Sources

Works Cited

• Winterman, Denise. "What Would a Real Life Barbie Look Like?." 6 March 2009: n. pag. Web. 27 Nov 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7920962.stm

• Parker, Al. "Barbie at 50: The Tears Behind The Plastic Smile." Toronto Sun (2009): n. pag. Web. 27 Nov 2009. http://blog.canoe.ca/parker/2009/02/24/barbie_at_50_the_tears_behind_the_plasti

• "Kim Kardashian Responds To Untouched Photo Furor." I'm Not Obsessed! Gossip Without the Guilt. Web. 27 Nov 2009. http://www.imnotobsessed.com/2009/03/25/kim-kardashian-responds-to-untouched-photo-furor.

• Dykes, Brett Michael. "Image of Ultra-Thin Ralph Lauren model sparks outrage." Shine, Web. 27 Nov 2009. http://shine.yahoo.com/event/fallbeauty/image-of-ultra-thin-ralph-lauren-model-sparks-outrage-521480/.

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What Would a Real Life Barbie Look Like?

The first Barbie was created in 1959. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. Barbie started out brunette and soon changed to a blonde. Barbie's officail birthday is March 9, 1959 the day Barbie made her debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York City.

Denise Winterman from BBC News Magzine published an article in regards to what Barbie would look like in real life. So what if you scaled Barbie up to human proportions?

Denise Winterman says:

"Barbie Millicent Roberts is a woman with a very controversial reputation and mostly it stems from her long legs, tiny waist, ample bosom, slender neck and flowing blonde locks.
Some argue her body shape would be unobtainable and unsustainable if scaled up to life-size. They claim she would not be able to stand up because her body frame would be so unbalanced. A real life Barbie would simply fall over."

Do the Math

The vital statistics the BCC News Magazine was left with:

-Bust 4.6ins (11.6cm)
-Waist 3.5ins (8.9cm), and
-Hips 5ins (12.7cm)

Next apply Barbie's proportions to a real human body.

Click the link below to see and read more of this article

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7920962.stm

Untouched Photo Released

Kim Kardashian posed for a photoshoot with Complex Magazine.
Then the magazine posted the unphotoshopped version of one picture on the magazine's website.

The photo that Complex Magazine posted caused an uproar because people could see that Kim Kardashian has cellulite!

Kim Kardashian responded to this uproar on her personal Website and blogged:

"[Y]ou know what, who cares!"

"So what: I have a little cellulite. What curvy girl doesn't!?
How many people do you think are photoshopped? It happens all the time!"

"I'm proud of my body and my curves and this picture coming out is probably helpful for everyone to see that just because I am on the cover of amagazine doesn't mean I'm perfect."

Professionally Retouching Celebrities

iWANEX STUDIO is a professional retouching service. Retouching is also known as Photoshop.

This Web site specializes in: retouching, restoration, colour correction and photo manipulation.


Click the link to visit the iWANEX STUDIO Web site.

http://www.iwanexstudio.com/





Distorted Images of Celebrities by iWANEX STUDIOS:

Brittany Murphy

Kelly Clarkston

Halle Berry

Cameron Diaz

Beyonce Knowles

Your Audience is Speaking

There are literally thousands of YouTube videos created by people who are trying to educate society of how media effects a woman and her body image.

These videos are striving to target editors of fashion and entertainment magazines to portray how media should be supportive of the variety of women’s body types.


Girls Making Media

Ara, Flora and Taylor of "Girls Making Media" session 4 in Tucson , Arizona made this piece about Body Image.
This video was created in 9 hours ...
7 months ago 2,252 views WomanKraft

"Young women expresses their definition of what beautiful is."

Click the link to view the Girls Making Media video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4GoHhnNhm4



Media Effects on Body Image

2 years ago 39,220 views
ginamarie822
"The average woman versus the average model. Why women need positive advertising."

Click the link to view the Media Effects on Body Image video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLCKJe8KEgY



Dove Evolution

Director Tim Piper Ogilvy
3 years ago 9,670,428 views

"No wonder our perception of beauty is distorted."

Click the link to view the Dove Evolution video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46U

Photoshop Outrage

There is much debate over advertisers and fashion magazines using photographs of women that have been retouched or altered, by the photo editing software called Photoshop.

In this particular Ralph Lauren advertisement it shows model, Filippa Hamilton, so distorted from the use of Photoshop her waist appears to be smaller than her head.

Is this what fashion and entertainment editors want women to believe is beautiful? Is her body image truly ideal?

Photoshop not only misleads women’s perspective of beauty and their personal appearance goals, but it creates unrealistic expectations for women. Many times this may lead to a disordered eating habit.

Exposure to the thin-body ideals, like this advertisment leads to temporary decreases in a woman’s self esteem and increases in body and weight dissatisfaction, depression and anxiety.