“We were made in the image and likeness of God.” I have heard this many times. This means that everything about us is good and we are all equal. We are all beautiful – at least, that is the way we should be thinking. I would be lying if I said I never complained about my pants not fitting me, or that I have never had bad hair days.

The first time I saw this advertisement, I easily related it to anorexia and other eating disorders. I think that this advertisement showed the lack of contentment of oneself, aside from lack of self-esteem. I also think that this lacking of confidence – and why most teens nowadays have eating disorders – is an effect of the stereotypes in media. “Only girls who are thin, tall, fair-skinned and have black hair are beautiful.” What about those who have ivory and dark beauty? Also, I have heard a few times that “it is a sin to be ugly when you are rich” because you can afford to have everything – every single part of your body – fixed by cosmetics and non-sense surgeries.

I personally like this Dove project and the “campaign for real beauty” they had before. Those are two things in media that I think really forget about stereotypes and show what “real beauty” is.