"The pressure on sportswomen to increase levels of sponsorship and media coverage has seen many resort to taking their clothes off just to get some publicity."" ... Kournikova is seen as exotic and alluring by the media and is represented as the supermodel of women's tennis. ... The lithe, tanned and oiled bodies of bikini-cad young women had enabled a formally obscure sport to experience an explosion of media interest. ... Sports elite face food disorder risk Elite athletes in sports such as gymnastics, long distance running and swimming face increased risk of developing serious...

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Likewise, new sports machines are advertised continuously on informecials and magazine advertisements. ... The influence of the media on the rise of eating disorders among women cannot be rebutted. ... Some women are determined to look like the females portrayed in the media. ... The media needs to stop accepting the idea that being thin is beautiful. Nonetheless, the media's portrayal of a woman is just a resemblance of society's standards. ...

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Unfortunately in America, being beautiful means having the perfect body, and this has turned into an obsession that has been perpetuated by the media and societal pressures. ... So what role do the fashion industry and media play in this problem? ... Wrestling, boxing, gymnastics, and even football are classic examples of sports where you find a disproportionate number of male athletes with eating disorders.... Much like women, men are effected by the media and the entertainment industry as well. ...

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Society creates a glamorized perception of ideal body types that symbolically relate to success and power through mass media. ... Subsequently young girls want to look just as "gorgeous" and as "successful" as the famous people portrayed in the media. Boys want to look just as "buff" as the power dominating male figures portrayed throughout the media (Earp, J., Jhally, S., Katz J., 2002). Kids who are heavily involved in sports such as gymnastics, figure skating, ballet, and cross-country runners, to name a few, have to start watching their weight as early as age 7 because they are judged on t...

• Word Count: 2058
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