America the Beautiful

I think Gerren Taylor is the epitome of the extent the modeling industry can have on a teenager's confidence and self-esteem. Her perception of her weight and beauty was influenced by one person's comments because her hips were too wide. She immediately changed her opinion on her look, size, and confidence in herself. I, personally, have seen many of my friends and peers go through a period of self-destruction. It's becoming increasingly more prevalent in today's society that girls view themselves as ugly as opposed to pretty, ugly as opposed to skinny. No matter what one says to his/her friends or peers, nothing will change that person's opinion on themselves until one achieves his/her unreachable goal. Becoming as skinny as a model takes more than extreme diet and exercise. One has to win a "genetic lottery" to become as skinny as Miranda Kerr, for example. I see all of these horrible examples of self-confidence and attempt to stay away from the alluring self-dstruction. The publicizing of the skinniness and beauty of models cannot escape me, however. I try to accept me for how I was made and how I currently am. As long as I feel comfortable in my skin, the number on the scale or how shiny my hair is doesn't matter to me.