I'm Rossella Vanon and I'm a fashion
and beauty photographer. Today we are shooting a beauty story
inspired by pastel colors. What I want to achieve is images with
a soft and feminine feel where elements like hair and make-up
are captured to perfection. I also want to make sure that
the lighting is consistent from shot to shot and then the colors
are all in harmony with one another.
Color and light are major components
of my photography. On shoots like this it's important for me to
choose light units that provide a consistent color temperature
throughout the shoot. Profoto D2 will be my go-to light on this project. I want to use
light units that I know I can rely on a hundred percent so that I can
concentrate on the creative side of my shoot.
Today I've decided to give myself a
little challenge and change the lighting setups six times. The challenge here is to keep
the lighting consistent from shot to shot in softness and mood even though
the setups are actually changing. I will be using a selection of Softboxes of
different sizes and shapes and a Beauty Dish. I've chosen these tools as they provide
an overall soft and pearly light that is perfect to announce the feminine
mood I want to achieve.
I've mostly position the main light around 30 to 45 degrees around the subject and use other light units as fill for
shadows to light a background or just create an accent on the hair
or the models cheek. Profoto Softboxes are one of my favorite
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Hey guys welcome back to the channel. My name is cupcake and today We are playing some more Sims 4 and we're gonna be doing another challenge I've been having a lot of fun doing the random genetics challenge, and I thought today I was gonna do another challenge that you guys suggested More specifically my friends sandy who does cute nail polish? She has a gaming channel now called cute plays I'll put a link in the description if you guys want to check her out but she suggested that I try the ugly to beauty challenge in the sims , so Just want to say that's the name of the challenge Just like Sandy had mentioned in her video. I don't like the name of this challenge either Which is why I was kind of avoiding doing it because it just seems so shallow But I watched her video, and I thought it was just a lot of fun, and I really wanted to try it out myself So just know that I didn't come up with this name, and I think all of us are beautiful and unique in our own ways so the name of this challenge we're Gonna go to, The gallery and what we're gonna do is we're going to search for an ugly sim ok so I think um We're just supposed to choose that ugly oh My God this one is hilarious xD. These are so funny okay So I gotta choose one of my favorite uglies to start with a base And I I don't know this one to me is just hilarious.
Oh my gosh Let's see. Oh my gosh. It looks like a clown I can this looks so hilarious What is that face? Oh my gosh? I think I want to choose this one It's just look at the face. It's genowefa idea Let's help this poor girl out Alright, let's just go ahead and open Can we open Geno Geno Genowefa Genowefa? Oh poor genowefa Poor girl what? I've got my work cut out for me, okay So the rules of this challenge is you are able to adjust the way that their features look.
But the only thing you can't do is you can't choose like specific noses Or specific eyes you all have to do it you have to do it all manually, so that's the only the only thing So I think what I'm gonna do with Genowefa first is this nose girl Let's go into detailed edit mode this nose is not Not serving you well, how do you even how do you there? We go? Okay? It's looking a little better Let's try to just adjust it here. We go. Can we shrink the whole nose. How do I get rid of this big? How do I get rid of it? :D lmaooo Here we go.
Oh my gosh. It's starting to look a little normal okay Alright, let's let's fix the chin and the mouth is just a little low Alright, genowefa. I got you girl. Don't worry Don't be sad Okay, let's fix for eyebrows a little bit Move your eyes down.
I think that's what looks weird. Is that you know maybe we should change this What this looks so weird okay? Okay? Wait a minute. I think I fixed it Let's go back in here and edit this see if I can get rid of the hook here. We go.
Oh my goodness I thought I was in trouble. I thought I was in trouble there I thought I wasn't gonna be able to fix it, but I guess anything is possible, okay? So let's move her eyes out a little bit. They were just a little too in And get rid of this, lip right here Here we go. Genowefa okay, so I think I need to get rid of these eyebrows But let's make these eyes smaller.
Let's make the pupils a little bit larger because it'll make her a little bit cuter and the Cheekbones are a little bit much ummm what do i do with this? Right here. I still don't know! If I could completely fix this We will have to see Genowefa. I have a challenge cut out for me Oh, let's just fix this right here. This is just Genowefa Your Voice! I'm going in full edit mode here.
Can we go into full edit mode for Her body there we go, okay. Those were just you know they were gonna break your back. They were just a little bit too big give you a little bit of Meat on them bones And you know what let's just take this take this Let's just take it off You have teeny teeny tiny little feet So sad, let's give you a booty -3- All right, Genowefa your arms. Look like popeye It's okay We're all different All right, so I'm gonna give her a little bigger of a neck Her face still does her body looks a little normal now so she looks okay her feet hurt a little big tho Did I make them too big? I think I did okay? All right? That's normal okay back to the face Your eyebrows have got to go the eyebrows have got to go, so I'm pretty sure I can change these type of features like the eyebrows ummmmmm I just can't Adjust you know other facial features like certain eye types so with that being said let's fix her brows Let us take her hair off okay.
Let's uh of course she had big ears under there I gotch you. I gotch you let's fix that okay all right, eyebrows in dire need of some good looking eyebrows, so Let's look you up with me these type. I'm gonna have to go in and rejust these There we go there. There We go.
All right. I like those thick eyebrows genowefa now Let's see you're starting to look like a normal human being but your nose still like tilted down And I don't know what to do about that. I really don't know what to do about that And your lips are really big okay? We can adjust the nose that way I can adjust the Chin can I. Pull you in there.
We go there we go that's what I needed it was just like way out there, and then we need you to have a smaller little chin and AND Ummmmm More a more defined jaw line please. I don't know where you got your name, but it sounds exotic Okay, alright We're getting somewhere um I don't know what to do. Oh here. We go yay.
Oh my gosh! :D. I was so scared. I wasn't gonna be able to figure out how to fix her nose Okay, Genowefa there you go you have a cute little button nose now, and I can make it a little bit bigger and let's see if I can I don't know gotta lower your look, so Let's make them a little smaller The eyes. I'm not sure if I can oh here we go, ooh OOOOOOOOH.
Okay,Okay, I'm seeing I'm seeing them I'm seeing a beauty emerge here, so I really like her little nose. Well like it's super cute her profile is pretty cute See if I can give her more of a pretty profile her chin looks a little big There we go beautiful Okay, so let's go into detailed mode and see if I can adjust There we go that was looking a little weird oh There I was looking a little unnatural okay Alright Guys I'm Feeling Confident In This Now umm I was picturing an Asian Beauty Because she already has the eyes for that her lips are pretty can I make our lips a little bit bigger I always love my sims to have big lips. Oh juicy baby lips So cute, and we'll give her a little smile all right, so I think Okay, this cheekbone though this cheekbone is sticking out way way way way way too much Let's put some hair on her that will help her out immensely so since she had the pink hair I'm going to keep the pink hair for her and let's just give her a little more curve here oh, I'm really liking the way she's looking now, so let's go ahead and Give her some makeup, and I'm gonna give her Change her eyes first, so I'm gonna keep them pink. I want to keep some things true.
She looks like a doll. Okay? Let's do her her lips, so I really like those pink eyes and Let's can I give her some eyelashes? Maybe we can do some eyelashes lipstick? I think this lipstick would look really pretty on her. Let's go with some natural tones because Fall is a right around the corner, and I am pretty excited for it. So I like that it accents her lips We could do that one or a gloss I? Think I'm Gonna stick with that one and Okay, her skin looks a little blotchy right now, but we're gonna fix that with the skin tone, so let's try This one's a pretty one Whoo I can make her really light skinned this one gives her a nice texture Their eyes that she does look kind of like crusty under there.
I'm not sure I like that one these So she has a little darker skin tone then I was gonna. Go for like an asian look but now I think I'm going for a blasian Because she is gonna have darker skin tone. It just looks pretty looks better With her hair so let's choose a really pretty Skin Tone here I think these ones work with this with this highlight that we have but I want to go a little bit lighter I'm liking this one So she has a little bit of texture underneath her eyes, but is okay So I'm gonna let's see if I can make her nose a little bit thinner right here the bridge there we go perfect, so for her makeup Let's check out. What we have for some eye makeup, I- ooh I like that it really smooths out her skin that looks pretty and I wish I could give her freckles, too Should I give her freckles? Okay, I'm giving her freckles because I think freckles are so beautiful, so Let's give her the freckles all right, so who make oh my gosh That's the one That's the daddy.
I love these Eyelashes, so I think I think I'm gonna have to go with this one So pretty okay and as far as your clothing goes let's hook her up with some cute clothing I do have some pretty cute outfits Like this one. Awwww, it's so cute Okay, so there's different colors We could do pink or purple She could be super colorful Or she could wear black. I like the green. I think I'm really digging the green color okay, so we're gonna choose this super cute dress and for her shoes um Let's see what we are working with here.
I could have her wear some flats Those are kind of cute. I don't normally have my sims wear flats I usually like to Give them heels. I always I always end up giving the high boots. I really really love that look This is a super cute look to you okay, I will hook her up with some pink hills just to bring back in the pink's from her hair and accessories Hmm.
I don't have too many, but I think she needs at least a bracelet Can never go wrong with tights? I love tights if we're going for fall. Maybe I should have it wear tight All right, I have a bunch of different tights. These are actually really cute. I love these ones, and then we have striped types I think those are like zebra So we have different textured types and different colors I think I'm gonna go with the brown with the little line in the back because I think it's cute and then necklaces Let's see what accessories.
She can wear so I think I want to whoa But give her some ear piercings. Let's give her a like a little edge I. Think I like this one the best, so let's see if we can adjust the color. Maybe we can do Rose gold with a black let's do that and then our our necklace so I don't know if I I.
Don't know if I should have a wear a choker or how about a little time. I look so cute with the white We could try a pink There are pink's in her dress um let's try like a red cuz there was red in her dress I. Think I like the white one. I think it's really really cute.
Oh my gosh She's adorable, okay guys. I think this is a drastic change So here is Genowefa In all of her glory and here she was before What the heck this turned out amazing? I think she came out so beautiful from ugly to Beauty I can't even she is one of my favorite sims that I've ever created. She's so Pretty, what do you guys think let me know let me know how you think I did do you like the way she came out? If you guys enjoyed this please let me know leave a like on the video It's always greatly appreciated and you guys have any other suggestions for challenges Leave a comment down below because I'm having a ton of fun with these Seriously, I can't stop if you're not subscribed be sure to hit the subscribe button and hit the little notification bell button so you can Get notified whenever I upload a video because I do it daily as always. Thank you guys so much for watching My name is Cupcake and I'll see you guys later.
Burnley Sasha Bennington lives in Burnley with younger brother Max, dad Martin and mum Jane. But Sasha's not your average 11 year old. She's already grabbed the headlines for being dolled up like an adult and entering the only two UK child beauty pageants all in the nonstop pursuit of fame i get my nails done, I get fake tan I get my hair bleached and i want to be a model when i grow up her life is a merry go round of glamorous photo shoots high profile TV appearences and model castings WOW You look very grown up on these dont you? Now shes heading off to a beauty pagent in America to become the first British child beauty queen LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. Our universal ultimate grand supreme winner is Sasha has loved posing for the camera from a young age Jane is now helping her forge a career out of this love of the lens She has hired a local photographer to take new shots for Sasha's modelling portfolio that was excellent she was so easy to photograph no problems at all.
She's obviously really comfortable in front of the camera Some girls particularly do naturally just look at the camera but not as much as Sasha she obviously enjoys it You dont look 11 though Sash when are you 12? I do not look 11 I look older You know, as a lot of people say if you want to create you know, when you're older, you've got to start young um...And.. Modelling, yeah, if she starts at this age, you know, in a couple of years, or 3 years, you know she could be a name for herself and be able to choose what she wants to do Sasha's happy, yeah, Sasha loves posing in front of the camera yeah it was really good, what do you want to do when you grow up? She loves all of the attention and the attention on her and, you know, she's a big poser etc but, you know, um, I dont think there's much else I could do to make her much happier did you enjoy that? That was great yeah! It was um, the pictures are good, we got some really good pictures, yeah did you enjoy that? Yeah it was really good. What do you want to do when you grow up? I want to be a model I have blonde hair and I want to be a model I want to be a model You dont want to be anything else? Something with a few brain cells? I dont need a brain what do you want to be a model for? It's not surprising Sasha dreams of being a model her mum Jane was a model at Max Power car events at the age of 23. Much older than the girls she was modelling along side although her career was short lived, she discovered a love of the lime light that has never left her You get these sashes which I thought was amazing because Ive never had a sash and you know, you see all like the beauty queens that get their sash, they all hang them in the bedroom and you know, you see them on tv and I was like OMG I've got my own sash and you can take it home.
It was amazing! So as you can see, that one's in 2004 which is what? 4 Yearws ago Dont look too different, still got the same assets On this picture here, ive also had 2 kids by this time There's no stretch marks. Yeah, Im kind of like this hot, hot mummy this yummy mummy, this like, gorgeous babe you know, I could go on But ill just um show you my calendar as well this is 2005, so it's 3 years ago, not looking much different, you know, still the same face same hair colour, umm but I had this done just to show, show myself really because obviously, as top models they all had their own caldenars etc and I didnt so I thought, hey, I want to have my calendar hopefully Im trying to get Sasha a calendar done as well you know, Im not saying that I've got aspirations for her to be a porn star or anything you know, like that but I think Id really like Sasha to get every opportunity she can to enter as much as possible and then hopefully, you know, because she has started younger she'll get a lot further than I did cause obviously I started when I was kind of past it, if you will, You can't start at the age of 24, 25 and expect to be the next glamour model cause you know, you're kind of past it by that age but Sasha can, you know, be any sort of model at her age now, you know, the world is her oyster When Sasha and Max were growing up, Martin wasn't around much He stayed in Great Yarmouth to work when Jane moved to Burnley with the children to be near her mum Because I hardly ever saw the kids as they were growing up, when they were babies, I didn't spend anywhere near the time with them I wasnt there all the time, I was only there the odd weekend I spoilt them I've not actually tried to instill anything in our kids, Ive not Ive never put them down, Ive never said you wont be able to do that I've tried to put across to Sasha, um, who she is from my opinion, and from other peoples opinion, and she is blonde and she acts like she is blonde If I describe myself in 3 words, as 1. Pretty 2. Im blonde 3.
Im dumb Im stupid I don't get high marks Who calls you stupid? My dad said that Im stupid because my brothers better at maths than me apparently But how do you feel when he calls you stupid? I ignore him Martin works in Holl at the moment which means he's often away from home for part of the week I dont think Sasha's a particularly happy person at the moment I dont really know why Ive just seen her over the last couple of years, um, she become more and more distant from me even though she says shes ok at school, I think there's underlying problems that she wont admit to shes suffered with bullies in the past and I get the impression she's also suffering now but not admitting to it I think on the odd occasion, Sasha will sort of sit back and kind of regret that she is the centre of attention and has so much focus on her But it's short lived. As soon as someone then says to her photo shoot Sash she's shes off again, shes smiling again shes back in front of the camera and getting the attention again So um, any regrets she has is short lived. At school, they talk about me behind my back but Im not really bothered about it I tell my mum and my mum just says "just ignore them theyre just being pathetic" At school with people theres jealousy When Sasha's not at the local comprehensive school, Jane is busy planning her career in the public eye her long bleached hair, acrylic nails and fake tan glow are a carefully crafted image all of which have attracted significant press interest from tv, magazine and newspapers Sasha takes cheerleading and acting classes to help with confidence and has even taken part in the only kids beauty pagents in Britain Now Jane has ambitions to go to America Sasha's phrase is "I want to be a model" thats all, thats what she wants to be and you know, shes going the right way about it you know, so Im going to be there to support her all the way The 3 most important things to me are, um, Katie Price, Jordan, my idol my mates and, my beautiful face she's big-headed no, cause she's pretty she should be proud of it, she is pretty if you're beautiful then, you get a fit boyfriend, but then, if you're ugly, then um, you get like a bit like, sweaty boyfriend, with this big massive jam jars (glasses) on but then, I'd rather have no brains than work in McDonalds Like 18-20 years ago people cared about, like, what jobs they were getting and their education they didnt care about anything else but now they just like, they dont care they just like, think about the looks Jane had planned to enter Sasha into an American pagent later in the year but instead, she's agreed to send her to a preliminary one in Texas in a few weeks time so that we can follow her progress Hi is that Annette? "Yes" Hi it's Jane from the UK, with her 8 year old brother Max, they'll become the first ever British kids to enter a pagent in the USA. Yes, its obviously for the flower pagent in Texas on the 12th um, Im just wondering, what sort of clothes they need to wear? I think the best outcome of all of going to this pagent is getting some work over there and moving over there that would be great, so she can follow her dream and Disney club and all of that sort of thing started over there who knows? Someone can see her see her face and, you know, might get a call Hollywoods in America isnt it? So you know, see Sasha's little start on there but yeah, anything, anything she wants to do and anything that comes our way you know we'll give it a shot my daughter wants to know like what do you win? Is it a tiara? And a sash? Sasha has got the looks for the American beauty pagent and when shes all dressed up and got her make up and her hair done she does look a lot like some of the other girls I think it's like the full Barbie image and you know, she looks like one of these little Cindy dolls you play with, so yeah I think when shes all done up she'll have a really good attempt at coming somewhere with it they've all got money in their hand Yeah but some of those are from big events It's not all about winning the money you're going to get like crowns and tiaras and sash's and etc and your face will be in America, there you go are you hopeful? I proper want to win it Sasha's at her weekly cheerleading practice she's been dancing with the Shell's Belles group for 7 years for the talent round of the Dallas pagent, she's decided to do a cheerleading routine Jane has coach Devon to choreograph a winning routine for Sasha I like working with people that want something so bad that they'll do anything to get it and I just dont get the impression that she wants it if that was me and I was going to an American beauty pagent to do cheerleading and be beauty queen and wear big frocks I would be so, so, so so excited Id be like a little kid running round giggling but I just dont get the impression she wants it bad enough I think her mum wants it more than she does The Benningtons are getting read to go to their favourite Chinese restaurant going out and looking good as a family is very important to Jane what skirt have you go on? Ive got a skirt on what are you wearing? The yellow top The bottoms right you need to get your hair dried and straightened yeah well you start off ow you keep pulling me I think its important to be a child as long as possible in this day and age you cant because all of your friends and your peers are growing up and moving on a lot quicker like you know, theyre going to town a lot younger ever than I did but theyre growing up so much quicker youve got to join other wise, you know, youre held back from your friends and then it starts to get bullying and I think, you know, you've got to let them grow up at the same rate as everyone else Sasha, upstairs change now were waiting for you.
Well I had something decent on and you said it wasnt decent With Sasha dressed to impress the family are finally ready to leave Once at the restaurant, Jane encourages Sasha to practice her new cheerleading routine 2, 3, 4 go just do it go on, now. Just do it now yes, see go on do it properly You know, as I keep saying to her, dont just stand there, you know if you want to be seen you've got to do something stupid at the right time to be seen, you know if you're standing on a bus station singing, and some guy walks past, Andrew Lloyd Webber, you know you've made it, you know, its that sort of weird scenario go on, carry on do it quick you can jump better than that start it over because I didnt watch do you want me to sing the song? Jane is keen to keep up the momentum in fulfilling Sasha's dream of becoming a model Today they are off to a top agency in Manchester to see if they'll sign Sasha and Max up Boss Model agency in Manchester , which is meant to be a good one, to see if they want to take the kids on to do um, modelling Im interested to see if they want to take Sasha on but I want to get them to take both of them on and then they can earn a fortune they want to do tv advertising, which would be great, watch this space everytime you turn it on you will see their faces They're going to be worth a mint keep me in my old age I wouldn't say she's a pushy mum but she doesn't hold back she will encourage she does encourage Sasha um, but I wouldn't say she pushes her Hello morning Hi, I'm Melanie, one of the directors, hello, nice to meet you and you are?
Sasha Hello Sasha and who's this?
That's Max Hello Max He can listen to his music if he likes this is probably quite boring We're interested in modelling? They've both done beauty pagents in the UK. Max cam 3rd and um, so we're just interested in you know, modelling, tv, advertising, anything just that sort of thing, so.. Are these yours? They're both of theirs, yeah Wow You look very grown up on these don't you? How old are you? Um, 11 8 You're 12 in July so this is your currently into gymnastics? She's a national cheerleader as well Yeah? Splits, somersaults and stuff do we lighten the hair? Yeah is this actually for..The pagents that they do this? Yeah Yeah, they kind of like do all this sort of stuff but I mean its naturally, naturally like light for child modelling, she's really cute, she photographs very well shes got some nice pictures, they are kind of a little bit geared towards the beauty field if you like which is not quite the same as we do they're not linked not by any stretch and the very, very lightened hair would probably need to be toned down a bit for modelling because um, its almost too adult what are your hobbies? What are you interests? I like doing cheerleading Cheerleading? Do you? So its all kind of a bit American this theme that you're going along? Yeah it is what were doing but obviously she does it naturally anyway you know? How long have you been doing it? Cheerleading since you were what? 5? From our point of view the first thing we have to do is assess whether or not as a family, they would work cause simply because its not just the children its the parents the parents are ultimately the people our clients deal with so we like to feel that it will be a professional, nice experience for our clients so we vet the parents as much as we vet the kids I think the little boy will be a complete handful he didnt hold his attention when you talk to the daughter, the parent answers all the time, so I couldnt quite get out of the child what kind of personality she had because I was not allowed to speak to her.
As soon as I asked her a question, the mother jumped in So it kind of a little bit of pushy parent although I'm sure she's a lovely, lovely woman They just strike me as being a little bit old before their years to be honest the full head bleach, the make up, shes 11! And we like our kids to look 11 Hello. Me again We've had a chat with the bookers, they've had a look at your pictures they do think you're very pretty. If you're serious about it then You'll be serious about how you are as a nice, young, natural, natural - that's the key word - natural healthy child All we want to see is you - as a child as you should be. Just normal, fresh, clean.
No make up, no nails, no hair - nothing. It's all about as you are Yeah, its alright, its just we've been to loads of them before so its not different They just want natural kids which we knew in the first place I knew what they were going to say its not different And will you make the changes then? I don't know, ask Sasha Sasha its up to you, Im not answering Mum you're going to change my hair, not me. Yeah, but do you want to? Yeah I want to change my hair, but then you always say no. It's up to Sasha, if she wants it changed she can get it changed At work, 100 miles away in Holl, Martin has a renovation to complete so he leaves the career planning to Jane.
Yeah Jane gets excited about anything that gets her attention Jane's got this "I want people to look at me" "I want to be noticed" etc It's fine, I've got no problem with that. Im not interested. I think Jane was probably starved of attention when she was younger. I don't know, its a psychological thing.
With Jane, I think she enjoys the attention and craves it. I do kind of live in a bubble, yeah. I'd say that I just like to smile, you know, think everythings ok. And put a brave face on all the time no matter what.
I know I'm a nightmare. And I do try and not be a nightmare but I know I am. I think Martin just deals with it by ignoring me. I just go back to my bubble.
I don't know whether Martin understands me, you'll have to ask him. I don't got a clue, you know, we get on, you know, I dont know. I dont think anyone understands me. I think, you know, I dont got a clue mainly There's less than a week to go until the family jet off to Dallas.
Sasha and Jane look at photos of reigning 12 year old pagent Queen Kendall Kimbler. Kendall's mum has been enlisted to help train Sasha. She's blonde. OMG.
You dont have to do bikinis anyway. I was expecting her to be brown. But the pictures all been airbrushed, they've all been touched up the pictures. Is it exciting to see pictures of her Sash? Yeah Just so I know what she looks like.
Yeah, you know what you're looking at when you see her. She always gives a lot of pointers. She'll know what shes talking about. And that sort of thing At the end of the day, you know, she probably looks more like Sasha when she's normal.
Obviously when they're done up they're made to look like Barbies. With the attention to detail put into the American pagent look, theres lots to get ready for the 8 categories Sasha will be entering in in Dallas. Is she going to win? What a stupid question. Is Sasha going to win? Of course shes going to win.
Im not even going to continue. She's going to win. Walk straight, back straight I think Sasha's kind of expecting to come somewhere in the pagent. And she's being encouraged to think that way by Jane.
We've had the usual rows and conversations that I think Janes wrong just to tell her that you know, you'll win this or you'll do well. Because she might not and its very difficult if youre expecting something and you get shot down I dont know why winning is so important to Jane. I dont know. I cant even guess.
Sasha's ready to show Devon how far she's got with the routine for America Are we ready? Are we smiling? Shes definitely put lots of effort in. I mean I can see an improvement A big improvement. But she just needs to come out of the little shy shell she's in. Cause she does come across as quite shy.
In America, cheerleading over there, my god, embarassment is not even in it. You cant be embarrassed, and do cheerleading. She needs to come out of this little shell that she's in. And just let it go and just have a good time and smile.
And be strong and practice but yeah, she'll be alright, shes done well. She has done really well. I'm proud of her. You don't say much do you? Leaving behind a dull and rainy Burnley, the family set off for the airport.
At departures, there's just enough time for one last, quick practice. You going to practice? Just get your pom poms. Its nerve wracking Have you seen how many people are watching me? Well come on misery guts What did you say? I wasnt talking to you I know you werent talking to me but I heard you I was talking to myself. I hate the tantrums you know, I hate being a parent sometimes because you have to like shout and tell them off and its not just like dress your kids in nice clothes like Barbie dolls when you were younger and stuff like that so I think, you know the thing, I dont know, I just hate being a parent sometimes where you have to like be all authoritative and responsible and stuff Landing in Dallas, Texas, the Benningtons waste no time in getting out and about American beauty pagents are a multi-billion dollar industry with thousands held every year, girls of all ages try their luck in the uniform - big frock, big hair and heavy make up For the girls and their parents, its all about winning the sparkling crown, big cash prizes and the opportunity to go on to greater fame and fortune.
First stop in Sashas pagent transformation is shopping for a winning pagent dress. With 150,000 dresses in store, shes spoilt for choice But choosing just the right dress is crucial. It was amazing, absolutely amazing because you walk in and theres like dresses galore as soon as you hit the front doors and you know, it's like every single colour you can think of. And every type of dress you can think of short, long, big, small, everything was in there.
It was just like go in there and run for it It felt like a little kid theres no point telling you, youve just got to see it to believe it Dress heaven. So we'll use this door and this door and well just keep bringing dresses. Im going in. There we go Let me pull some more for you In the mirror you cant see her face Thats too stressful I cant control this thing It wore me out just getting that one on her We can do this all day long You see, now this is the way you can tell what it should look like once it would be hemmed when shes got her shoes on wow I love it Thats girly isnt it? Really girly and it shows off her skin really pretty too I love twirling round in it.
Reigning pagent Queen Kendall and her mum Laurie have come to meet Sasha Having never competed on this scale, Sasha will need intensive training and Laurie already has her eye on the dress. Sasha, this is Kendall she knows what she is talking about Hi sweetie! Nice gown! I like your crown.
Thank you Thats great isnt it Can I try it on? Absolutely. Is it heavy? Oh my gosh isnt that beautiful? It matches your dress how gorgeous! Its like the icing on the cake! Although Jayne and Sasha have instantly fallen in love with the pink dress, pagent pro Laurie has other ideas about which colour might suit Sasha the best Well what colour are your eyes sweetie? Green.
They're Hazel. Well, bluey-greeny Have you not looked at any green? We havent looked at green we havent tried a green So is pink not good then? Umm Pink's ok.
But
not perfect. Green would be better Ok, we have inside information, green is better Obviously, you know, its the first pagent weve done so when you get to a dress shop that size and with that many dresses but obviously when you get Laurie there who's obviously a pagent mum that knows everything that, you know, you should be doing what colours you should be wearing with her input its obviously a lot vital um, take that on board than mine any day you know, I didnt really have a clue Im open minded but Im a very pink person but Im open minded It'll be perfect because of the hazel the outline of her eyes and then when they do her makeup they'll accent that also. So she will just be she'll just pop. Ok.
I'm going to be totally and completely honest with you, I would put, if Kendall's eyes were that colour, I would put her in that dress.
Yeah that's fine. It'd need to be a bit tighter with the straps. We can fix all that, dont worry. Do you like this better or do you like the pink better? Pink.
You like the pink better? Its hard for mum because shes never worn green Mum likes pink Mum loves pink I just, you know, Im pink through and through I dont know, obviously Im not, I dont know enough about pagents really Lets just do this colour I dont really like the green dress, 'cause its like, its green and I dont like green.
Were you happy with it in the end or?? I were happy with it, because like, um, it's just a dress in the end. Just so you can have another decision to make, you just tell me which one were doing and that's fine Its great to just sort of have that input and like hand it over to her and look you are, you know you're better than me at, you're a pro, you know what you're doing its great just to hand it over. Go on and deal with it There you go Taking Laurie's expert advice, they go for the green dress. But is it a winner? Y'all come back and see us now.
We've got dresses for everybody Before they head back to their hotel for Sasha's first pagent lesson the girls do a spot of bonding in the mall That is so cute Yeah.
Thats for my dog there. This is my favourite pair of shoes. Back at the hotel, pagent mentor Kendall shows Sasha how high the standard can be at an American pagent. Oh watch her, she is good.
They're very different, because, like, I didnt know it were that serious They all look proper different when they're all made up because theyve got loads of make up on and everything Like a Barbie doll. While Sasha is left practicing, Jayne takes a sneaky peak in the pagent room with the prizes up for grabs oh and you know what, let me show you the crown real quick and a nice banner, do you see your daughter in that? I can see me in that. Hey, we have a Mrs. Division and this is the overall winners trophy that and the crown Well we cant really win that because we cant get it back on the plane.
Thats amazing. There's lots of age groups isnt there because youve all got all those Yes so theres like a most beautiful winner most handsome, little Miss Personality, Miss Congeniality, What's congeniality? How do you know what that is? Its sparkle in the eye..
Oh so just by them walking on and off Its like, wow. Are you excited? Good! I want you to be! I could picture my self. Can I just send it to her and say to her Can you see her in that?
I can see me in that I didnt want to do pagents when I was a kid Ive done modelling since, Ive worn sashes and I think for any kid that does want to do it, the thought of coming out with a sash is just amazing because like you can wear it and, you know, you show it off to your mates and that sort of thing, but, I mean, yeah, it was all for Sasha you know, the whole thing was to go for Sasha to do this pagent because that's what she wants to do and she wants to do modelling.
The whole thing was about Sasha With less than a day to go, Laurie and Kendall have very little time to teach Sasha how to perfect the all important Pagent walk. Ok, watch as she does her other circle. See how her body is? See who she's looking at? It's almost like look at the judges until I'm absolutely so uncomfortable that Im going to be the exorcist child and my head is going to spin around and then, turn my head around and look at the judges some more and that is a pagent secret. Every time you turn around and you're looking the other way you can relax your mouth.
Were going to show her things like pretty feet, the way you're supposed to stand, what to do with your legs when you're standing there, how your arms are supposed to be, the ways to cock your head, how to look at the judges, when to look at the judges what judges to look at.
There's a lot of little nuances that each one gives you a higher point on the scale of who's going to win this crown. Your head stays here ok? Youre looking over there, your body's going this way, youre looking over there. Thats it! If you can remember that you'll get it right Alright, your head, think about what you're doing with your head.
Look over there, thats it! There you go and exorcist head! Good! There's pagents for beginners and there's pagents for not beginners This is not a pagent for beginners. So she needs to kick it up and notch and she will be able to She'll do fine Keep going around I sat and watched, that was my input up and down, up and down, up and down I just sat and watched because Kendall and her mum you know, were doing it, they were amazing in all of it and there wasnt really exactly much input that I could put in because I, you know, Ive never even watched a pagent in America before, so, I have never been there, I my input would have been absolutely useless anyway nice circle. Remember your shoulders are back and your chins good. Very good.
Spending hours practicing through the next day and night Sasha works hard to get her pagent walk up to the American standard. Are you nervous for tomorrow?
No. I dont do nervous It's just crap.It's just sitting there, its boring I think winnings really important for her, Its important but its not the be all and end all. As long as she wins something I dont know While Sasha continues practicing, Jayne and Martin decide to call it a night, Today's Dallas preliminary pagent is the first step on the ladder to huge pagent acclaim and big cash prizes Competing against 19 girls in 8 categories, Sasha will have to score the highest in formal ware and talent rounds to stand a chance at winning her age group and the overall Supreme Queen title.
All over their hotel, hair is lacquered and lips are glossed as the seasoned professionals get ready to shine on stage. She is just something else, to me. So you know, she has become my hobbie I just recently gave up my title for Miss Texas Junior Teen America and in July Im going to give up my Miss Texas National America Miss Pre-Teen and I've won other titles but I dont really remember them You feel always the hurt of your child if you know, they really want to win and they hurt because they havent won um, it, thats, you know, but not to be disappointing to um just that you didnt win When I dont do very well there's normally a reason but if I feel like I've done my best, I'm always a little disappointed but I'm never like oh my gosh I didnt win and she beat me! Im going to go hurt her. No it's always just I didnt win, but, there's always next time.
The chance to impress the judges has arrived. The pagent begins with the boys competition. First round is formal wear. Let's get this party rolling, do you agree with me? Max's chances of being crowned King are looking better than ever with only two other boys entering At the end of the day, Max doesnt practice he does it when he wants to do it.
And if he doesnt want to do it he wont do it so you can get Max to walk up and down if he's in the mood for it he'll do amazingly but if he isn't there's no point in trying you might as well just leave him to go play with his Lego or something Because, on the day, he'll just blow your mind because he's just amazing I told everybody, I said, "ok, your competition is " With only minutes to go until Sasha's big moment, the girls focus on getting their hands on the Supreme Queen crown The other pagent girls they're friendly but then they were thinking on the inside of them Im going to beat you they were just like being proper friendly to you I knew that they all wanted to win I didnt get nerve wracking because I. I was just going to do what I was going to do The 11-13 year old formal wear round is the only chance the girls have to impress the judges with their choice of dress, their grace, poise and walking ability. I think obviously choosing the green dress over the pink um, with obviously Laurie's input was a better move than the pink one because we had to go for a dress that did make her look older and it was a good dress and good colour I dont like it but it was a good choice She did her best, she looked good and it showed. Next up, is the girls talent round.
It's now Sasha's chance to impress with a high powered cheer routine. Great job!
Ok! Well our audience, that concludes the competition That whole ___ was just like amazing! It was good and Max's was good. And everyone's faces were just like You know all the other girls that did the dancing was like oh, my god! Its over and done and over It were the best dance Ive ever done especially at the end where I did the splits!
Yeah their faces were just like.. Split yourself in half.
Right and your red dress crowning! Lets see, lets see Lets hope! Lets hope for the best! Just get that on! Max and Sasha's, well, both performances I cannot fault we spent so long trying to get it just right I dont know, its just like finally come together, you know the performances were amazing absolutely amazing! You couldnt fault either of them Max sang like you know, sang like all time. His practicing was horrendous, absolutely horrendous But when theyre out there they were just they're amazing! Theyve got trophies coming You can see they've got trophies coming But its whether she gets overall Grand Supreme Everyone did the dance and everyone was like slow dancing and then Sasha was like Yeah, done.
Right! Like just do that again!
Amazing weren't it? That dance? Yep good, very good I was absolutely like oh my gosh shes really done it If the kids came out with not getting anything that would be so fixed. Unbelieveable.
Because everyone knows from watching them that they've obviously got something Max can't not because he was the only one in flower power and the only one in talent so hes got two at least I think that the fact that hes got new mates that hes never met before,
He's in a strange country, he wasnt embarrassed to get up there They all said he must have balls of steel oh yeah, Max is going to be well known now. The judges have deliberated and the winners have been chosen Up first are the boys as the only participant in most of the categories, Max is a guaranteed winner Most Handsome, goes to Max Bennington! Max Bennington! We knew hed come out pretty good.
You've got like breasts that are magical she knew that I know that's true What are we gonna do? I don't know have we ever been on this show together? Oh my god, this is our first time. Just chocolate on a beauty trippin' cherry. I love it I'm excited. Drew I can not believe it's 2018.
What, how did we get here? I don't know, but I'm happy about it. I'm so happy if you have so many possibilities so many things to learn so many mistakes to make ah Speaking of all of those things we want to make our content even better She's right in 2018 so no we did something for you guys something really special. We're doing a survey It's in the description below Or you guys can weigh in on what you think we should be doing you want to make couple extra dollars You get paid why wouldn't you do that? It's crazy? Okay? Are you ready for the clue? Yeah, the Golden Globes oh Those are coming up really soon this weekend. I think or this next week.
Maybe it's like we're getting fit in four gowns for the Golden Globes. Girl I don't know, have you ever been to the Golden Globes? No. Know neither have a high. Oh, maybe we're going to the Golden Globes together gonna walk the red carpet.
Well. Why are we going now? It's not until this weekend. Maybe we're gonna get our nails done, and you call your head of globe Like could your head be a cook like maybe we're getting highlights That could be it golden. Gold golden glow blonde highlights I did not sign up for that me either, but like you just clip it on.
I don't think that will look good. Hi. How are you? Welcome to the lace lounge. Oh the lace lounge I think I know bra fitting.
Heck yes! Golden globes So we are gonna fit both of you and see where you're at Bra wise see how your current bra is actually fitting you Oh, and maybe get a new yes, yeah, this is so good because a I love bras and B. No, one knows their bra size same yeah I know we need an expert like you so I'm glad we're here Heck Yes, - let's do it. All right come on back. This is so cute.
Oh, it's so pretty in here It smells so good you guys can smell of it Okay TIFF pretend I'm a Martian, and I've never had my boob size ever. Oh, what's the process? What you do okay? The process here is I don't use tape measures What? Not at all and that's usually one you can tell if the place is legit. If they're not using tape measures stop That is never you got a Victoria Secret That's the first thing they do they'll have that tape measure like how do you measure? Well most places do a plus four method where they add four inches on to your band size usually because I need it yeah. After the holidays So your band size is directly underneath your bust here, okay? And basically that measurement is your band size.
Wait. How do you measure though just by eyeballing it? Yeah, so basically I do the fitting by eyeballing it. Wow talent, real talent. She's like yes talent.
Those are some strong glasses. Okay So you notice it's not like a Victoria Secret where there's like a thousand different things to try it seems very intimate yes So everything is off the floor and that's because I want to make sure everything fits on you Do you ever customize bras? I do I do alterations as well. Ohh TIFF, I have a really important question okay, how long should someone keep their bra it depends It's it's however long you feel comfortable keeping it some people are gonna have to replace their bras a lot faster Usually larger cup sizes because there's so much weight on the on the bra, so they'll have to replace it quicker But there comes a point in time with the elastic starts to break down and you'll I think I know already here comes this little lips Orange-looking elastics hanging out on the sides you ever seen that That's when the elastic starts to break down the battle wounds of the wire coming out Poking you in weird places That's worse my other question is washing your bra should you wash it hand wash it cuz I never wash them you always should hand was your bras. In real form so what are the mistakes that people make when they buy bras because I know I make a lot of them usually for smaller cup sizes They usually have a lot of gapping going on in the top of the cup where so silly you don't fill it up That's happened to me before well.
My boobies have been waiting for you my whole life Okay, so let's get this show on the road belt up. Yes, so who wants to go first Drew I'm sure my feeling yeah. I feel like you should kick this off in a big way There's boobs in here. Yours or someone else's Girl, the 68th annual golden globes.
So these are by boobs. Okay, so I have to tell you this so my name is drew Dorsey, and I like Really want always my size to be a double D. So that I also have it's like the same thing as like my name as is my boob size your initials uh-huh yeah And I've always said that if I was a pop star like my fandom would be the double D's Right so like if I'm not a double D. If you tell me that I'm gonna cry What is she I can tell already you're not? I don't know So I look at her torso.
She's really tiny here, so what size have you been wearing? 36 Double D. So definitely not a 36 Yeah, smaller. I'm gonna kiss your face And usually you want this to be parallel to the floor back here. This is pretty good, but it's again It's not a normal bra back.
So you you can't really judge it based off of this I think you need a smaller band and a larger cup which will probably be similar to what you're wearing But it all goes by ratios so when you go down in the band you have to go up in the cup So I'm gonna pull a bra and see how that works for you And we're gonna go from there based on how that's fitting you cool. Okay. Let's do it. All right Okay, do you have that on do let's see it? Victoria Secret Fashion Show , yes, okay, this one is so pretty okay, so this is too big so little too big in the cup and sometimes when people come in wearing stuff that are just a little bit kind va va voom, huh Over shoot and put them in a larger cup size like what I think that you can go Down a cup size in this and the way you can tell you can see that.
There's this lace at the top That's just not lying flat. Uh-huh and there should be a little bit more lift to this bra than this okay. Oh This is better it like feels better But I feel like you can still go down a cup size the straps you should only be able to fit two fingers on your like this oh No, you keep your back muffin fat from poking out most of what should come from this part here the band, yeah What size is this? This is a 32 G U.S.. Or a 32 F UK? Are you kidding me? Yeah F UK? Okay, maybe I shouldn't say it that way I don't know how that's gonna work with mt initials.
There's no G anywhere. Double D is a really small cup size. In the scheme of things on a scale, on a bra scale. It's actually pretty small because you haven't seen my titties Okay, Erin, let's see what you're wearing I don't know if you're ready for this.
I mean look it has these little things all over it It doesn't look that bad I'm doing it's like a wall of the bra. It is so well left Yeah, that's a great way to put it so you're fine. Okay, so you're getting quite a bit of gapping at the top Yeah, and every time. I wear sure you can see that.
It doesn't fit me. Well. Yeah I have back fat that pours over the side, Erin because sometimes that happens Yeah My issues look like a mermaid. Oh, that's how I fix it Sometimes that happens when the band is actually too loose, so we're not - yes It starts to drag everything up and then it hangs over so if you get a nice firm band It's gonna stay lower, and then you're gonna avoid that issue, okay Yeah, so what else am I doing wrong see these things are like falling off Yeah, the straps are kinda and sometimes people don't know when to tighten their shops Yeah, but I'm gonna go grab something and and we'll talk oh Okay mystery Okay Yeah The only thing I don't like about this one is I know you said the band my band was way too big.
It's tight It's too tight. Yeah. Oh, yeah, look at this this stuff is like hanging out like here This is quite firm for her, and I think that she could possibly. This is a 30d.
She could probably do like a 32 Did you say a 30 D. Yeah girl stop told you? What Aditya which would be equivalent to a 32 C or a 34 bean oh So I've been wearing 34 peas yeah, which makes sense okay? No one's believing that This one's cute yeah, and that's so good. I don't feel like my circulations being cut off Yeah, I liked the juiciness of the last one. Yeah, there's known as you see in here no That's okay period I'm time here Ian time in a month I'll be juicing okay, so this one has a little bit of push-up padding in as well I like and you can feel at the bottom, but this is actually too small for you It is yeah, but I like it.
Yeah, they like bounce around. They won't they won't push it like a lamb Yeah, you can see how it's cutting in here, and you're kind of like falling towards the center. It's actually Especially on the bigger side you can see that you're popping out quite a bit more. I never guessed it you could tell this one's bigger so you're popping out on a 32d and the other one you previously had on was at 32 double d c okay, that's not fair because Girl that wasn't experience wasn't he I had no idea that I was a G.
I'm just saying like well. I'm not G. I'm Adi, but even still like that's not possible. I'm like what that sounds ridiculous I found this to be so helpful I think every single person should go and do this Wow because you have no idea all right you guys.
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Oh, hey, good, looks like everyone's talking about Beauty and the Beast again which, I guess, means this hottest of takes is back (MUSIC: Ironside by Quincy Jones) Wow, and youre, like, 'bout the 26th Millionth person to make this hot take (chuckles). Yeah, I read that CRACKED article from five years ago too - Okay, disclosure of bias, if you will, if you put me into a room with a gun to my head, I would say that, yes this movie is probably in my Top 2 Favorite Disney movies. It's the only animated film ever nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture And this is back when they had only 5 nominees! It contains some of the most incredible and nuanced animation in any movie ever! And all made under a super-tight deadline, in about half the time it normally takes to make an animated movie, and with very little faith from the higher-ups. The original "Beauty the Beasts" reputation has taken a slight turn in recent years as The target for lazy internet jokes.
And as someone who makes their living making lazy internet jokes, even I'm kind of tired of this whole, like, Hey, look I'm smarter than a '90s Disney movie, trend. Like, wow, she falls in love with him despite him being a jerk to her, and imprisoning her Like, yeah. I mean, that's kind of the point. See, it's like its like one of those, uh, stories about forgiveness.
See, I understand that sometimes a Disney movie can, can be little too subtle for yall (BELLE: Hes no monster, Gaston! You are!") Now, that said, that does not mean that it is not worth it to explore the possible *merit* of these lazy internet jokes. And maybe one day, I'll get into the crap they added into the new movie to "fix" some of the criticisms that have come down the pike over the last 20 years. Uh, no. But in the meantime, we're here to ask the question Does Belle have Stockholm syndrome? No.
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Okay. Well, you know what? First, lets let's figure out what Stockholm syndrome even is! Stockholm syndrome describes the psychological phenomenon where hostages, kidnapping victims, and victims of abuse develop intense emotional ties to their captors/abusers as a survival strategy. The name refers to an incident in Stockholm, Sweden in 1973 when four hostages, who had been taken captive by bank robbers, eventually refused to testify against their captors Here are the key components to the development of Stockholm syndrome : (1) That the hostage develops positive feelings towards their captor. (2) There is no previous hostage-captor relationship.
(3) That the hostage has an increasing belief in the humanity of their captor. (4) That the hostage learns to excuse abusive behaviors of their captor. And, of course, (5) A refusal by the hostage to accept the support of the authorities. Hmm (MAURICE: That horrible beast?!") (BELLE: "But, hes different now, papa.") (BELLE: Hes changed, somehow.") Okay, but here's the thing The aforementioned are just requirements for the *development* of what could be *considered* Stockholm syndrome.
They're not symptoms Symptoms." *Here* are the symptoms : #1 (BEAST: The castle is your home now, so you can go anywhere you like except the West Wing.") (BELLE: Whats in the West ") (BEAST: ITS FORBIDDEN!") (BEAST: "You will join me for dinner! That's not a request! (Slams door)) (BELLE gasps) Let's put a pin in that one. (Chuckles) We'll come back to that. #2 (BELLE: "You have my word.) (BEAST: DONE!") Okay, well, I guess we got that one Oh, mm-mm, wait a minute. Whose idea was it for Belle to stay at the castle anyway? (BELLE: "Take me instead.") (BEAST: "You?!) Yeah, I mean, she is being held against her will in the same way youre being held against your will if youre in 9th grade trig and you're dying to go home.
But, there is a key difference here. This is not a kidnapper-kidnappee relationship She stays in the castle because they make an agreement (BELLE: "You have my word.) (BEAST: DONE!") And Point #2 here, is where the whole argument falls apart the captive is held because she made an agreement And this isnt even like, in the fairy tale, where she exchanges herself for her dad who was being held under a very clear threat of death Heh, the Beast just kinda sounds like he's making it up like he goes along; like, he's just a kid who has no idea what hes doing. (BELLE: Would you let him go?") (BEAST: Yes.) (BEAST: But) (ticking sounds) (BEAST: You must promise to stay here forever.") (Ding) (imitating Beast): Uhm ff--forever! There is one point in the movie where the threat of violence *does* pop up and it's right here (BELLE: Stop!) (BEAST: GET OUT!!") (Crashing) (BEAST: GEEEEEEEEEEETTTT OOOOOOOOOUUUUUTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!") Which brings us to Stockholm Point #3 So, here's what follows immediately after Beasts little outburst (LUMIERE: "W--Where are you going?!") BELLE: (Promise or no promise, I can't stay here another minute!) Yeah, she'd been in the castle for *maybe* five hours. So, once the Beast starts throwing tables around, Belle runs away even, as she leaves, mentioning the little verbal contract that had been keeping her there, and then dismissing it.
And this brings us back to Point #1: The Beast defines rules (BEAST: The castle is your home now, so you can go anywhere you like except the West Wing.") (BELLE: Whats in the West ") (BEAST: ITS FORBIDDEN!") And then Belle is immediately like, Tra-la-la-la-la-la No." (Chuckles) If Stockholm syndrome is a condition displayed by the victim, then Belle does not apply, because she does not respect the rules set up for her from, basically, the word go (BELLE: Ah, so *thats* the West Wing") Point #4. And then, after x" amount of violence, the smallest act of kindness on the part of the captor (or even, the absence of violence) elicits sympathetic feelings from the captive. This one, I think, is the, uh, symptom," that people are most familiar with, and therefore, the one that tends to trip people up It really bugs me when people file this movie into the, I Can Fix Him, category (ANASTASIA STEELE: "No rules, no punishments and no more secrets.) (CHRISTIAN GREY: "I can do that.") Because Belle never sets out to fix the Beast. *Ever.* I mean, yeah, she's way more reasonable than anyone in that situation might be expected to be, but she, basically, responds to his absence of dick-ery.
Now, this is not the case in the Beauty and the Beast" direct-to-video sequels (BELLE (in the sequel): Come on!) Ho-oh, boy (BEAST (in the sequel): "You said youd never leave.") (BELLE (in the sequel): I just wanted to make you happy.") *BOOM* But, in the original movie i.E., The thing that matters her goal is never at any point, either stated or unstated, to make the Beast into another person. If he's a jerk, she responds in kind. (BEAST: Will you come down to dinner?") (BELLE: No!") (BEAST: Hmm?!) If he's nice, she responds in kind. She treats him fairly.
And he decides to improve himself of his own volition, out of respect and fondness for her. And, eventually, she responds by being like, Eh I guess I wouldn't kick him out of bed." The Archetypal, uh, Stockholm syndrome setting is more like, you know, your captor throws a scrap of bread at you after having starved you for weeks on end You know, not, necessarily, saves you from a pack of ravenous wolves. That said, I'm not convinced that the Beast didnt, like slip those wolves a twenty under the table Anyway! So, after the Beast gets in a fight with some wolves & falls down Belle recognizes that he put himself in harm's way to save her, and, for whatever reason that is implied by this expression, here (Its up to you, the viewer) she decides to keep her end of the bargain, and stay with him. Which leads us to this scene and Point #5 The victim learns to avoid triggers that will set off the captor Belle *never* does this, even from the very beginning (BEAST:"That hurts!!) (BELLE: If you'd hold still, it wouldn't hurt as much!") (BEAST: "Well, if you hadn't have run away, this wouldn't have happened) (BELLE: If you hadn't frightened me, I wouldn't have run away!") And that's part of what makes this scene, so great She doesn't put up with his shit.
But, she does give credit where credit is due, and that leaves the door open for him to stop being such a dickhead (BELLE: "By the way, thank you for saving my life.) (Beast stops growling) Point #6 (BELLE: "If only I could see my father again" (BELLE: Just for a moment, I miss him so much.") Nope! (BELLE: Papa! Oh no ) (BELLE: He's sick! He may be dying and he's all alone!) At this point in the film, the Beast is caught between keeping Belle here, and possibly saving his own humanity; or letting her go and putting her needs before his. And the second he says she could peace out to go help her dad, she's like, Okay, bye!" (BELLE: Thank you for understanding how much he needs me.") That feeling where you think you got this chick to like you, but then it turns out youre a literal f**king monster holding her as a hostage and if it weren't for the mob of angry villagers, we don't have any indications to whether or not Belle would have ever come back I mean, she might have, you know, to return this dish she's stole, but, you know But the most important facet that people miss about Stockholm syndrome is that it is *not* a diagnosable mental disorder. It is *not* on the DSM. Stockholm syndrome *is* considered a contested illness," as a large portion of the psychiatric and law enforcement community do not think it is a thing.
So, honestly, this entire conversation is almost rendered moot, because Stockholm syndrome kind of belongs more in the category of "debunked pseudoscience," than actual, study-able, psychological conditions or at the very least, it's in the category of, more research needed." Making Beauty and the Beast," about Stockholm syndrome is kind of missing the forest for the trees You know, if you basically only had a passing pop-cultural knowledge of either forests or trees. "Beauty and the Beast" is a story about, you know, friendship and forgiveness. That sort of thing. And the romantic aspect is played down to near non-existence I'm on the fence as to how romantic it even is.
Just look at the look on her face when he turned back into a man Even for a Disney movie this is a pretty sexless relationship, at least from Belle's side of things. (BELLE: Hes my friend.") (Slower: Hes my Friend.) I mean, I do enjoy Beasts, Hey look! A Girl! I did it!" Face Aww So, even ignoring the fact that most law enforcement & mental health professionals do not think that Stockholm syndrome is actually even a thing this movie is not a good example of the thing. Does not mean that this term does not necessarily apply it just means that this term is not a good one. Stop using it.
But while we're here "Beauty and the Beast" is the story of a young girl who wants (BELLE: Adventure in the great, wide somewhere ") But then learns that getting married to a rich guy who held you prisoner for a while is pretty good Hmm, actually, no. Like yeah uh. Let's re-frame that. Beauty and the Beast" is the story of two men who view the same woman as a shiny object to be controlled And where one of them learns to see her humanity, the other one falls to his death Well, that's a more well, I guess lets say its a more optimistic way of framing it because the story, regardless of how it's set up It's not really Belle's story.
It's the Beasts. He's the one who learns, he's the one who changes, He's the one with a character arc, and it's much stronger if you look at it that way, because Belle's arc is Well, I guess she does learn to wear other dresses. Compare the Disney movie to the original fairy tale, where the arc is all Beautys. The Beast, we are told, already has a heart of gold, if we're gonna ignore the whole dad/rose" thing Beauty just needs to see that he has a good heart so, the arc is hers all along, in learning to see beauty in something that is superficially ugly.
In the original fairy tale, the arc is Beautys, where in the Disney movie, it all belongs to the Beast This is a trend we see in a lot of Renaissance Disney; the heroine states a want; be it, y'know, legs Or "adventure in the great, wide somewhere," or a love-marriage, or not to be in the service of Satan anymore But the solution, at the end, always kind of winds up being guys. In screenwriting terms, the question is whose story is it? And in a character-driven film like most Disney movies, for example the story is built around the character arc, or the Want vs. Need. And for more about Want vs.
Need," check out the Hercules" video Its pretty good. In all of the Renaissance Disney movies, what the protagonist wanted was, yknow, their teenage, whatever" dreams (BELLE: I want so much more than they've got planned ") (ALADDIN: Sometimes you feel so) (JASMINE: Youre just) (BOTH: Trapped.") (ARIEL: Love to explore that shore up above ") What they needed was to find love and get married. As long as it's not an arranged marriage and when you look at "Beauty and the Beast" The Beasts arc is a far more central theme to the story What he *wants* is not to be a beast anymore;
what he *needs* is to love someone so much that he puts her needs before Not only his, but his entire castle. (BEAST: Because I love her.") Belles character is self-actualized at the beginning.
She knows who she is & what she likes. She doesn't need to change She just needs a guy who appreciates her, which the Beast does, I guess, cuz he gives her some books And, personally, I find that little trend of women's self-actualization being defined by what guy she ends up with way more insidious than whether or not this movie is about Stockholm syndrome. Really, it brings up less questions of a psychological disorder, and more questions of agency as it pertains to narrative Particularly for women, whose narratives usually have them being less active agents, so much as being thrown into circumstances which they must then survive. So, if we're worried about trying to stop reinforcing this idea that women should, or inevitably will, end up loving their kidnapper/captor/rapist/whatever that thought kind of undermines the point of *this* narrative.
Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" is a story about basic human decency And how society, at large, neither rewards it; or even, necessarily, sees it. And that's a pretty strong narrative. But, since it's such a short and simple film all of this is at the expense of the heroine being allowed a character arc, other than learning to like this guy. See there are layers to this discussion Complexities, even.
It can be a story about denying a woman her own self-actualization while, at the same time, being a touching tale about empathy and forgiveness It can be both. Internet. People who derive this movie by saying it's about Stockholm syndrome are ignoring that it's actually about the various ways that decent people get "othered" by society. Maurice, presumably the town's only innovator, is considered a weird kook Gaston demonstrates that bullies are rewarded and beloved by society, so long as they possess a certain set of characteristics The townsfolk worship Gaston, and think Belle is a weirdo for not conforming to the expectations voiced upon her by her gender.
(BABETTE 1: "Whats wrong with her?") (BABETTE 2: Shes crazy!") (BABETTE 3: Hes gorgeous!") And they wanna kill the Beast because he looks scary, despite Belles protests Buuuuuuuut, Stockholm syndrome, I guess. Hell, let's armchair diagnose everyone. Everyone has Stockholm syndrome! The Genie has Stockholm syndrome cuz hes just so loyal to his kind master! After all, Aladdin is not like Jafar He is one of the nice ones. Yknow, hell unslave you after you do him a few favors.
And do all the toys in Toy Story exhibit Stockholm syndrome for Andy? Sure, why not? Hacky, uninformed insights like this belittle the themes that *are* there Seeing the good in people, where they don't see it in themselves The way society rewards bullies and superficiality The way it others" decent people who don't conform to expectations How kindness begets kindness Your uninformed observation does not make you smarter than the media you consume, it just means you're not paying attention And that is why the whole, "Stockholm syndrome" thing is stupid, and needs to go away. Yes, yes, I do recognize the irony of me getting on other people's grills for being smug. (Outro music) (Crashing).
[Bianca Zanini]: Brazil is know internationally for its beautiful scenery. This includes its beautiful women. The country is home to many of pageant culture's most coveted crowns: Miss World, Miss International, Miss Earth and Miss Universe. And Brazil's growing middle-class is beginning to spend excessively on cosmetic surgeries to compete in the world beauty arena.
But, Brazil is also notorious for its prison influx. With over 600,000 prisoners, it has the fourth-largest prison population in the world. The female prison population has grown 146% in just seven years. Life behind bars is bleak when you share living quarters with convicted criminals.
Glamour is the last thing you would expect. But in Brazil's largest city, even prison walls can't keep out fantasies of beauty, style and the social mobility can afford. So, we travel to So Paulo to attend a beauty pageant in the country's largest female maximum-security prison complex. We arrived just in time to catch the inmates' final indoor rehearsal.
Hired by the prison, local celebrity choreographer, Julinho, is the pageant's creative director and beauty coach. In the prison's church, Julinho was teaching the women how to walk like professional pageant queens. [Bianca Zanini]: So, there's going to be four categories. The first one is Miss Max or Miss International.
It's because this prison has a lot of foreign women. And so, it's about being beautiful no matter where you're from in the world. The second one is Muse of Maturity, a prize for the older, inspirational women in the prison. (The) third one is Miss Congeniality.
And the fourth one is really interesting, probably the most interesting one of them (all). It's the Mr. Congeniality. It's a new prize, the first time we've had this, and it's for the openly-gay inmates here.
[Bianca Zanini]: After the rehearsal, we met up with Ana Paula, who started Mr. Max, an openly-gay category that has never been done at any other beauty pageant before. [Bianca Zanini]: Ana gave me a tour of her prison cell, where she spends the majority of her time. [Bianca Zanini]: Bianca, a native Brazilian, and her best friend from Spain, Inmaculada, have both made it to the final round for the crown title of Miss Beleza Internacional.
[Bianca Zanini]: Also competing for the crown, Falida, from Sweden, is a long way from home. She served one year out of a seven-year sentence after being caught with 8 kilos of cocaine at So Paulo International Airport. Falida doesn't speak Portuguese, and preferred to talk to me in English instead. We sat down in the prison classroom where inmates spend their free time reading and drawing.
[Bianca Zanini]: What did you do? [Falida Djonni Dahlgren]: International drug trafficking. I went in debt, so I ended up borrowing some money This was the last resort of not paying of my debt. I had cocaine in the airport. It was in a suitcase.
I knew I was gonna get a suitcase. I wasn't really sure what was gonna be inside it. As far as I knew, it was going to be something; because I was in debt, right? Once I was in the airport, I was thinking of just leaving the bag, and just (making a) run for it, but I was even scared because this guy knew where I was living. Once they opened the bag, it was, like, stitched in; into the walls (or, in other words, the sides of the bag).
[Bianca Zanini]: So, how did you feel the moment they were like, "Let's look in your bag", or - ? [Falida Djonni Dahlgren]: At that moment, I think (that) I was mostly just in shock. I knew that there was a risk, but if this was happening, it was, in a way, maybe meant to happen. [Bianca Zanini]: Why is this pageant important to you? [Falida Djonni Dahlgren]: I know that we've done something bad; and, of course, we should be punished for it. But, we're still human.
(In) one way, this could just help us, you know, to.. Cope with the prison life. [Bianca Zanini]: So, right now, bags of shoes have just arrived. [Bianca Zanini]: For some of them, it's been a decade in flat shoes.
[Bianca Zanini] Nairajane, a Miss Congeniality contestant, leaves three children back at home while she serves time for trafficking. [Bianca Zaranini]: Tomorrow, Nairajane's mother is making the journey to watch her daughter compete for the Miss Congeniality title. [Bianca Zaranini]: Not everyone is so fortunate. Clementina is a competitor for Muse of Maturity, a prize for older women.
She's far, far away from her family in So Tom, Africa. [Bianca Zanini]: Who's gonna win this, do you think? [Falida Djonni Dahlgren]: We all have a good chance of winning. There's a lot of pretty girls. [Bianca Zanini]: Okay, that's very diplomatic; but, like, who do you think is gonna win? [Falida Djonni Dahlgren]: Of course, I'm gonna cheer on myself.
[Both laugh] [Falida Djonni Dahlgren]: I think (that) I have a good chance. I think (that) I have a lot of charisma, I have intelligence; I think (that) I have beauty on the inside and the outside. [Bianca Zaranini]: So, apparently this beauty pageant is a lot bigger than I thought (it was going to be). It's huge! The girls have been preparing for months, there's been several elimination rounds.
There's gonna be a celebrity jury; a supermodel coming in. I don't know how they're gonna pull this off in a maximum security prison. Everything is literally crazy right now. People are running around; the girls are really, really nervous.
All of the staff here is running around, doing every last little detail. It's- it's pretty insane here. [Bianca Zanini]: Nerves are running high in the green room as the ladies prepare for the show. Hair and makeup professionals have been brought in to help (to) beautify the inmates.
The prison administrators have made sure to hire the best-of-the-best. [Bianca Zanini]: It was showtime for Miss Maximum Security. We were able to meet Nairajane's mother on the way in. This is the first time (that) she'll see her daughter in ten months.
[Bianca Zanini]: A strange combination of inmates, relatives, local celebrities and leading Brazilian media companies begin to show up as the MC's take the stage. [Bianca Zanini]: The inmates in the audience were roaring as the pageant was about to begin. [Bianca Zanini]: The panel of celebrity judges has arrived. [Bianca Zanini]: Supermodel Ana Hickmann co-hosts the evening, along with Brazil's most famous TV presenter, Raul Gil.
[Bianca Zanini]: Bianca is first-up to take the stage, kicking off the first walk for the Miss Max pageant. [Bianca Zanini]: Next, Clementina walks for Miss Maturity poised in national costume formalwear. [Bianca Zanini]: It was then time for the much-anticipated Miss Beleza Internacional bathing suit competition. [Bianca Zanini]: Mr.
Max, the category everyone had been waiting for all day, began with a walk-off. [Bianca Zanini]: Now, the jury asks Mr. Max contestants questions about their future. [Bianca Zanini]: Then the walk-off for Miss Congeniality.
[Bianca Zanini]: Nairajane's mother begged the guards to allow her backstage to see her daughter. Finally, they broke protocol and let her in. [Bianca Zanini]: While the celebrity judges tally the votes, and the contestants get dressed into their evening wear, there's a surprise: the male entertainment that were brought in especially for the women at the event. [Bianca Zanini]: The judges are then ready to crown Miss Congeniality.
[Bianca Zanini]: Miss Maturity contestants come out to see who will receive the title. [Bianca Zanini]: It's not everyone's lucky day, but all (of) the women got to shine, feeling more like themselves than they have in a long time. [Bianca Zanini]: The last event of the night is the walk-off for evening wear, followed by the final crowning. [Bianca Zanini]: First, the runner-up is crowned.
[Bianca Zanini]: And now, it's time to crown the winner of Miss International, the most important category of the competition. [Bianca Zanini]: The press was going crazy over Falida. She even appeared on the front page of the national paper the next day. Luckily, I had a chance to catch up with her backstage before she joined the rest of the inmates in the lot outside of the prison.
[Bianca Zanini]: Congratulations! Let me give you a hug! [Falida Djonni Dahlgren]: Thank you! Thank you! [Bianca Zanini]: How are you feeling? [Falida Djonni Dahlgren]: I'm feeling very happy; very excited. [Bianca Zanini]: Tonight felt like real-life Cinderella. Like, right immediately after they gave the last prize, the women transformed back to... What they are right now, which is inmates.
Tomorrow, I'm gonna talk to them, and.. I'll see how they're feeling. It's the day after the big day. To be honest, I don't really know what to expect.
I've only known them for these past few days while they were excited and happy, and it was, you know, not that hard to stay positive. Let's see how they feel tomorrow. [Bianca Zanini]: It's.. Really a lot more than just a pageant.
This is a glimpse of a better life, it's a.. Reason to.. Stay positive in a... Hard reality.
If you want a society where people can actually have a chance to better themselves, we need to give them a space to do so.
And I think that, this pageant and all its silliness and.. Glitter is.. An example of that..
Youre the best. Youre helping my skin and trying to get
the eyelash out of my eye. Shes the best! Hey guys, its Mi-Anne and this is Beauty
With Mi. Hello all! Welcome back! If you are new to this channel, please hit
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Im doing another weird facial.
Ever since I did the enzyme facial, you know
the one where I came out looking like a straight up Grandma, Ive been wondering if I would
ever find something that would top that. Turns out, I just might have. And naturally I filmed the entire experience for all of you. The facial in question is called the ice infusion
tightening facial, and it was developed by an esthetician named Rene Rouleau, someone Ive admired for years.
Her clients include the likes of Demi Lovato. Ever heard of her? Although Rene is based out of Austin, she
makes regular trips to LA and New York and I got a chance to try out the ice infusion
facial in the flesh. The facial itself is designed to heat up and
cool down the skin, thus brightening, tightening and smoothing everything out. AKA all things that I love.
She started off by cleansing my skin using
amazing hot stones. Thus beginning the warm up process. By increasing the skins internal temperature,
were increasing oxygen and blood flow and the blood brings new nutrients and feeds the skin cells. Then once my skin was sufficiently clean, Rene
smoothed on a cranberry peel to loosen up any dead skin cells on the surface of my face.
It smells so good. Next she continued with even more exfoliation
using a Bio-Brasion device, which is basically designed to exfoliate the skin through light
suction and vibration. I almost felt like it was gonna hurt, but
it doesnt hurt at all. Science rules! Then she moved onto a mousse-like bubble mask
that helps improve circulation.
Naturally I made like Bella Thorne and took
a few pictures. Im gonna get the perfect gram. Who wore it better? Let me know, in the comments below. I love a good close shave.
Its dual purpose. It warms the skin, which helps increase blood
circulation. Thats what the rosemary and the minty-ness
will do, right? Yup. But then it also softens the skin so that
if someone does need extractions itll make it easier.
Once the mask had done its work, she removed
it and put on a serum. And brought out an ultrasound. Yup. You heard that right, an ultrasound.
But she wasnt gliding that device on my
skin in search of a heartbeat, she was actually using it to improve circulation, reduce inflammation
and help the serum she applied absorb better. I feel like this would be a really great machine
if I was in Middle School and I wanted to pretend like I had a fever. Then it was time for phase two: the cool down. Rene whipped out a tray of, what looked like
ice cubes, but was actually full of frozen serum popsicles cooled down to -2 degrees.
What this does is anytime you create cold
on the skin it immediately constricts the capillaries and it creates a vacuum effect
that pulls the ingredients deeper into the skin. It creates like a suction. Not gonna lie, it wasnt the most comfortable. It kinda felt like a three minute brain freeze.
And if you touch your face you can feel how slippery and delicious Oh its really smooth.
Rene made a seaweed rubber mask that she
put on my skin that felt so good. It was cooling on contact and had really soothing
ingredients, like seaweed in it to hydrate my skin. What it does is it creates an occlusive seal
over the skin so that everything underneath has no place else to go but into the skin. Im not even kidding, when I looked in the mirror there were no pores.
I just didnt understand. Around my nose I had bigger clogged pores. The cold constricts the opening of the pore. You can also see your breakouts have really
settled down.
Yeah, I had one here that was really painful
and its not even red anymore. I feel like its an amazing facial for events
because I literally looked at myself and could see a difference immediately. How long can I expect to see these results for? I would say most people can see a visible
difference for about seven to ten days. Thats so much longer than I thought! Wait Im so excited.
Well thanks so much for giving me the Rene
Rouleau glow. Your skin is beautiful. I didnt have to work that hard. Thank you! Oh, we did some work.
Full disclosure: Rene's facials cost around
$450, which I know is pretty steep so the next best thing to getting an actual facial
from Rene is to get something from her product line. She recommended three products that you can
use to mimic the effects of her facial at home. The first item is an exfoliating mask. Now, Rene has one in her line.
Its called
the Triple Berry Smoothing Peel. Ive actually used this before and I really, really like it. It smells amazing. And when you put it on and leave it on for
10 minutes afterwards, your skin will be baby soft.
Im not even kidding. Next up is a toner. Now Rene actually suggested I pour toner
into an ice cube tray, stick it in the freezer, and use it as to mimic the effects of her ice facial. So I actually did that, and it worked.
It was pretty cool. Finally a soothing mask. Now Rene recommends this one which is the
Rapid Response Detox Masque. I actually adore this thing.
I really like her line in general but this
mask is amazing. It looks like honey golden nectar of some sort. You put it on. Its not drying even though its really good for acne.
It has tea tree leaf oil, salicylic acid,
manuka leaf oil. All of which are antibacterial so great for pimples. But it also has sodium hyaluronate which is
great for hydrating. So this is amazing to soothe your skin.
It really calms down breakouts, but you can
actually make a bunch of DIY masks that I. Think would do the job as well. I actually did an entire video on DIY skin
care and made a bunch of masks. I made an exfoliating mask.
I made a really hydrating honey mask and a
cocoa powder and yogurt mask, all of which you can see the recipes for up here. All in all I really loved the facial. But Im not going to lie, I dont think
one facial is going to completely solve all of your skin concerns. To me, getting a facial is all about pampering
and relaxing and honestly Rene's facial was exactly that.
But I hope that you guys enjoyed this. Let me know what your favorite part of the
facial was below. And if you have any cool masks or DIY recipes
for me to try, I would love to hear them as well. Let me know in the comments and I will catch
you guys next week.
Bye! Thanks so much for watching guys. Let me know what you want me to do next on Beauty With Mi in the comments below. And click here to subscribe to Refinery29,
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