Self-Esteem, Body Image and the Media

Presented by:Tiffany GundersonMiss North Metro 2009

What do you see in the Media?

• Who do we see in the media?• What do they look like?• What messages are being sent?• What types of products are being

sold in the media?

The Facts

• A 1996 study found that the amount of time an adolescent watches television, movies and music videos is associated with their degree of body dissatisfaction and desire to be thin.

• 69% of girls in 5th-12th grade reported that magazine pictures influenced their idea of a perfect body shape

• The body type portrayed in advertising as the “ideal” female body is possessed naturally by only 5% of American females

• The average female model weighs 23% less than the average woman

• 80% of women are dissatisfied with their appearance

• In a Dove survey, only 3% of women classified themselves as beautiful

Elie Tahari Fashion Show in LA

Body Size Over the Years

• 1700

Body Size Over the Years

• 1800

Body Size Over the Years

• 1950s

Body Size Over the Years

• 1960s

Body Size Over the Years

• 2000

Body Size Over the Years

• Today

The Facts

• 25% of men and 45% of women are on a diet on any given day

• 35% of "normal dieters" progress to pathological dieting. Of those, 25% will progress to partial or full syndrome eating disorders

• 40% of newly identified cases of anorexia are in individuals ages 15-19 years old

• According to the National Eating Disorders Association, the number of men with eating disorders has been growing for the last 10 years, with approximately 1 million men currently suffering from serious eating disorders and tens of millions more who have some form of eating disorders.

• Researchers are seeing more and more obsessive weight training and use of steroids and dietary supplements

Men and the Media

E-online, who has better six pack?

Men in the Media

• Jersey Shore’s “The Situation”

Airbrushing in the Media

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5neQO5aS_Mc

Airbrushing in the Media

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS6vyTTTfgc

How would you describe this woman?

How would you describe this woman?

Airbrushing in the Media

Airbrushed Photos

Airbrushing

Airbrushed Photos

Airbrushing

Airbrushing

Airbrushing

In the Media, Perception is not Reality

• Extremely Thin/Muscular Models• Hair & Makeup• Clothes• Lens & Lighting• Selective Posing• Airbrushing

Unattainable Beauty

• Why?

Become Media Literate

• By becoming media literate, you can help protect your self-esteem and body image

– Knowledge is Power!– Awareness is Key!

Disordered Eating

• 10 million women and 1 million men in the U.S. struggle with eating disorders

• However, 1 in 4 individuals struggle with disordered eating habits…

Disordered Eating

• What do disordered eating habits look like?

– Skipping meals– Obsessively counting calories– Eliminating entire food groups from your diet– Filling up only on low-calorie or diet foods – Making excuses for not eating socially– Excessive overeating or undereating – Exercising excessively to make up for eating– Binging and purging after eating

Help for Eating Disorders

• The Emily Program• The Melrose Institute

Healthy is Beautiful

• Eat Right• Exercise • Hydrate• Rest

Celebrate our Differences

• It’s those unique characteristics in each of us, that make us beautiful in our own way.

Follow the Golden Rule

• Treat each other with respect

• Surround yourself with positive people

• True friends will accept you, for you

Treat Yourself with Respect!

• Trash the negativity

Control your Destiny

• You are in control…

“You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude towards what happens

to you”

Don’t forget about Inner Beauty

"A person is only beautiful, when their own beauty,

is reflecting on to others."- Tara Grady