I’d love to kiss the makers of Dove for being brave enough to expose the dark side of the advertising industry and the truth of the images we see in magazines and on billboards. Being a new mom of a little girl, I’m now faced with the responsibility of how to teach her good values and making sure she understands she is loved just the ways she is. I want her to know she’s beautiful inside and out and she doesn’t need to be a size 2 with bleach blonde hair and her midriff showing for people to see her beauty.
The latest Dove campaign ad, called Evolution, takes us through the process of making a normal person into a billboard beauty. Not only is the model made up beautifully, but her already wonderful image is extremely ‘corrected’ to make her eyes larger, her lips plumper, and her face thinner. The ad finishes by stating, “No wonder our perception of beauty is distorted. Every girl deserves to feel beautiful just the way she is.” I couldn’t agree more! Thank you Dove!
Camdynlyn
I agree with you 100%. I have 2 DDs, one of whom is already 11, and I worry so much about how their self-image and self-respect is being affected by the media. Showing my older DD this commercial will help her realize that the images the media presents are fantasy.