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Editor’s Box By Sarah Abercrombie [email protected] Assistant Editor |
Be YOURSELF, not Paris Hilton!
The media spotlights the rich and famous and uses the power of television and magazines to convince the average person that he or she should look, dress and live like the stars.
A perfect example of this is the MTV show “Laguna Beach.” The show spotlights teens in high school that have nothing better to do than spend their daddy’s money.But this is SO not the case. The truth is that very few people have the resources to achieve perfect bodies, have perfect clothes or live perfect lives.
Why do girls have to be a size zero to think they are not fat? Who would want to eat salad all the time? It’s sad that the media bombards the public daily with these images of perfection.Most normal people that actually eat are not a size zero! We do not have personal trainers and/or a personal chef to keep us in line.
Did you know that Marilyn Monroe wore a size 16? She was considered the ideal woman in her day. What has the world come to for a size 16 to be so horrible?Most normal people, believe it or not, actually have bills for things like car insurance, cell phones, etc. They do not have the money for designer digs.
Who in the real world can walk into a Louis Vuitton (LV) store and buy whatever they want or go to Dior and buy sunglasses that cost an arm and a leg?People feel the need to buy fake designer accessories that cost almost as much as the real thing. Not to mention they look NOTHING like the real thing.
Yes, I did it too; I bought a fake “Louie.” On the web site, it looked just like a real one, but when I got in the mail it was nothing of the sort.The funny thing is that most people cannot even tell the difference in a real LV or a fake one. Just to let you know, most of the Louis Vuitton’s here at GHC are fake.
People today are falling for the false images the media displays to them everyday through cleverly disguised advertisements. People feel they cannot be happy or satisfied with who they are and what they have.The sad thing is that through the media we are sold a chance at an image we have been convinced we must have.
Just be yourself! Don’t buy things just because the stars have them; buy the things because you like them. If you really like the good stuff, buy it -- don’t fake it!