Supermodels, Superglam, and Super insecure.... or Super confident?

This post is focused on my friend B (sorry can't name names)... she has been one of my good friends since freshman year of high school. So when I started thinking about the Media and its affect on me or my peers, I thought of B immediately.

First I want you to see a picture of her room.
(ignore the girls haha take a look at the walls)...

Now imagine all four walls of her room covered with ads. Every wall is covered with glamorous extravigent advertisements with skinny girls, in next to nothing in terms of clothes, but caked with makeup. And B has always had self-image issues, she wears extensions (fake hair) in her hair, wears heavy makeup to school, and even heavier makeup when she goes out, and she always talks about how "fat" she is. This really makes me think about how the Media is has a really big affect on her, and how different she might be if she woke up to something other that images of "perfection" every morning. I think this room covered with ads makes B really insecure, but I know thats not the case for all of my girlfriends.

That brings me to another friend of mine... K. She has been told numerous times how beautiful she is, how she looks like a model, how she has the perfect body, and trust me I agree with all of those things, but she lets all of the compliments get to her head. I asked her if she would answer some questions for me regarding the high fashion ads posted all over B's room. She told me that when she sees a crazy over the top ad with some beautiful girl, she gets inspired to do her makeup like that, or wear her hair like that. For her the Media makes her excited, she wants to see different takes on beauty and there really is a plethora of models in the Media today. I honestly think that K likes seeing the ads, because people tell her she is as beautiful as those girls. In K's case I think the Media makes her more secure, but it also makes her cocky.