ore money in sales, but in actuality it causes teenagers to deplore themselves for not looking a certain way. I find that I constantly compare myself to others and always want to look different. Today it's not only a necessity to be thin, but toned as well. Many commercials promote their products with beautiful people with amazing toned bodies. Girls may begin to exercise excessively and eat less just so they achieve looking like the people on television. Television images teach us that we must look like models and surround ourselves with beautiful things in order to live a worthwhile life. We are constantly attacked with images of "beauty" every time we turn on the television set or flip through a magazine. Continually throughout a person's daily routine, they are forced to think about their body and self-image because our minds are being filled with "beautiful people" endorsing products that they claim will make us beautiful as well. We believe the advertisers and buy the products, and after using the product we realize we will never look the same as they do or measure up. I turn on the television and see a commercial for cellulite cream that claims to rid the cellulite in a quick week. This advertisement shows a woman's firm buttock and toned thighs. It makes me feel inferior and have a low sense of self worth. I would like to have the "perfect" body without any work involved and not have to go to the gym for hours to achieve this. Unfortunately this common desire among men and women is extremely unrealistic. It is not only the magazine advertisement that promotes the image of beauty; it is the actual magazine as well. Magazines put pictures of beautiful women in them to show its readers how they should look. There are certain features of our body that we all would like to change because we feel it is not good enough, like our height, weight, eye color, or hair. These magazines make us feel inferior because we do not loo...
