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I don't think that Dove advertisements could single handedly alter the image of physical beauty in America as it would be hard for any company to do that because for a long time, most have thought of beauty as an in shape woman who appears skinny and perfect. However, advertisements, such as the ones for Dove, have a way of bringing their audiences back to reality because everyone knows no one is perfect and very few woman have the body that represents physical beauty. When I look through my Victoria Secret magazine, I find female models in bikinis whose skin is glowing, their hair is long and beautiful, and their bodies are toned. Every girl wants items from Victoria Secret because they want to look like the woman in the pictures. Personally, I think I would pay more attention to items modeled by people who are similar to me because than I get a better idea of what it would actually look like on me. On the other hand, naturally, items modeled by beautiful women always tend to stand out more and really grab your attention. A person's image is something that seems to matter a lot to every individual and the standards do vary by race, culture, age, and gender. I think that no matter how much someone tries to change the ways of ads and their models in an effort to make people less self conscious of themselves, ads with less than perfect models would not be sold as much because they just can't be as appealing.