Society’s Obsession with Celebrities

It is truth universally acknowledged that so called ‘perfect’ celebrities are often looked upon people as superior stars, role models and glamorous human beings; thus more and more teenagers spend much of their precious time and money in attempts to ‘mirror’ their idols. Society’s obsession with rich,fame and perfection, the media supplies an amazing amount of coverage to share the detail to the public in every aspect of their lives. Society craves an endless supply of news on these public figures; the media obeys that demand but how exactly these media and special stars are effecting our lifestyle?

In the media famous, flourishing and fetching figures are more or less portrayed by singers, actors and models who are young, toned and thin. Desperate ordinary citizens who have been impacted by these public figures, use different types of ‘proven’ creams and techniques to achieve their unrealistic ideology of perfection. But do these ‘proven’ creams,pills and tablets satisfy their needs? No! Many of these desperate people has fallen for manipulative plots, nothing but the lust for profits; these enchanting adverts basically brainwashed the readers into creating their own ideology of perfection. Isn’t it lamentable to think?

We now live in a society where plastic surgery is no longer frowned upon but encouraged through the media. Even the boys as well are having plastic surgery which proves to us that the media is feeding society with unattainable ideas, encouraging them to mutilate themselves for psychological reasons. What is wrong with growing old gracefully or living with a ‘normal’ body that has been gifted by their parents? Plastic surgery fans should realize that aging process is an inevitable part of life that cannot be changed, halted or stopped; even if they are not satisfied with their ‘normal’ body, do they actually have time to consider the risks of these miraculous surgeries before they go under the knife to achieve the looks of scrawny celebrities? According to Silicone Survivers, twenty-eight percent of the thirty-five women interviewed had experienced unexpected problems with their breast implants. These included encapsulation and excessive bleeding. They also claimed that their physicians treated these complications as normal, common side effects that warranted no concerns. So, ask yourself now, is plastic surgery worth the transformation from ‘natural pure beauty’ to ‘ugly distorted swan’?

Why is it that our society is so obsessed with celebrity or beauty? The answer is simple, the media. The media is nothing but an enormous tabloid that specializes and feeds on the obsession with celebrity. For example; when the television show ‘Friends’ highlighted Jeniffer Aniston’s new haircut, hairstylists were bombarded with requests from women to replicate the look. This clearly suggests that the media has a vast impact on our obsession with celebrity. We look up to these fascinating idols to motivate us, to inspire us and to entertain us. Their beauty, fame and status gives us something to strive for and imagine being a part of. The media as a whole feeds this obsession and shows no sign of stopping soon. As this continues, an ever increasing people will be self conscious, despondent and even depressed about the one feature that makes us unique in the first instance; our countenance and our bodies. Let’s celebrate the dignity and beauty of the core of every person and challenge the superficiality of the plastic person.