Women's beauty is increasingly influenced by beauty companies. Most beauty companies that heavily influence women are those that idealize slim, flawless malnourished models. This type of promotion across the world makes the society pass on a primitive teaching of beauty which our backward ancestors had preached and passed on by their forefathers as well. Instead of encouraging younger generations to idealize the typical skinny Caucasian celebrity, society should be more supportive of any type of physical beauty. As a majority, we need to discourage beauty companies from stereotyping what beauty is. We must boycott and create petitions to fight against fake beauty. Once society accepts a wide range of physical beauty and changes our beauty requirements, we will then be able to change the influences that beauty companies create on our younger generations. Physical beauty has a history of negatively impacting women around the world. The British Broadcasting Corporation published an article about Elizabeth Bathory, a countess from a noble family in the Kingdom of Hungary in the 1500s. Bathory was widely known for killing young virgins and bathing in their blood, believing that the blood would restore her young skin (“Elizabeth Bathory – the…”). Elizabeth Bathory, like many other women, was obsessed with her physical features and did everything possible to achieve that youthful appearance she so desired. If inner beauty had been greatly promoted in the 1500s, Elizabeth Bathory would have been more accepting of various types of physical beauty and might have been more accepting of herself. If Bathory truly understood her unique beauty and self-worth, she would not wall...... middle of paper ... world. " Allvoices. July 30, 2009. PulsePoint. Web. January 12, 2014. .Jain, Meera. “The Cultural Implications of Beauty”. The Cultural Implications of Beauty. May 23, 2000. Serendip.Web. January 12, 2014. Half of Schoolgirls Are Bullied for Their Appearance” 2010. Associated Newspapers February 3, 2014. Solomon, Mindy, John Venuti, Jilda Hodges, and Catherine Chambliss 2001. npWeb. 2013. .Stebner, Beth. “Ugly People Don’t Need to Apply: The Job Site for Beautiful People” NYDailyNews.com March 24... 2014. .