Clearly, women's body sizes are getting smaller and smaller in the media over the years. Different influences on how women perceive their bodies come from sources such as fashion, advertising and magazines. Beauty sells and the women portrayed in these media are equivalent to role models for most girls. Women strive to look like the model on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine or fit into Forever 21's navel-revealing crop top. American women view these figures as successful and popular because of their “ideal bodies.” USI student Sarah Patterson said she believes, “Women are influenced by fashion because we are taught that if we don't look like the model, we are less likely to get married, to be successful. , etc. » Researchers have coined a term known as “ideal slimming media” and this vocabulary emphasizes the idea that thinness is a positive figure to obtain even if it is potentially harmful to a person's health. Salenna Russello has researched ideal media and informs her readers: "Most women portrayed in the media are fifteen percent below the average weight of women, and it has been proven that these women have become heavier getting thinner over the years. " Impact