On April 2, 2012 Panhellenic Council of Penn State invited a
speaker from the Dove campaign for real beauty. Dove is a company who back in
2004 wanted to kickoff a campaign that would gain the attention and respect of
real people with real beauty. Stacy Nadeau, who was the speaker at the event,
was able to present her story of the campaign, for she was one of the selected
dove models. The presentation gave the background of the campaign and beauty in
today’s society.
The idea of
the Dove beauty campaign is to show women with various body types who are
naturally beautiful in order to inspire others to be confident and comfortable
with their own bodies. Stacy discussed the ups and downs of the experiences
including getting the modeling position and then being insulted in city papers
for the ads at the bus stops through area. While at first many were confused by
the advertisements of curvy and unedited women across the nation, the ads soon
were recognized for their powerful meaning and goal. Stacey and her fellow
models were soon receiving fan mail and interviews for their success.
The Dove
campaign for real beauty is an inspirational concept that I had the pleasure of
learning about and hearing first hand experiences of. Today’s industry is all
about editing and manipulating images to make individuals look like something
they are not. The Dove campaign took a stand and altered this mind set for
thousands if not millions of men and women in society. The link below is to a
video that was shown in the presentation to show the manipulation of pictures
in today’s industry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHqzlxGGJFo
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