Check this out---> http://youtube.com/watch?v=OXf8fr0Kp3Q
It really is amazing the kind of transformation women can go through in this day an age. While watching the Dove evolution commercial, the first thing that came to my mind was how I go through the same process to get ready. I spend the majority of my days as a college student with my hair pulled back, in no make-up, with my sweats and glasses on. Just as the woman in the commercial starts out as her natural self; I begin every day as my true self, which I am very proud to be. When I am networking on the weekends, however, I like to look my best (as most women do) and just as the woman in the Dove commercial is transformed, so am I. The part that bothers me the most and the majority of other women I know, is the false representation of beauty that digital enhancing creates.
Digital enhancing creates an unreal representation of women that can’t possibly ever exist; therefore these images cannot possibly be ethical. I have actually seen a cover shot of Beyonce Knowles photoshopped to have lighter or darker skin depending on where the magazine was being sold across the world. In area of heavy white population, her skin color would be much lighter than her natural and in areas of heavy black population, her skin color would be much darker than her natural, ect…Magazines need to publish photos of real beautiful people, not fake digital recreations of people who are already beautiful just the way they are.
Most of all, women need to look at the positive qualities within themselves instead of focusing on the all the negatives. No one is perfect and no one should ever want to try and obtain perfection. Our imperfections are what make us all beautiful. True beauty comes from within and self confidence radiates beauty more than any physical feature ever can.
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