En ung model forsøger at finde en karriere i LA, hvor hun hurtigt får sig en kontrakt. Hun inviteres til fester, og alle er optagede af hendes smukke ydre. Her møder hun også flere fra samme branche. Men konkurrencen er hård, og de andre modeller skyr ingen midler i deres rivalisering.
En lun og hjertegribende film med Cher, Eric Stoltz og Sam Elliott i hovedrollerne. Til lyden af fed rockmusik ser vi - fra ryggen - teenager-drengen Rocky, som er i sit værelse. På væggene hænger Beatles og Springsteen-plakater, billeder af Harley Davidson motorcykler, et kort over Europa og andre typiske teenagerting. Da han ser sig selv i spejlet, ser vi, at hans ansigt er totalt misdannet. Hovedet er dobbelt så stort som normalt, og han har næsten ingen næse. Hans mor, Rusty, er en rigtig motorcykeldame, som ryger hash, hører høj rockmusik og holder vilde fester. Alligevel er hendes største mission i livet at sørge for sin søn. Og hun kæmper for ham med næb og klør. Rusty og Rocky kæmper i virkeligheden for hinanden, og de passer på hinanden på godt og ondt. Rocky kæmper blandt andet for, at hans mor skal falde til ro med Gar - en af hendes motorcykelvenner. Det mest normale Rocky kommer på en teenagertilværelse er, da han møder den blinde Diana.
To overvægtige kvinder kæmper for at finde kærlighed og accept i en kultur, hvor tynd er in. Deres liv tager en dramatisk drejning, da de møder deres drømmemænd på helt uventede måder.
Omkring 90 procent af alle kvinder og unge piger siger, at de ikke kan genkende sig selv i modeindustrien og mediernes kvindebilleder, og at de dagligt får dem til at føle sig grimme og mindreværdige. Men hvor kommer billederne fra, og hvordan sikrer man en større mangfoldighed i størrelse, etnicitet og alder, som kan ændre samfundets urealistiske og farlige normer for skønhed?
Set in 1996 in Lincolnshire, the show tells the tragic and humorous story of a very troubled young girl Rae, who has just left a psychiatric hospital, where she has spent four months after attempting suicide, begins to reconnect with her best friend Chloe and her group, who are unaware of Rae's mental health and body image problems, believing she was in France for the past four months.
Dumped by her boyfriend of 15 years for gaining weight, a lawyer gets help from a hotshot personal trainer to get in shape and turn her life around.
Being slim and married to a great love, preferably before 30 - that's what Sasha Zaitseva dreamed about when she was 13. Sixteen years later, in her wedding dress, she stands on the bridge, crying and can’t decide what to do next.
Three 'Guests' with critically low body image jet off to a sunny Greek retreat to live with a group of unclothed, body confident 'Hosts', who have little more than elaborately designed paint to cover their modesty.
A series of films looking at the different shapes and sizes of bodies and people's attitudes to them
How to Look Good Naked is a television program, first aired on British Channel 4 in 2006, in which fashion stylist Gok Wan encourages women and men who are insecure with their bodies to strip nude for the camera. The programme is unique among other similar makeover shows in that it never encourages participants to undergo cosmetic surgery or lose weight. The US format premiered on Lifetime Television in 2008 with Carson Kressley hosting, it was the #1 Unscripted Show on the network at the time.
A series about teenagers in America who face adult problems and harsh realities while chasing the success in the music industry.
Vogue Williams hosts the ultimate 'try before you buy' for people seriously considering cosmetic surgery, as they see what they could look like before making a life-changing decision
Extreme Male Beauty is a British documentary series which began airing on Channel 4 and features television presenter Tim Shaw as he explores the various lengths men will go to in order to achieve the beauty standards placed on them. The series criticises the modelling industry and the 'perfect' body images shown in the media and, whilst Shaw attempts to conform to the desirable body images sold by advertisers. Some criticised the show for having an over-complicated format.
