Bijal Lad
Beauty
9/28/12
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Beauty is a quality present in a person or object that gives pleasure or great satisfaction to the mind. Many people have a different definition of beauty whether it is appearance, their personality or the work they have done. Looking into celebrity culture, people follow it to help them feel beautiful or use celebrities as motivation. Celebrities are our role models and we try to follow them in the latest fashion like clothing, hair, make-up and acting. Teens especially want an iconic person to look up to and follow them for their selflessness deeds and actions. Celebrities like Tyra Banks, Oprah Winfrey, and Queen Latifah are example of iconic celebrities that many people look up to and try to mimic in order to feel self-fulfilled. Celebrity culture does help define our view of beauty for men and women worldwide.
The celebrity culture is in our lives every day, people try to copy them in any way possible because they are they’re our role models. Tyra Banks is an exceptional model that has been through many difficulties as an African American model. She faced racism as a child when she first began her modeling career. As she was getting older she began to put aside all the harsh comments and continued her passion for modeling. Tyra Banks was the first black young woman in the modeling business. As she was growing up, she became very famous because of her age, origin, and difficulties she faced as a young model. Many teens started to look up to her and wanted to be just like her. Tyra was tall, skinny, and smart, she was the perfect package. Many people liked her because of her beauty; boys would love her, while many girls wanted to be like her. Teens see Tyra as the perfect picture and they want to be like her, skinny, tall and beautiful. Tyra has inner and outer beauty she helps young women follow their dream in the modeling business and give them an opportunity. This gives her the self satisfaction of helping others accomplish something girls love to do.
Secondly, Oprah is a very inspirational person that many adults and teens look up to. She is a beautiful African American woman that has accomplished many things in life. Her beauty is in the work that she puts into the world. Oprah has helped many countries in need. She is the chair person of Angel Network to help educate and allow children and women to believe in themselves. Oprah supports people around the world in pursuing their dreams and provides those who are underprivileged with the means of education to reach their goals. Oprah helped many women and children and many people want to be just like her by helping the people that do not have much. With charities like the Angel Network, they aid people in hard times. Oprah found beauty in helping others with hardships since she has so much, she wanted to share that wealth through that charity. She is a woman that many follow because of her dedication to help the world.
Lastly, Queen Latifah is also very inspirational and beautiful in her own way. Her rap career has helped her get her point across to many women during their hard times. Queen Latifah is a kind of woman that will tell the truth, and she does not care what anybody thinks or says. With Latifah’s music career, she has supported women in tough times when they didn’t think they were beautiful, or if they were overweight and didn’t have any confidence. Queen Latifah told all the girls and women that they were perfect the way they were and they don’t have to be what they aren’t. Since Queen Latifah is plus sized, she inspires many plus size women that they could and are beautiful too. She motivates people on being themselves and not anyone else. She is beautiful because she helps others feel beautiful too.
The idea of beauty is within the person and what they define beauty as. Beauty can be the appearance or they work they have done for people to help them excel in the future. All these celebrities have helped the world in one way or another. Tyra has helped with beauty, Queen Latifah has helped with confidence, and lastly Oprah has helped with education and reaching your goals for women. These women compare to the real women because they are part of what we are now. We look up to them as people that can help us and motivate us. Beauty is shown in work, in helping others, and charities, it is about being selfless and beauty will take over.
Beauty is what is inside and what people do to help others. Tyra, Oprah, and Queen Latifah helped women define them. They all helped people find themselves, whether it would be beauty or to help others. Tyra Banks was a person that faced many difficulties, yet she made it to the top. Oprah Winfrey helped many people across the world to be on their feet and educate them. Lastly, Queen Latifah helped people believe in themselves and never to think negatively about themselves. All these celebrities helped people nationwide to be beautiful in their own way and not to be afraid to be different. Beauty is not was on the outside but on the inside and how they show it. It is not always about the money, fame, clothes or trophies, but to help others in need of an influential person to live their lives without regret.