I am guessing, but more or so hoping, everyone knows who this is; the lovely Christina Aguilera. She is known as one of the best singers vocally in the world: her records always hitting and topping the charts and selling tens of millions of records. She has won multiple Grammy Awards, and even a few Latin Grammy Awards. More importantly, she has been praised for her natural beauty and physique.
It is no surprise that she is one of the judges on a famous TV show, "The Voice". But take a look at this picture. Something jumps right out because it did the moment I saw the picture. SHE GAINED SO MUCH WEIGHT! This is certainly not the Christina from the "Genie in a Bottle" days(one of her big hits). It is sad because it was brought to my attention from my friend; and then I look on the Internet and there is controversy about it there as well.
I want to take a moment to say that she is still gorgeous. I have to ask why is there so much controversy about weight, and why is there so much pressure on those who are famous? If they are happy, why must "we" jump in and interfere to say they should not be? The thing is, we read books, provocative magazines, watch tv, and make sure we pay close attention to celebrities and models. But why isn't it okay to be average, to be normal? We think that we are forced to look like them or take on their practices so that maybe we can be loved and appreciated as much as they are. So, who REALLY taught us to hate ourselves: the celebrities and the media for portraying that image, or "us" for accepting them and adopting them? It pisses me off because Christina Aguilera is one of my idols. She is a beautiful being from her looks, to her personality, to her performances, to her family. For there to be so much attention paid on her weight gain, instead of her accomplishments, is utterly embarrassing to the human race I believe. So how do we fix it?
To be honest, when I watched the first episode of The Voice this season that was the first thing I noticed. I didnt think anything badly of it I was just aware that she put on a couple pounds. Society and the Media make things so much more drastic than they should be. Not everybody in the world has a perfect skinny body so why does everyone in the media have to. Personally I fel like it gives off a bad example and makes regular people feel as if they are imperfect because "hey, if they say that about her, what would they think about me?" I think she is still beautiful and if she is happy then everyone else should be fine with it too.
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