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Girls in the United States are starving for perfection and going to great lengths to obtain it by any means necessary. That could mean harming themselves physically, mentally, and emotionally or taking on masochistic behavior. It could sometimes lead to the point of no return with irremediable damage or in the worst case scenario, death. In today’s society, all of what is portrayed on television are disgustingly thin like Barbie actresses, models and celebrities and that is what most teenage girls strive to be like. Teenage girls are idolizing these celebrities mainly on their waist size and not what really matters like their personality and intellect. But what most of these girls don't know is that many of these famous people have eating disorders like anorexia and are not by any means healthy. If they knew the facts, they would not be striving to be what they think Americans want to see them as. If these young girls are not careful the results can be fatal. That is sad and also......

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