Short and Tall What is Beautiful? By Beauty and Brains
Several people posted recently about the media and beauty and who decides what is shown on as beautiful. In the long run, you do. In the long run, the cover that sells the most to the consumer is the ‘look’ that will be considered hot for the next issue, next few months or even year as a trend. YOU decide if you want a blonde, brunette, or redhead on the cover of next month’s magazine based on how sales are for this weeks issues! Money talks in fashion just as it does in other industries. Your spending dollar counts. If everyone bought more of a plumper model look, a girl with braces, brown eyes, or an ethnic look, you can bet the sales would be noticed in the ad depts and the cover shots in the future. Things are starting to go that direction. And that is great.
<>It is too easy to gripe about media pushing a look on the public. But who do you blame when YOU buy the same old-same old blonde look on the cover versus the magazines like TINT, BBW, OPRAH or ESSENCE? Do you even look into the stories of beautiful famous tall women or plus sized beauties like Caroline Welz, Judy Gold, Gabrielle Reece, Megumi Kawamura, Iman, or Margo Dydek? How about a few famous short women? Runway models are often taller for visibility from a distance and flow of clothing fabric to ground ratios. Supermodel Kate Moss’s 5 foot five inch height did not interfere with her career one bit on the runway. She has other problems now but her height was not one of them!! Rebecca Gayheart is supposedly only 5 foot 6 in person. But shorter models are awesome in print, tv, and commercials. J-Lo, Demi Moore and Britney Spears are all around 5 foot 5. The Olson twins are 5 foot 3 inches! You can make it big if you have CONFIDENCE and STYLE!
There are even modeling agencies just for taller models such as
http://www.julietadams.co.uk/ADTallPeople.htm
and the same agency handles shorter models too
http://www.julietadams.co.uk/ADPetite%20NewApps.htm
and plus sized models
<>Even male models are getting more normal looking. From slim emo to chunky goth to an average joe, the new guys are not drop dead Hollywood boy-toy stunners. Maybe that is a good thing for the rest of us. We all need to put out shopping dollar where our principles are. Nothing against blonde models, but don’t tell me how shameful it is that blondes get all the magcovers if I am gonna see you drooling over one later! If you want to see more of one look or another represented in the media, buy those kinds of magazines so those models get more press and more jobs! Your money and how you spend it is what talks!
Jen
I agree completely. That reminds me of a debate I had a few days ago about the treatment of women in music. My argument was that if we stopped buying the music with negative messages then they would stop producing it. But how do you get people to change their current buying habits?
You don't. You just hope that they're smart enough to have their own opinions about things like that. But this:
"Even male models are getting more normal looking."
I disagree with this statement. Male models and actors have historically looked average. You never needed to be hot to act, if you were a guy. There used to be no sexuality being sold with male models; until recently, anyway. Nowadays, male models are half-naked on the beach drinking their Corona, or lying in nothing but boxers on a bed. That is, as far as modeling goes. In acting, a guy can look as goofy as you please and still land lead roles. Not true for females. And young females are often coupled with men twice their age on screen! It's stupid.
Eh. Why did you have to mention the Olsen twins? They're anorexic anyway, which is presumably against all your principles.
Besides, there's something odd about looking at celebrities for inspiration.
"which is presumably against all your principles"... I can feel an ironic tone. Do you think only women are anti-anorexy? Men should be too, because it's a health problem and most of all a world problem. It doesn't concern only women.
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