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“Dying” to be Beautiful Beautiful or else --a message often presented in society, is often detrimental to the American public. The desire to be beautiful has received more attention by blinding the public with images of the “beautiful people.” The extent of the message the media portrays to our society is more harmful than beneficial to the average person. The images depict the common person as unattractive which causes many to alter their figure to …

…causing many average, healthy adolescents to question their own body image. This never-ending struggle to be at the ultimate level of perfection leads to nothing but harm. Since the American public seems obsessed with being beautiful, the media should redefine the concept of beauty around being healthy, loving, and altruistic. Until we redefine the media’s vision of beauty it can only continue to be detrimental to the public who live with these images daily.