album, a feat that none of her male counterparts managed to accomplish. After Quintanilla’s death, she became known as the “Queen of Tejano” and won many posthumous awards and honors that broke new records. By being a female artist with mainstream success, Quintanilla became a role model not only for the Latinx community but for women of all races. The loss of Quintanilla has also been attributed to jump-starting the popularity of artists like Jennifer Lopez and Shakira with their own crossover ventures in the United States. Without Selena’s legacy, many current Latinx musicians might have faced more of a struggle to reach their current levels of
My cousin, Salma, always wanted to be a singer since she was a 10. She practiced all night and all day. The first day in high school there was a musical that she auditioned for but she didn't get in. she was devastated, but that didn't stop her. She kept singing and practicing, learning pop, classic and all sorts of music.
My Greatest Accomplishment A truly great accomplishment is something that lasts and requires determination and extensive effort. For me, making the Texas Small School All-State Mixed Choir was my biggest accomplishment because it opened me up to new passions, taught me how to work hard, and set me on the path I am on today. In my sophomore year, I joined choir simply to get my fine arts credit out of the way. At the time I did not have any plans for college and was uncertain on what I wanted to do with my life after high school. I honestly hated school and just wanted to get it over with.
Victoria’s Secret (VS) is a famous American retailer of women’s lingerie who’s widely known to use supermodels called “Angels” to advertise and promote the company’s lingerie. In 2013, Victoria’s Secret launched a campaign advertisement called “I Love My Body”. When I first heard about it, I was excited to finally see some positive body image promoted by VS. However, the advertisement was the complete opposite
Besides the rumor of her "satanic worship", she is also infamously known for her “absurd” outfits, especially during award shows. However, her outfits are an artistic way to express her personality beyond the music conveying messages such as it is okay to be peculiar and atypical. Additionally, Lady Gaga supports other women in the music industry. She is never seen having a musical feud with other female artists. She would rather create music with them to show the unity of the female community in the music industry.
While every pageant, natural or glitz, comes with its ups and downs, they are beneficial for young women through aiding them in bettering themselves throughout life. Beauty pageants have been around for centuries and will be present for many more to come. While professionals cannot tell the exact date pageants started, they like to celebrate the world’s first modern pageant on “September 19” because it began on that day in “1888 in Belgian” (Worlds First Modern Beauty Pageant). At the beginning, beauty pageants were used to “pick the next wife of the ruler or king across Europe” (World First Modern Beauty Pageant). The winner would get a grand prize and an opportunity to be on the cover of the most admired magazine in that time.
A brief history of the entrepreneur: Robyn Rihanna Fenty (better known as Rihanna) was born on the 20th of February 1988 in Barbados. She is the eldest of three children who were born into a family were drug and alcohol abuse was prevalent. Rihanna turned to singing to release the stress of her family life which became worse after her parents’ divorce. At a very young age of 16 she was signed to Def Jam records and started producing and releasing music hereafter. Despite Rihanna’s harsh family life and intense migraines, she managed to work her way up to the top of the cultural ladder without ever letting go of her traditions from home in the Caribbean Island.
In 2010, Victoria’s Secret launched a new campaign to advertise their new line of lingerie entitled “Love Your Body”. The company used their own models to represent their brand. However, since the models were meant to embody ideal women, this triggered much controversy within the American female population. This gives rise to the question, what are the characteristics of an ideal woman? Even though the title “Love Your Body” sounds empowering, it can only be empowering if the woman reading it considers herself to have a body she loves.
In January 1999, her song "Baby One More Time" reached the top of the pop charts. Spears have since been one of the most successful—and sometimes controversial—solo acts in pop music. Additionally, in 2012, she began appearing as a judge on the popular singing-competition show The X Factor. As I mention people were looking at Britney the innocent lovely girl at Mickey Mouse club (mmc) at Disney Where Britney released her new music video after leaving Disney in 2001 it’s called slave for you that sounds weird since she was the lovely innocent girl then she released a video half naked all full of illuminate signs to attract people for sex addiction Britney was acting a bit weird lately however she shaved her head and started dealing with
Kayla Terry October 30, 2015 English 101P 2:00-3:40 Annotated Bibliography Beyoncé In the media, what type of girl is the perfect girl? Beyoncé known as the “Queen” in pop culture sends a message to women of all ages in this world that we are beautiful and have power in this world. I chose Beyoncé as my topic because I believe that the message she gives to women is important to herself and fans who follow. As we know Beyoncé has the life, looks, and popularity that all women want in this world, but she tells us it’s okay to not be the “Perfect Woman”. Flawless and Run the World is two songs that says women are powerful and beautiful just the way they are.