I am beautiful,no matter what they say

Beautiful

Media is one of the most powerful tools for persuading people.It dictates what,where and when to shop,eat and live.It provides most of the information and at the same time,entertainment.It is very influential and ineradicable to our lives.

Media also defines beauty.Actually,it produced beauty stereotypes.As I searched for beautiful women, this is one of the pictures that popped out.

Who told us that she's pretty?Its' the Media.She's pretty because she's fair,skinny,kinda blonde and sexy.That's the stereotype right?Then, I continued searching for a picture with the label, ugly girl and this is what I've found.

I don't know if she labelled herself  "ugly"or someone did it to her.And she's not ugly for me.

Media made depression among teenagers much worse as the teens become pressured from the society,their peers (they are already lucky if they have one) and the people around them. They must join the fad of being fair,tall,and skinny.Those who didn't fit in the fad rules would be outcasts and bullied.As a result,more teenagers would chose to be anorexic in order to belong rather than to be bullied and laughed at.

My classmates started to tease me "pig" when I was on my fifth grade. I wasn't very fat. I think my weight was just appropriate for my age.But for my other classmates, I looked overweight already.It continued until I reached Highschool.At first, I ignored them.But on my Third Year, I realized that I'm not pretty because I increased weight.I started a wrong diet which resulted to ulcers.From time to time I would check my waistline and got depressed everytime I didn't lose a centimeter.I joined the C.A.T and did lots of trainings and push ups.But my weight stayed the same.I envied celebrities,looking at how easy it is for them to be and to stay pretty and sexy.I promised that if I'm earning already, I would go to Belo for a lipo,skin whitening,facial and a lot more procedures.I was not confident with myself and my self-esteem was very low.

Women got more pressures than men in terms of "the standards of beauty" because I guess,men doesn't really care.Well,some of them might do,but women are associated more with vanity than men.Women spend more time in the restrooms than men,more time in the Department Store than men,more time in the toiletries section than men,and a lot more.This could imply that women could possibly have more insecurities than men brought by media's influence and persuasion.

Our communication anxiety would be reduced if we stop thinking about the petty problems caused by our physical imperfections and start relating with other beautiful people.
As Christina Aguillera sings, "I am beautiful, no matter what they say. Words can't bring me down."