Video: The Illusion of Beauty
March 26th, 2008
So, you don’t look like a fashion model? Well, don’t worry, no one does. Not even the models themselves!
We are bombarded constantly with negative propaganda in magazines, on billboards and television. No wonder so many people have a grossly distorted view of what a healthy person should look like. The popular concept of “beauty” is impossible to live up to—even for the models! This video shows how much work goes into transforming a real person into an image like those we see all around us.
According to a February 2005 study by the Dove company, which produced this video, “Nine out of 10 women globally want to change some aspect of themselves. Ranking the highest is body result and shapes.” Don’t be fooled by this fictitious image of beauty. True feminine beauty cannot be created with makeup and a digital airbrush. True beauty goes far beyond skin-deep attractiveness. It includes traits like kindness, humility, grace, polish and positivity emanating from your eyes, your smile and your body language. Ladies, strive for that kind of beauty!
March 26th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Thanks TE for this article and the video. It’s amazing the accomplishments of technology but it also has so many disasterous effects. I saw a program on TV a few years ago on how most published celebrity/model images have been edited and airbrushed. And to think these images are today’s “role models”! It is so true that true beauty comes from the inside, I’ve heard it been said countless times by many people. How wonderful the day when all (girls and guys alike) will realize that.
Keep up the great articles TE!
March 27th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
It’s amazing what people do just to look good on camera! I saw some pictures of celebs just without their make-up and some of them I could not even recognize! Why can’t people just be comfortable with their natural body? In the end it saves a lot of stress, time & money if we are comfortable with ourselves & aren’t trying to be this world’s idea of perfect.
April 3rd, 2008 at 4:01 pm
It truly is sad that people do all of this to themselves!
But at least it won’t be that way for long!!
April 4th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
My grandmama showed this video to me about two years ago. I was younger then and really didn’t know how everything was truly fake. My dad taught me from as long as I can remember that true beauty comes from the inside, not the outside. He was right. Without all their makeup, you can’t tell models apart from ordinary human beings. Thanks for this article, its sooo true.
April 12th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
That video is shocking! I didn’t know how much they could change the appearance of someone! It’s sad that so many people are trying to look like that when the models themselves don’t even look that way in real life!
I thought it was interesting that the girl wasn’t even smiling. I can’t wait until Christ returns and Satan stops brainwashing young people into thinking that they have to look like a perfect ideal that doesn’t even exist beyond computers.
May 4th, 2008 at 7:33 am
Thank you very much for this video. I am really shocked! I knew that many of the models or celebrities didn’t look like what they are portrayed to be, but I had no idea it was this bad! And thank your for the article(one of the reason why I love TE). I cannot wait for the time where everyone’s focus will be on the true beauty inside rather than an “image”. Keep up the Good Work!
May 18th, 2008 at 6:07 am
Wow.
It was incredible to watch that transformation - to actually see how much of a difference technology makes! With girls looking up to celebrities as role models, and really believing that’s what they look like, what real chance do they have?
I totally agree with Tasha. May that day come soon!
May 20th, 2008 at 10:06 am
When we wear makeup it is like a mask. The result is to blank out our family that is imprinted on our face. When we don’t wear make-up we show a resemblance to our family members. The color of our hair, eyes, the shape of our nose, mouth, all are from our DNA. Our future children will inherit these things and we will ooh and aah over the little nose and mouth, eyes and expressions that we will recognize in their tiny faces. Why should we want to blank out the face our family, those we have come to love and will love in the future? Is their a pull from our human nature that wants to copy a false standard of behavior in order to be “accepted”? What can we do to resist this? Is this perhaps the first step toward decieving ourselves as to who we are inside? Should we not rather be seeking out who we are becoming and where our best interests lie?