2011 Pretty Inside and Out Program

Students often see themselves based on experiences. They also may have participated in bias, based on physical size, appearance or the ways in which expectations about body image and appearance in our society are presented.

The Beauty from the Inside Out Program offered character education information, media literacy and examined media images. The session concluded with a complimentary makeover presented by three Mary Kay independent beauty consultants, Debbie Bryant, Jenny Dunn and Agela McCall.

The program was designed to increase students' awareness about the ways in which media messages consciously and unconsciously shape our opinions regarding body size and appearance; to develop students' media literacy skills and encourage them to think critically about attractiveness messages in the media; and to challenge students to identify specific actions they can take to move beyond appearance as a dominant force in their social lives.