Not so Glamorous

After I saw the movie Picture Me, it reminded me somewhat of my argument of the ideal body image; only this was focused on different motives. The story of Sara is not just a story based on her, but based off of the lives of others as well. Though it seems many people would do anything to be in her shoes, it is obvious they do not know what goes on behind the scenes. Sara did not choose modeling, modeling chose her. Sara took the adventurous road, going for the chance of a life time and opting out of college. She made more money in a day than more people make in a year, and even made more than her parents that had high end careers. It was fun for her at first, but after a while doing seventeen shows in two days, basically living on airplanes, making that much money was pretty much expected instead of a surprise.  Sara eventually went from being motivated by money to becoming stressed by it. She began feeling like she was constantly paying for everything, especially in her relationship. She began feeling somewhat lonely because she knew her friends would be graduating from college soon, while she is traveling around the world, but not really getting to see the world. The experience of a life time became not so appealing after she learned she was basically in debt to her agents. They pay for her plane tickets, living quarters, copies of her book, etc.; but it all adds to her debt. Essentially, the life she chose was just one big pile of stress. Though it was not necessarily a career that required large amounts of thinking so they (the models in the movie) say, they had many worries such as being taken advantage of by photographers and clients, getting booked for agencies, and having to perform at least seven times a day. Sara did not necessarily become bored with modeling, but she knew she wanted to do bigger things with her life. In sum, the career that everyone dreams of is not as glamorous as it looks.