Beyonce Knowles is a well known successful singer, actress, and a business women. Who by the way is drop dead gorgeous and has always been recognized for her curvy, thick figure. She was recently featured in two magazine advertisements. One was on the cover of Vogue and the other was for her clothing line House of Dereon's spring collection. However both of the ads she was featured in are sending opposite and weird messages to the readers. The ad for vogue features Beyonce on the cover and says " Real Women Have Curves". But the funny thing is that the ad doesn't even show her curves on the cover. Wouldn't you think they would have a picture of her displaying her curves? And since they aren't what is that saying about curves in general, are they even considered a good thing? Yet it says that real women have curves... So if you don't are you not considered a real women? I'm completely confused as to what this is portraying and what the underlying message is. Especially for somebody who always flaunted and been proud of her body. Beyonce's ad for her clothing line features her and her whole curvy body yet she's been photoshopped. So you don't even see her curvacious body that she's known for having. Both advertisements are depicting and portraying her a certain way that she's not. On one side you have a magazine who you think are emphasizing and making her curves sound like a good thing but it's not portraying them. And on the other hand she has a chance to display her body in her own clothing line and she photoshops herself not to look like she has all of those curves. What? What was going through her mind during these photo shoots? Does she know she's contradicting her image as well as herself? It all comes down to the media and what they consider to be the best in a women's appearance. I'm really sad that Beyonce was ok with these pictures after she always was proud of her curvy figure.
It's obvious that they scanned Beyonce's picture on a computer and thinned her neck out because she is not slim in the neck at all and to me she looks like a fake barbie doll after editing her. I dont understand why the media has to lie about someone's body image and having to scan them on the computer because that's what girls and women want to see. I do believe that if your a real women you should have curves because men like to see a little bit of fat on the sides its attractive. Even love handles too. Both pictures are relaying the wrong message totally and giving girls time to think about how good they could look if they did this. Its unbelievable but very true.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the messages from these images are really confusing. Beyonce is a very successful and strong woman and it is sad that magazines would edit her in this way. Its seems everyone agrees that she is gorgeous and her vurves are a good thing so why let these magazines portray her in any other way. The cover image should definitely show her curves if they are sayin real women have curves?! I feel some of these magazines go so overboard with photoshop and sometimes without the persons consent. I do not see why Beyonce would agree to this if she thought about the message it was portraying to all women and young girls.
ReplyDeleteIt is really upsetting that Beyonce was even okay with these images of her. I like that she is one of the few celebrities that embrace her curves. She made curves sexy. Now she looks like a Barbie doll in these pictures with no curves at all. I agree that it all comes down to what the media thinks fits the beauty standards. I think that when these magazines Photoshop the models, they should have to disclose that they are doing so. I don’t understand why someone, like Beyonce, would have to change who they are and what they have stood for to please the media. It is really upsetting. This sends such a negative message to young girls. I know that many girls viewed Beyonce as a positive role model and now what are they supposed to think after seeing these fake pictures of her.
ReplyDeleteI feel that eventhought she is proud of her body it is more convenient to be shown as an unrealistic image and in doing that been able to mesmerized more people. It its sad to see that everybody has used this technique to sell and protray themselves a migthy Gods of Beauty to keep the everyday normal girls hoping to one day be able to look like that .
ReplyDeleteIt funny how on the cover of Vouge the words "weight obsession" stand out. Anyone who knows what Beyonce looks like knows shes not some thin little thing like she appears to be on the cover and she looks darn good that way. I think celebrities should know better then to allow their pictures to be photoshopped because they are constantly in the spotlight and it is obvious when their pictures are altered.
ReplyDeleteI have always had a respect for Beyonce. I think she i a good role model for girls with image issues. She is very fit but at the same time makes it known that she will not have that size zero body and really does make a larger figure ideal. I think these two photos show only a minor amount of the advertisements Beyonce has done and that hardly says much about her morals and opinions. Maybe it's just because im a fan of her attitude about women's bodies but after taking a womens studies course i guess i have seen much worse and this dosent move me much.
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