In Venezuela women are starting to use plastic
surgery at a more increasing level because they do not like their bodies and
want to be like the models on the magazine covers. A man named Eliezar Alvarez
notice that women are getting these things done to their bodies but mannequins
in the stores do not look the same as they are trying to portray themselves.
Eliezar owns a workshop where he starts to create what women want in the shape
of mannequins with huge butts, big breasts, tiny waist, and long legs. These
mannequins that he has created has become normal to be shown off in stores
windows. Many of the Venezuelan women get plastic surgery to gain more self-esteem.
A woman with implants in Venezuela is known as a “operated woman” because they
are not ashamed of their plastic surgeries and talk about them aloud to others.
Venezuela’s longtime leader, Hugo Chavez, thought it was crazy that women were
spending thousands of dollars on plastic surgeries when they couldn’t even
afford to make ends meet. The reason why looking so beautiful is important to
women in Venezuela is because his country is known for its beauty.
In
societies women are being shown and told that having a tiny waist and huge
breasts is know as the ideal woman. It does not help when we see many famous
people that are perfectly brushed with make up, hair products, and the perfect
clothes. It doesn’t have to be like this because it is actually the fashion
industries business interest to act differently so women have positive role
models to follow. Recent studies have shown that women are more than twice as
likely to buy an advertised outfit if the model is their size or age. When a
model is wearing a certain style of clothes a woman is more likely to feel more
beautiful and confident because a model is reflecting what they would possibly
look like in these clothes. It drives people crazy that TV shows like Toddlers
and Tiaras teaches girls at a young age how to be “perfect” when really they
are setting our children up for failure because there is no such thing as a
perfect person.
Kaley Stapleton
November 8, 2013
10:30am
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