I am writing about my friend Lisa who has always wanted to become a model. Lisa is approximately 5 feet 9 inches and very slender. She has beautiful tan skin and looks amazing with no make up and she has to do very little to her hair. Several years ago, maybe seven to eight years to be exact, Lisa decided that she wanted to get into modeling. She knows that it was probably a bit late but she just really thought she had what they were looking for. She took all the necessary steps to start promoting herself. She had an amazing portfolio of pictures. She did land a few local things but was lucky enough to be noticed by a bigger agency. I remember her getting ready to fly to Florida where this particular event was taking place. She knew that she was in a tough competition. Lisa came home a few days letter in a major state of depression. No one could get a hold of her for days, she would not return phone calls. Come to find out this wonderful model search we can call it told Lisa that she was too big to be a model. Big as in FAT, as I stated earlier Lisa is 5’9 and probably 110. It was so upsetting because from that day Lisa spiraled out of control as far as her weight. She started loosing a lot of weight. This all ends on a good note though, one day Lisa just came to her senses and realized that she was happier before she ever decided to get into modeling. She started to come around again and live a healthy fun lifestyle. From that day forward I totally looked at those things completely different. I am sure those young girls are put under so much pressure to look a certain way, to be under a certain weight cause if they are not, the next girl will be. This is why I really love all the DOVE commercial and advertisements. They use real women of all shapes and sizes as the models for their brand. We should all really try to support DOVE and switch to their products. We need to teach our young girls that there is nothing wrong with them if they don’t look like Hollywood.
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