Kardashian Beauty Standards

All these different standards of beauty rise from society. In society, there are two groups of people, the leaders, and the followers. Leaders are people who people admire and aspire to be like. In our society, these people are primarily found in the media as our society is centered around pop culture. Examples of this are the Kardashian and Jenner family and Candice Swanepoel. These individuals serve as inspiration for ordinary people as they are glorified through social media. The Kardashians became popular through Kim Kardashian who became popular through a scandal video with her boyfriend Ray J. Although she first appeared in the media for negative reasons she soon gained popularity due to her curvaceous body. The public reaction to Kim

The surface definition of beauty is constantly changes, the underlying definition is constant; beauty is wealth. The working class looks up to the wealthy class, as they are deemed as perfection. As being wealthy allows for leisure and luxury. According to Alligator. Org “ beauty standards are often based on classist … ideas”. In the past a common way to evaluate a person’s financial status was to look at their skin; the fairer your skin was, the more wealthy you were considered. Fair skin demonstrated that you were wealthy enough to not work whereas dark skin demonstrated that you had to work in the field, as working in the field caused exposure to the sun causing darker pigmentation. This is seen in the present when we correlate a fit person with being wealthy and thus attractive. Being fit shows that they have the luxury/ excess money to spend on organic food and the gym. According to Mofga. Org organic produce is 75% more expensive than ordinary produce, and organic protein is 83% more expensive than the normal protein. In addition, according to Money.us.news.com, the yearly cost of going to the gym is $468 and the yearly cost of being in a weight loss class is $3600. These statistics show that for one to be fit they must have the luxury of spending money on organic food and the gym. These trends from both the past and the present show that our society sets standards of beauty based in what demonstrated