What a surprise to discover that January 25’s People cover story fit our discussion of stereotypes. Heidi Montag is a 23 years old actress who appears on The Hills. She had 10 different plastic surgeries in November on the same day. Two of the surgeries, nose and breast, were to change previous surgeries.
Her reasoning for have the surgeries – she felt insecure around the other celebrities. She saved three years to be able to mold herself to fit the stereotype actress. She even suggested that she is planning her next surgery to get bigger breasts and states that she plans to have surgeries as she gets older for maintenance. I really do not understand why someone so slender would need bigger breasts because the new ones she just got are size DDD. It is so oblivious that they are fake. She is beginning to look like Pamela Anderson even down to the hair color.
A comparision of her before and after pictures do show her as more mature looking, but I think that she actually looks older than 23 now. I realize that to succeed in Hollywood you do have to be beautiful. It seems to me that Heidi is obsessed with fitting the stereotype of Hollywood and looking perfect. She says that she is doing this to look more beautiful.
I think that the magazine gave the wrong message to young girls when they printed this article. Not everyone can afford to have plastic surgery. Heidi indicates that this makes her feel better about herself. This is a prime example of the media sending the wrong message and of stereotyping yourself to be like everyone else. Unless she is a good actress, all the plastic surgery will not help her succeed.
This also goes to show how the times have changed over the generations. Growing up, I was told that the real beauty of a person in on the inside, but you are right, in order to fit in it seems like they are more worried about the outside.
ReplyDeleteMedia does a really good job of pointing out to the public what is wrong. Granted, at the same time, I think that it provides a chance for the family to have open discussions about what is being publized.
Celebrities are always trying to find ways to better their appearance when in the end, all they are doing is hurting themselves. You are corrent in the statement that it makes Heidi look older but all the materialistic alterations she has done on herself. If would be a shame if something was to happen and she lose her fame status and not be able to financially support her looks and she start to look normal again.
Hi Linda,
ReplyDeleteI could not agree with you more. I see the underlying issue as a lack of self-love and acceptance. I'm sure we'd all like to change one or more things about ourselves but until we can love and accept ourselves for who we are, plastic surgery is not the solution. I do believe in enhancing our appearance but to what extent? I've had braces and laser vision surgery to improve my appearance but I don't believe either procedure posed a threat to my life or my health.
What's funny is that what we see as flaws, other people may see as beautiful. I predict that Ms. Heidi will continue to undergo surgical procedures and never find true fulfillment. She needs to stop comparing herself to others or in her eyes she'll never measure up. Nice post.
Thanks for your comments Barbara and Leslie. I am not against having plastic surgery. If you have a part of your body that makes you unhappy and you are doing the surgery for yourself, I think that it is OK. Doing painful plastic surgery to please others or to be like others is wrong. I think that Heidi did it for the wrong reasons. It is also important to note that her husband told her that she need not need surgery. He thought that she was beautiful the way she was.
ReplyDeleteI was sad to read about this young lady. sometimes its hard to believe that celebrities are so insecure, but aafterall they are humans too. I don't believe her addiction to plastic surgery is just because of Hollywood. I believe that there may be deeper issues in her personal. She is pretty young, so it may have something to do with her childhood growing up. She might be trying to get rid of parts of her past self to become the person she can live with.
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