the world. Trends start and end every season, and as soon as one person can no longer keep up with the trends, people start judging and unaccepting them. In the story “The Doll’s House” by Katherine Mansfield, it
In addition, the startling deaths of the “three very underweight models” (Rosemary 2007) has become the last straw that makes us impossible to accept the eating disorders anymore. These have added to the controversy over the use of extremely thin models in fashion industry because not only does it reduce the self-esteem of those who do not have ideal bodies but it also naturally forces them to become anorexic to look exactly like catwalk models which has been proved to cause “drastic weight loss and premature ageing” (Cooke 2000, pp. 3) severely. No matter how serious the impacts of eating disorders are, the fashion industry still continues giving out the products called “doll clothes” (The Sunday Telegraph, 2009) for young women. People in our society do not want to see teenagers with “jutting bones and no breasts of hips” (The Sunday Telegraph, 2009), we really want to see girls with their healthy body image.
Alexandra Scaturchio, in her article “Women in Media” (2008) describes the media’s idea of beauty as superficial. She supports her argument by placing two pictures side-by-side; a picture of a real, normal-looking woman and her picture after it has been severely digitally enhanced. Her purpose is to show young teenage girls that the models they envy for their looks are not real people, but computer designs. She also states, “the media truly distorts the truth and instills in women this false hope because…they will live their lives never truly attaining this ideal appearance”. Scaturchio wants her readers to realize the media’s distorting capabilities and feel beautiful about themselves, even with flaws.
... A woman should learn how to love herself despite the fact that her body does not look like that of a model. Whether you fit society’s standard of what beauty is or break the stereotype. “We live in an age where the mere idea
Image is everything in today’s society as women are increasingly putting more emphasis on their appearance. Women today are growing more conscious of how others perceive their outward appearance. Even in a relatively Oriental society like Singapore, it does not come as a surprise to see women going to Botox clinics during lunchtime hours to receive their dosage of Botox, a chemical used to paralyse certain muscles to prevent wrinkles. Furthermore, beauty advertisements nowadays feature women models that are barely out of their teens. Even with older models, they are usually models featuring in slimming centres or skin improvement advertisements.