Beauty is only skin deep

Mission 3: Beauty is only skin deep

Mission 2: Beauty is only skin deep

Introduction: Beauty before and after

How is the concept of beauty evolving ?

Part 1: Beauty: the secret to hapiness ?

How does beauty affect the perception that we have of people ?

Part 2: Different kinds of beauty

To what extent does the beauty industry become more inclusive ?

Part 3 : My definition of beauty

What is your definition of beauty ?

Final Task: Teen Vogue Cover You are a reader of Teen Vogue magazine and they organize a contest to know which personality will be on the magazine cover next month.

Introduction Beauty : before and after How is the concept of beauty evolving ?

Beauty is only skin deep

• Listen to the song and fill in the lyrics.

• What is the topic of your new mision ?

Beauty: before and after

• Compare the picture of the beauty contest (1940) and the cover of Vogue (2018). What has changed ?

In the 1940, they used to … but now …

• Now, read the quote below. Does it reflect what the Vogue cover shows? Justify your answer.

“ I want to see more people that look like the women and the men I come across in the street. It’s detrimental to young women not to see someone who looks like them because the reality is we’re all different.” Tess Holiday, plus-size model.

Meet Winnie Harlow

• Listen to Winnie Harlow: note down the key words.
• What does she say about beauty ?

• Do you agree with what she says ?

Part 1 Beauty: the Secret to Happiness? How does beauty affect the perception that we have of people ?

What do you notice about these celebrities?

You are a writer, here are your two characters: choose your hero and your villain. Imagine their personality.

VS

Character 1

Character 2

Use the article to explain how we would describe Cruella De Vil and Cinderella's personalities based on their appearances.

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Cruella De Vil

Cinderella

Your task

Write an email to a Hollywood producer to demand that characters’ in movies not be so stereotypical. To do so, you will explain to him / her what you have noticed and what you would like to change.

Part 2Different kinds of beauty To what extent does the beauty industry become more inclusive ?

Group Work

Team up in groups of 4 and choose one of the following topics:

• Beauty and colonialism
• Disabled top models
• Ageism
• Gingerism
• Super Size Models

Study the different documents and answer the question at the top of your document. Then, be ready to report to your classmates what you have found. In your presentation don't forget to include an introduction and a conclusion where each member will give his / her opinion. You can also prepare slides to illustrate your presentation (you can use the documents of your dossier and others that you find relevant). My tools :

Beauty and Colonialism

To what extent did the British Empire export its ideal of beauty ?

Advertisement for Artra Skin Tone Cream, 1966

Click on the photo to watch Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 's interview

Disabled (top) models

How are disabled people represented in the media, the fashion industries and movies ?

Teen Vogue disabled Models

Kingsman, Eggsy vs Gazelle

Wonder trailer

Magazine Covers

Sinead Burke for British Vogue

Madeline Stuart for Awarenow

Magazine Covers

Aaron Philip for Dscene Magazine

Jack Eyers for Men’s Health

Ageism

To what extent do elderly people suffer from a lack of representation in the media ?

L'Oreal Ad

Dior Ad

Accidental Icon

Gingerism

How have the British treated redheads?

Uriah Heep, Watercolor illustration by Kyd

Ginger Pride, Edinburgh,August 2013

Videos

Sous-titre

Two famous red-haired: Ed and Harry

Ginger Pride

Super Size Models

To what extent does society integrate overweight people ?

Rayne Fisher-Quann’s tweet

Videos

Ashley Graham & James Corden Love You 'Just The Way You Are'

Body Shamed

Part 3 My definition of beauty What 's your definition of beauty ?

Look at the picture

• Where was it taken according to you?
• What is the main goal ?
• What impact can this sticker have on students ?