Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. In our society today, people would rather see what celebrities are doing than what is going on with our healthcare plan. Watching the news makes us aware of the latest trends, new gadgets, who is in rehab or who has an eating disorder. In the eyes of society, women like Eva Longoria, Kim Kardashian and Megan Fox are the emblem of perfection. What girl wouldn't want to look like them? Unfortunately, this includes most girls in the United States. Through television programs, commercials, magazines or any form of advertising, the media imposes a certain body type that women emulate. The media has created a powerful social system where everyone must achieve a thin waist and big breasts. As a society, we are so obsessed with approving thinness and disapproving being overweight, that it affects the health of most women. Women prefer to try to adapt to the social acceptance of thinness by focusing on unrealistic body images which cause them to have lower self-esteem and are more likely to fall prey to eating disorders. The media has a dangerous influence on women's health in the United States. United States. The hottest and most sought-after magazines in any local store are saturated with beautiful, slim women who serve as sexy adornments on the cover. TV commercials show tall, thin women promoting limitless things, from new clothes to as simple as a toothbrush. The media presents an unrealistic body type for girls to look up to, not images we can relate to in everyday life. When you walk around the city, very few people look like the women in the commercials, some are thin, but nothing like the catwalk model. Every time we see these flawless images floating across the TV screen or in magazines, ... middle of paper ... workout lifts off their shoulders if they know there are other women out there like them. The average size for women in the United States is a size 14; who is considered a plus size model. Bottom line, women should feel comfortable in their own skin and shouldn't feel pressured to be model-thin. Women need to feel appropriate and content in their own skin and not feel inferior to the model on TV or plastered in a magazine ad. We are all different and no two women are exactly the same and even those who seem perfect have flaws and love handles, and women need to realize that this is the truth. So, accepting oneself for who they truly are and what they have accomplished in life is what will increase our self-esteem. Once the world understands this, the media will no longer have such a huge impact on society.