This short video gives a glimpse of the transformation these little girls go through during the pageant process. The natural pictures are already so adorable, but the re-touched photos make the girls look like fake baby dolls.
I feel this kind of retouching reinforces the desire that some women hold to reach a degree of unattainable beauty. Just like in Playboy magazines, we are fed images of airbrushed women with their true, real features covered up. However, we are led to believe this is the perfect female body that everyone should strive for.
Although these aren’t pictures of naked women, are the pictures of these little girls faces sending the same message?
It’s also worth it to take a quick scroll down the website for “Glitz Retouching.” -> http://www.photoretouchinglab.com/miss-teen-usa-pageant-photo-retouch-online-glitz.html
