The reason I am posting this on Sunday instead of Wednesday it wasn't finished in time so class it as an uplifted weekender :)

I hope you have been enjoying the Uplifting Midweek posts I have been posting merely to boost your confidence levels. If you are wondering why I post them midweek, I just wanted to help give you that little reminder and encouragement one needs to keep going for the rest of the week :)

Today I would like to discuss body confidence and to help you realise the areas where this is most judged.

So far I have brought along with me the importance of 'society expectations' which I feel somehow links to a lot of my topics as I feel it can be one of many reasons for depression, insecurity, self harming, etc. Insecurity begins with a massive pop-up poster of a woman's face advertising a product, basically portraying what the product they are supporting should look like on us if we were to wear it. This then links in with society expectations once again. 

However, because we see the person representing the brand's new release as someone we aspire to look/be like in either the beauty/body world, we forget they too are only a person who like us, has feelings of their own. Areas such as modelling, dancing, fitness are all probably the hardest things to get into due to a high level of critical requirements and how judgemental this area of work has become.  

For example, in the T.V series 'The Face', girls work in teams but are still only judged on individually to see how they approach the challenges given to them each week. The pressure is real, they not only have to be favoured by the judges 24/7, but they were being broadcasted for a live television show in America where thousands of people would be watching, including England. Therefore, due to such a large audience who can help influence the judges decisions because of technology, the show encourages Twitter accounts to tweet #theface with their thoughts, there is a lot more people judging the models than perhaps one mean girl at school. 

Modelling is probably quite a petty environment to be in because it's such a big competition. You can do nothing more than walk through the gates of hell with your looks hoping you've got what it takes. Therefore, because of this, jealousy gets cut loose causing arguments, especially since the contestants had to live together on The Face, they can't get along with each other as a winner's seat has been reserved for any one of them. Although, because applications had to be sent to The Face to find the most attractive girls in order to get a spot on the show, the contestants are given the challenges each week like I said earlier to see what contestant has the most natural approach. 

Another example for what the judges could be looking for each year on The Face is different. Although we are often asking ourselves how to be different? It doesn't exactly have a clear definition as how we can be different? Different from what? Sometimes models can try too hard and position theirselves too much, showing desperation which isn't too pretty at times. They want to know you want it but not too much. 

For example, the Apple iPhones; each time a new phone is released its always been different looking; (bigger, thinner edges etc) and different personality traits from the last model. This could be the judges definition of different, nobody wants the same looking model on the front page of their magazines, the modelling industry doesn't want their audience to get bored, just like Apple's iPhone's/iPad's. This can also be linked to 'software updates'-they want fresh, new personalities just like when we get bored with our phones software and wait for the new one to come out. However we aren't always happy with the new software, wishing we could go back to the old one and because of this, the updates are always different from the last, constantly trying to please their audience. So as the show continues, year after year, they want someone different from what they've had before making it much harder to win as the applicants are trying to find new ways to be different. This can be affected by there being good different and bad different, adding so much more pressure to the applicants.