Jessica Simpson’s VH1 Price Of Beauty
Last night was the season finale of VH1′s “Price of Beauty” starring Jessica Simpson while she travels around the world with friends Cacee Cobb and Ken Paves to discover different cultures beauty regimens and what they consider beautiful. After traveling to seven different countries and discussing the lengths women will go to be beautiful such as plastic surgery, dangerous diets, skin treatments and altering their bodies the finale wraps up in Los Angeles. Jessica, Cacee, and Ken visit an L.A. high school and talk to teens about the pressures they feel and the main thing affecting their self esteem is a need to be thin.
• 42% of 1st-3rd grade girls want to be thinner (Collins, 1991).
• 81% of 10 year olds are afraid of being fat (Mellin et al., 1991).
At the end of the show Jessica announced a new initiative called “Beautiful Me.” She describes it as a way to “help youth believe in themselves and use their personal strength to change the world.” Thanks to Jessica Simpson and VH1 we were able to see beauty in different cultures forming a new perspective that no matter where you live beauty really does come from within.
