What is wrong with the society and the media today that makes young, beautiful girls truly put themselves in such a harsh, negative light. An 11 year old girl, the pride of her mother, glowing little girl, stood up in front of an audience and pointed to all the things she could do to her face via plastic surgery. Including botox, nose jobs, and liposuction. These healthy, beautiful girls are hurting themselves everyday for the sake of fake beauty. Some of the most beautiful things in this world are not a face or an object. They could be a moment, or a few words. It just makes me so sad to see these beautiful girls hate the way they look because of what they see in magazines or shows. Every day, in the ladies' room, theres always someone pointing to what they don't like about themselves, and the lack of self worth saddens me.

As i write, this sweet faced 10 year old girl starts to point out on a picture of herself of what she hates. Yes, she uses the word hate to describe her face. She goes on to tell the audience that she comes home every day and cries. Her mother tells her she is beautiful and wants her to have the confidence she deserves. I see these beautiful, bright, sweet, glowing young girls explain to groups of people how much they hate themselves. Women are more than body parts, more than an object to fix. There is one message from the media to these girls, that we are only beautiful if look a certain way, that we are only beautiful if we are a certain skin color.

One 9 year old blonde girl tells her mother that she sees a monster in the mirror. She points at herself. She wonders why she doesn't look like the girl on tv. They hate their eyes, their skin, their lips, and have no self esteem at all. The cute 9 year old skips dinner sometimes because she believes her cheeks are too round. She talks about how she embarrasses herself. She won't go outside and it is a fight to make her eat. A lot of the time, adults have insecurities, but these are young girls, 9,10,and 11. Self esteem in young girls is very important, and we are ALL beautiful.