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    Beauty and the Media

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    fifty years. Now it has developed into the only real place that American’s look for their sense of the ideal image for a male/female. Fifty years ago‚ the ideal woman was slightly plump‚ big-breasted‚ and rosy. In fact‚ "the dominant ideal of female beauty was exemplified by Marilyn Monroe- hardly your androgynous‚ athletic‚ adolescent type. At the peak of her popularity‚ Monroe was often described as ‘femininity incarnate’‚ ‘femaleness embodied’" (Susan Bordo 127). Marilyn Monroe was the 1950’s ideal

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    The Myth of Being “Beautiful” “Beauty provokes harassment‚ the law says‚ but it looks through men ’s eyes when deciding what provokes it.” ― Naomi Wolf‚ The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women The beauty myth‚ how what others perceive as what beauty is can‚ will be and has been used against women. Advertising agencies and Hollywood are portraying to young girls and women that youth‚ beauty and love go together to make a complete and happy existence in life. From reality

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    Aladdin or Beauty and the Beast Sandra Stewart There seems to be a trend in movies recently: more interest in the human element‚ less in hi-tech spectacle. Ironically‚ two of the best movies I’ve seen in the last couple of years that explore the area of human relationships are cartoons. Both are Disney productions exemplifying the highest standards of artwork‚ complex musical scores‚ and a strong storyline. Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin are alike in these ways‚ but Beauty and the Beast‚ unlike

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    Beauty Pageants

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    Briona Wilson Researched Position Paper English 1302.08 Dr. Watson April 22‚ 2013 The Spark of a Glitzy Circus Commonly‚ children beauty pageants are judged by the following: modeling sportswear and evening wear‚ how well they dance‚ and how much talent they possess. The children are judged by their looks‚ how well they perform‚ and how confident they appear. Mother’s prepare their children for long weekends of make-up‚ hairspray‚ and gowns‚ but what about the children? How will this prepare

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    Inner Beauty

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    Inner Beauty Vs. Outer Beauty UTARI DWIANTARI 11.80.0033 FACULTY OF LETTERS SOEGIJAPRANATA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY SEMARANG 2013 Beauty is an important thing for women. For woman if they’re not looking beauty in public‚ it will make they’re not confident. The definition of beauty according to people from era to era and region is different. For example‚ in England ( Queen Elizabeth 1 era )‚ in this era a beautiful woman is the one who

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    Aquinas College Outward beauty is transient‚ but inner beauty is lasting She’s beautiful because she has long curly hair and light skinned. He’s handsome because he’s tall and has an athletic body. On the other hand a woman is far from gorgeous because of her curvaceous body and dark skin. Or a man is hideous with his four eyes and red hair. We all face a time in our lives where we are judged by our hair color‚ skin color‚ or our body size which all make up our outer beauty. Today we live in a condemnatory

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    Beauty and Brain

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    Beauty is not about having a beautiful skin‚ or body. It’s about what’s within. If you have a good and a pleasing personality‚ then you have to consider yourself beautiful from within. In behalf of being beautiful‚ let’s just don’t forget about having a well-functioned brain. Like for example‚ joining beauty pageant. People would probably say ’What is beauty if brain is empty’ when judges must asked you a question. So we must study hard to consider ourselves Beauty and Brain. Beauty is not about

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    The Definition Of Beauty

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    The Definition of Beauty When do we say “beauty” what comes to your mind first? Actually‚ beauty is a combined with qualities‚ such as shape‚ color‚ or form that pleases the aesthetic senses‚ especially the sight. However‚ I bet most will not say outer beauty‚ how a person looks‚ dresses and smells. For me‚ beauty is all on the inner side‚ which is specifically having a good heart and integrity of the spirit. That is what many people look at once they see Oprah Winfrey. There is still the fact

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    Sleeping Beauty

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    Sleeping Beauty Literature Review The story of Sleeping Beauty has evolved over time and has been changed slightly throughout the different versions. It has changed in order to fit social norms for the time and context has been altered to appeal to the current audiences. The three main versions of Sleeping Beauty are the Charles Perrault in 1697‚ which was adapted from the original fairy tale Sun‚ Moon‚ and Talia by Giambattistas Basile in 1634. Perraults version was a tale

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    Do Beauty Pageants Serve a Purpose In Socity?intelligent that you‚ anyway. (Christopher Reinhold) Beauty contests do not serve a purpose in todays society. The only thing that it is doing is putting in young... Do Beauty Pageants Serve a Purpose In Today’s Sociey?women and range from infants to adults in age. Beauty contests do not serve a purpose in todays society. The only thing that it is doing is putting in young girls... Positives Of a Beauty Contestjudging and kind of characteristics to

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