BeautyCULTURE

Beauty CULTure explores how feminine beauty is defined and revered, and the consequences for female body image. Through an examination of the photography industry and iconic fashion images, the film investigates our age-old obsession with beauty, its biological origins, and the role of the media and technology in narrowing its definition with ubiquitous imagery. Fashion photographers, avant-garde artists, celebrated models, child pageant stars, body builders, teenagers, and intellectuals engage in a provocative dialogue about the “beauty contest” of modern life. (Source)

This film is part of the program Bluestockings & Bimbos.

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Jackie Goldberg, 72, also known as “The Pink Lady”, gets Botox injections from acclaimed Dr. Arnold Klein as part of her preparation for the Ms. Senior California beauty pageant.