Show Celebrity e e II J Ma a Co 0 a new anew Extreme x feme iIi r r r a w I t AJr A h d' Jr rNY n v vr v v'S S 'S n. n I Pe r N I d N rj 1 Ir- Ir I NR Y I M i p h P r. r E u U o E- E EE E o I o 1 so su o s u o Ur M lel t Erika Bullock Contributing Writer It is no secret that our society thrives on anything anything any any- thing to do with ties Many star obsessed individuals will go to great lengths for the latest celeb gossip opportunities ties to meet stars in person person person per per- son and now to actually alter their appearance to look like them MTV has recently recently begun airing their disturbing disturbing disturbing disturb disturb- ing new reality television show I Want a Famous Face The show airs on Monday nights at 1030 pm p.m. and features individuals individuals individuals who wish to look like specific celebrities and will undergo the pain and uncertainty of cosmetic cosmetic cosmetic cos cos- cos- cos surgery to do so Throughout every episode MTV documents each person before their surgery follows them during the cosmetic procedure procedure procedure pro pro- even showing explicit scenes of the cutting cutting cutting cut cut- ting and manipulating of body parts and ends each segment showing the final results The young contestants on this freak show lack the confidence and self acceptance it takes to go through life looking the way they were created To fix the psychological problem they look at the lives of stars and believe so strongly that these lives are far more wonderful wonderful wonderful won won- than anything they could create on their own They believe these lives were built on physical appearance and that if they they alter their appearance appearance appear appear- appearance ance to resemble a celebrity's they will gain the key to success and be beable beable beable able to live their dream lives So far desired celebrity looks have been Brad Pitt Britney Spears and Kate and fortunately the results of the surgeries have yet to match their intended looks The world would be a scary place if it were filled with celebrity clones made up of every self-loathing self celebrity obsessed The closest resemblance resemblance resemblance blance is between celebrity ty wannabe Mia and Britney Spears but the two looked a lot alike before the surgery and Mia only opted to match Britney's breast implants on the show Mia went through with the surgery hoping that it would enhance her life as a Britney Spears ator Upcoming transformations transformations transformations hope to attain the looks of Jennifer Lopez Elvis and Pamela Anderson It is a sad day in this world when growing members of our youth desire so much to become someone other than them them- selves A show where a person is supported in their struggle struggle to become someone else only fuels the disconcerting thoughts of their weak minds Plastic surgery among young people in our nation is growing rapidly According to MTV statistics statistics statistics statis statis- tics show that in the year 2002 two million young people permanently altered their physical appearance with plastic surgery |