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    Real Beauty In the world today‚ the media makes it hard for a girl to be comfortable with her body. Society‚ in general‚ persuades young women to feel that any size above a two is too big. “In 1950‚ when televisions were first finding their way into homes‚ the media’s portrayal of “the ideal” female figure was drastically different than it is today. At that time‚ mannequins and models more or less reflected the average woman’s size. Mannequins and models have grown thinner by the year‚ increasingly

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    A beauty contest or beauty pageant is a competition which become popular all around the world. It is mostly based on the physical beauty of all contestants‚ although such contests often incorporate personality‚ talent‚ and answers to judges’ questions as judged criteria. This parade of female bodies is not entertaining at all‚ because it has nothing to do with aesthetics but in fact reflecting the inequality between the sexes. These beauty contest are misleading and harmful‚ not only to plain looking

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    Kathleen Sablan David Tsugawa English 100 31 October 2014 Children should not be Participate in Pageants A big controversy around the world on whether or not child pageants are good or harmful psychologically and developmentally to children that participate in pageants. We witness young children‚ mainly young girls‚ dressing provocatively while they pose and dance inappropriately on TLC’s hit television series Toddlers and Tiara’s. We watch young girls that wear too much make-up‚ fake eyelashes

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    Ideals of Beauty

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    social issue has been present for hundreds of years; the standard belief that one must be ‘pretty’ to be accepted in society. Through the past decades we can see a trend in this. Women are required to have a certain body shape‚ their faces must be a certain way‚ they must weigh this amount only‚ and makeup is the best way to make someone ‘beautiful’. This is an unhealthy obsession created by a society that does not even know what it means to be realistically beautiful. They make up these outrageous

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    When growing up‚ the quest to be beautiful and maintain beauty is always a constant struggle. Somehow in this generation were there has been a high importance placed on “beauty.” Being perceived as beautiful has become a priority. As teenagers we are constantly bombarded with imagery from TV‚ movies and music that tell the individual that if they do not dress‚ act‚ or even have a certain body type they have no hopes to be distinguished as beautiful. This constant exposure is the catalyst for the

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    The Beauty of a Sunset

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    the stillness of the star-hung night‚ when tired eyes may close in sleep‚ and rehearse the mystery of death; and so the dying down of light‚ with the suspension of daily activities‚ is of the nature of a benediction. Dawn brings the consecration of beauty to a new episode of life‚ bidding the soul to remember throughout the toil and eagerness of the day that the beginning was made in the innocent onrush of dewy light; but when the evening comes‚ the deeds and words of the daylight are irrevocable facts

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    Market Beauty

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    The five force of beauty product industry Presentation of the market The beauty industry represent 160$ billion per year. Main product are: make -up‚ skin/hair care/perfume/cosmetic surgery/health club The leader company is l’Oreal There are 5 pioner that are establish since a long time around 1900.==> means that the beauty industry is depending and it’s history ‚ woment can rely on those company. what affect the beauty market? the number of new entrant==> especially the luxury brand that

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    The Beauty Myth

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    During the Victorian Era Women were like prisoners in their own home. They weren’t allowed to be educated‚ work‚ vote or state their opinions. Their responsibilities were to cook‚ clean‚ take care of their children and their husbands. Women’s lives were extremely limited during the Victorian Era. Today woman are considered prisoners in their own bodies. As stated in the article “The Beauty Myth” by Naomi Wolf‚ women do not feel as free as they want to. Society puts pressure on women to be “beautiful”.

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    Standards of Beauty

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    Standards of Beauty: A Look at How Conformity Establishes Identity How do you define beauty? Is it something that is acquired? Or is it a privilege that is bestowed on certain individuals? The society within The Bluest Eye‚ by Toni Morrison‚ establishes a certain standard to which its members must conform to. This conformity is also present in Dick Hebdige’s Subculture: The Meaning of Style. His novel serves as a reflection of today’s society with the presence of mass media and their guidelines

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    Examine how Donne and Hopkins deal with love and death WIKIPEDIA The Good-Morrow" is written from the point of view of an awaking lover and describes the lover’s thoughts as he wakes next to his partner. The lover’s musings move from discussing sensual love to spiritual love as he realises that‚ with spiritual love‚ the couple are liberated from fear and the need to seek adventure. The poem makes use of biblical and Catholic writings‚ indirectly referencing the legend of the Seven Sleepers and

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