Demi Lovato
highlights, “Cosmopolitan,” magazine wearing a sexy, bright and revealing
dress. She is looking gorgeous from head to toe, as well as looking confident
and strong. Her long hair is wavy and radiant, her make-up is neutral and her
diamond earrings are enormous. Miss Lovatos skin is glowing and her smile is
fascinating. Her tightly fitted, yellow dress really emphasizes her curves,
including her breasts and her hips.
The magazine cover captivates
readers with seduction and sex. Miss Lovato shows off her curvaceous body in
order to look sexy and confident for the readers. The magazine focuses its
audience to range from young adults to older women. It really emphasizes the
need to feel beautiful and in todays’ society, many women are inclined to believe
that tight fitted clothes, make-up, diamonds and loose hair are what make a
woman good-looking. Just by glancing at the cover, it is obvious the magazine
wants other women to look at this and want to have a more positive outlook on
themselves by looking more like the individual on the cover. The first thing
women are going to do when looking at the cover is compare themselves to Demi,
whether it be their hair, eyes, smile or even their skin.
Why is it that women constantly have to be comparing themselves to women on magazines? All women are lovely and although Demi looks exquisite on the cover, women need to take into consideration that the cover has been photo shopped, edited and has been taken by professionals with professional equipment. The people found on magazine covers are ordinary people just like me and you who have been pressured to look a certain way, and have been transformed into what the photographers, make-up artists and styling professionals think is, “Beautiful.”
The photo clearly represents what American women and men find attractive or find acceptable. It is more than just a photo or a magazine cover because it represents society and the opinions of people. I’m not saying this is a bad or a good thing, however I am saying that this is showing us what the, “Ideal Image,” looks like.
Why is it that women constantly have to be comparing themselves to women on magazines? All women are lovely and although Demi looks exquisite on the cover, women need to take into consideration that the cover has been photo shopped, edited and has been taken by professionals with professional equipment. The people found on magazine covers are ordinary people just like me and you who have been pressured to look a certain way, and have been transformed into what the photographers, make-up artists and styling professionals think is, “Beautiful.”
The photo clearly represents what American women and men find attractive or find acceptable. It is more than just a photo or a magazine cover because it represents society and the opinions of people. I’m not saying this is a bad or a good thing, however I am saying that this is showing us what the, “Ideal Image,” looks like.
Work Cited
Lovato, Demi. "Cosmopolitan." July 2012. Cover.
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