Showing posts with label Million Beauty Manifestos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Million Beauty Manifestos. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
My Real Life Debunking of Beauty Myth
I want to personally share to you all my fabulous readers - this amazing woman, Tara Starling, whom I met at the Ignite Your Spark Women's Conference. Please watch her video and you'll know why I'm following this brave and courageous woman in changing the world, one woman's beauty manifesto at a time.
For the last couple of years, I've been drawn to Youtube watching videos of makeup and fashion tutorials, beauty product reviews, especially beauty myths and other disturbing videos about how media is distorting women's images through extreme photo shopping and altering - and why in the world girls and women alike are obsessed about these doctored images of celebrities and models. What really threw me off lately are the videos of young girls asking viewers, "Am I ugly?" or "Am I Fat?", and letting the world judge them!
I remember, when I was a young girl, I struggled, too, and I was very conscious about my legs as they are not ideally skinny, like the models I see in the magazines. And I let the world judge me and be called "fat and ugly!" I carried this insecurity about my body until now, and I even used to joke to my family and friends, "Na ang mga pata kong ito ang magtatanggol sa lahat ng mag-aapi sa inyo!" (My thighs will defend you from all bullies!) That sarcastic and comic expression somehow helped me scare away my own (inner) bullies, and I'm now more accepting of my body image, and loving my beautiful legs that my Mama gave me! I even enjoy wearing dresses now that show off my legs with pride on how strong they have become!
Few months ago, I shared this "Love-your-legs-your-mama-gave-you" wisdom to one girl one time at work, and she told me how she wants me to be around her so she will feel better about her (self) "legs"... At that time, I felt inspired that I have a compelling message to women who have body image issues. And this "Taking Back Beauty Movement" is my perfect vehicle to reach them.
Lastly, I want to share with you all this "Beauty Myth" video I shared recently in my Facebook Fan Page, so you know what's all these "Beauty Myths" that the world is talking about!
Thursday, March 22, 2012
The Million Beauty Manifestos - Taking Back Beauty Movement
I could not have dreamed of a bigger dream and challenge myself to do something that I've never done before in my life - than this one... I don't need to do this but I want to, and that's a good reason enough for me to pursue this "next chapter"!
I have appointed myself to become one of the VOICE and ADVOCATE of a new women's movement called TAKING BACK BEAUTY MOVEMENT. Its mission is to debunk all the lies about our own beauty (known as "Beauty Myths"), shift the society's definition of beauty (not only based it on how we look but how we live), and compel the media especially the beauty industry to portray women responsibly.
I have instantly become overwhelmed by this as this is a personal struggle that I can relate to my whole life. How many times have I looked at my Victoria's Secret catalog and looked at my self in the mirror with discouragement, asking myself, "Why don't I look like any of these women?" The beauty industry here in America has defined the perfect ideal beauty as tall, skinny-slim, blonde, flat tummy, big breasts, young, surgically enhanced, no stretch marks, no wrinkles, no pimples, no opinions, posing in some sexually suggestive manner and looking like she's floating.... So, most women and young girls could not relate to this "beauty", including my fabulous and curvacious self! I felt that the definition of beauty has been distorted by the media, that if you don't look like Barbie, you are ugly and unworthy!
This is not an issue of low self-esteem or having no confidence for women. The issue here is that the rest of us REAL women are buying these lies and believing that we are not enough, that we are not worthy, that we are not deserving, and no matter what we do, we can never be the ideal beauty that God created us to be.
To kick off my new mission, I have created a new video of myself inviting each one of you to participate with me in your own little way. I am ambitious enough to DREAM that I'd reach out to millions of fabulous women (of all sizes, race, color, or age) around the world and ask a million of you to define what true beauty means to you - and not what the media or your society or your culture tells you. Your own written words are so powerful enough to make a change within you, and believe that you are truly beautiful just like God made you to be, and that you are worthy enough and deserving to be loved and be respected just the way you are!
It's so easy to do this. Simply write down your own beauty manifesto in a piece of paper, take a photo of it with your self (if you'd like), then post it online at www.starlingtruebeauty.com/1millionstrong. And tell your loved ones about it! This will immediately create awareness to the media and beauty industry executives that WE, REAL WOMEN, should be portrayed in a realistic and respected manner. Thanks for your support for this worthy cause that will be changing the world one true beautiful woman at a time - starting from you.
I have appointed myself to become one of the VOICE and ADVOCATE of a new women's movement called TAKING BACK BEAUTY MOVEMENT. Its mission is to debunk all the lies about our own beauty (known as "Beauty Myths"), shift the society's definition of beauty (not only based it on how we look but how we live), and compel the media especially the beauty industry to portray women responsibly.
I have instantly become overwhelmed by this as this is a personal struggle that I can relate to my whole life. How many times have I looked at my Victoria's Secret catalog and looked at my self in the mirror with discouragement, asking myself, "Why don't I look like any of these women?" The beauty industry here in America has defined the perfect ideal beauty as tall, skinny-slim, blonde, flat tummy, big breasts, young, surgically enhanced, no stretch marks, no wrinkles, no pimples, no opinions, posing in some sexually suggestive manner and looking like she's floating.... So, most women and young girls could not relate to this "beauty", including my fabulous and curvacious self! I felt that the definition of beauty has been distorted by the media, that if you don't look like Barbie, you are ugly and unworthy!
This is not an issue of low self-esteem or having no confidence for women. The issue here is that the rest of us REAL women are buying these lies and believing that we are not enough, that we are not worthy, that we are not deserving, and no matter what we do, we can never be the ideal beauty that God created us to be.
To kick off my new mission, I have created a new video of myself inviting each one of you to participate with me in your own little way. I am ambitious enough to DREAM that I'd reach out to millions of fabulous women (of all sizes, race, color, or age) around the world and ask a million of you to define what true beauty means to you - and not what the media or your society or your culture tells you. Your own written words are so powerful enough to make a change within you, and believe that you are truly beautiful just like God made you to be, and that you are worthy enough and deserving to be loved and be respected just the way you are!
It's so easy to do this. Simply write down your own beauty manifesto in a piece of paper, take a photo of it with your self (if you'd like), then post it online at www.starlingtruebeauty.com/1millionstrong. And tell your loved ones about it! This will immediately create awareness to the media and beauty industry executives that WE, REAL WOMEN, should be portrayed in a realistic and respected manner. Thanks for your support for this worthy cause that will be changing the world one true beautiful woman at a time - starting from you.
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