Body Image and Models
We have compared body images and models with the two
countries:
The teenagers in Denmark and Poland are too concerned
of their body. Especially teenage girls discover all the bad and ugly parts of
their body. They look at themselves in the mirror and think for instance: “Why
do I have so big thighs, damn my nose is big, why is my hair so receding, omg my
stomach is floppy. Why am I that ugly? I am going to be single forever.” This
might sound a little bit extreme, but these thoughts can lead to eating
disorders. A state of mental illness. We think that the social medias are a
huge part of the problem with eating disorders. The models showed in the medias
and fashion magazines are too skinny in a sick way. An example is the Brazilian
model called Ana Carolina Reston, who died of anorexia as a 22-year old because
of her model career. This is not a beautiful and healthy body.
Everywhere young people go today they get reminded of
how perfect they should look. When you walk around in the city you see big
posters with beautiful and flawless models. And they compare themselves to the
models they see in the everyday life. This is not healthy either mentally or
physically. You can't compare yourself to anybody but yourself.
Models are often talked about by the whole world and
their looks are judged and admired by the young people. It can cause serious
problems with their concept of beauty and perfect body. Models’ influence on
young girls and boys may be crucial while growing up. What people don’t seem to
understand is that the pretty faces they see on a magazine cover have gone
through a lot of editing. Teenagers see a model’s body and wonder why they
don’t have the same and it causes depression and eating disorders, such as
anorexia and bulimia. These are very dangerous diseases which may induce
suicides.
Danish models
Amalie Schou
Amalie Schou is most known by the commercial of Justin
Bieber’s perfume called “The Key”, which she participated in. You can watch the
short film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6tuu0JdFU8
She is represented by the model bureau Unique Models
and lives currently in Copenhagen.
Josephine Skriver
Josephine is born April 14, 1993. She is represented
by unique Models. She lives currently in New York and is most known for her
hard work with fashion and as a model. Josephine has done a lot of work for the
woman lingerie brand Victoria’s secret, which is famous all over the world. In
2011, the debuted at New York Fashion Week, walking for Calvin Klein and later
for Gucci, Dolce &Gabbana, Balenciaga, Chanel and Valentino. She was also
the show closer for Prada. She has two lesbian parents and is very proud of
them.
Rene ToftSimonsen
Rene is a Danish former supermodel, who currently
works as a writer. She was one of the most successful models during the 1980s.
She is now 50 years old and married to the Danish singer and songwriter Thomas
Helmig. As a model she was represented by the model bureau Unique Models and
participated in a gallery in the American magazine Vogue. She was discovered as
a 17-year old teenager while she was still living in the second biggest town
Aarhus in Denmark. 1983 and afterwards she was one of the biggest stars in the
international fashion-world and was a role model for several teenage-girls. She
was also quite popular within the boys. While she was living in New York and
married with the former guitarist John Taylor she suffered with stress. That is
the reason of the end of her model career and her return to Denmark. She is
nowadays still working on her children's books, which are very popular.
Oliver Bjerrehuus
Oliver is one of the most known man models in Denmark.
He has participated in several TV series among others like judge in Denmark’s Next Top Model and other reality television. In 1997 he moved to New York and
worked as a high fashion model. He worked for brands like Calvin Klein and
Giorgio Armani. He is 40 years old and is living in Copenhagen with his wife
and two children.
Polish models
Anja Rubik
She is the most popular top model in Poland. Vogue Paris declared Rubik one of the Top 30 Models of the 2000s. As of May 2010, she is ranked 3rd, behind Natasha Poly and Lara Stone, on the Top 20 Models Women list and 18th on the Top 25 Money Girls list, which ranks the highest earning high fashion models in the industry, by models.com. As of September 2012, she is ranked as an icon.
Monika 'JAC' Jagaciak
She was born on 15th January 1994. Since signing with IMG Models in 2007 Jagaciak has been given the nickname "JAC" by the agency. In 2015 she became a Victoria's Secret Angel.
Magdalena Frąckowiak
She was born on 6th October 1985. She began appearing on international runways in 2006. Frąckowiak resided in Canada when she moved from Poland. As of January 2013, she ranked 23rd on the Top 50 Models Women list by models.com and is viewed internationally as one of the most attractive women in the world.
Kasia Struss
Struss has shot ad campaigns for Valentino, Christian Dior, Chloe, Mulberry, Dolce&Gabbana and Kenzo. Vogue Paris cited her in their 30 Models of the Decade list. She is currently considered an Industry Icon on models.com.
Anna Jagodzińska
She has appeared on the covers of American, Italian, Australian, Chinese, Portuguese and German Vogue, L"Officiel, Revue de Modes and Japanese Numero. As of December 2011, she was ranked #9 among models at the website models.com
Denmark's Next Top Model
Denmark’s next Topmodel is a show send in television,
and several people especially young people watch this show. This show is a
competition between many contestants. They all fight for the title “Denmark’s
next Topmodel”. Aside from the title the winner also gets a model contract with
the model agency called “Unique Models”.
In this show the contestants gets tested in for
instance photo-shoots and catwalks, they have to be capable of as a model.
There are usually 4 judges who individually are in charge of some trials the
models have to get through. The judges are not afraid of saying what they mean
and they don’t hide anything for the contestants. This can be hard to watch
because all the models in this show seems perfectly fine to us viewers, so you
can easily get the thought: “If she is not good enough, then what am I?”
Because again we compare ourselves to other people and we especially compare
ourselves to people of the same age.
Poland's Next Top Model
Poland’s Next Top Model is a
reality show produced by Rockstar ordered by TVN. The premier of the program
took place on August 8th, 2010. It is based on America's Next Top Model. So
far, there have been five seasons. Until 2013, only women could take part in
the program. However, since 2014, both men and women have been allowed to be in
the program.
The jury seeks 50 of the best
models in Poland by holding castings in a several cities. The ones that are
lucky enough are put through various tests. In the end, the jury picks the best 13 candidates. Models are put in the Model House
where they live for the next few months and compete for the title of Poland's
Top Model. This requires a lot of effort. Sometimes they need to lose weight or
completely change the way they look. The program is usually watched by young
teenagers who are heavily influenced by the opinions of the jury and what the
candidates say themselves. These opinions are critical, most of the time, to
the young teens' way of being.
Made by Iga Adamowicz, Weronika Szczepek, Luna Holm and
Amalie Storgård
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