9 reasons why I care about Heidi Klum
by Christina | May 29, 2017 | Blog |
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The appearance of our body is grossly overestimated, while its capabilities are grossly underestimated. Our body is a seismograph whose signals we should pay more attention to. It reacts immediately when something is not right, when something doesn't agree with us. Mine, for example, reacts with a rising nausea as soon as I switch on Germany's Next Top Model.
Somehow I still keep waiting to see whether I might find the Winner catch. For me, that would be a girl who puts her hands on her hips and says: "How are you talking to me?" That would be a top girl. Self-confident, without any sign of submissiveness, demanding respect.
Heidi Klum is dangerous. If she were a man, you would immediately realise what was happening. That young, naive women are being trained here and taught to parry. But Heidi Klum is a good-looking, successful woman with a squeaky voice. A macho man in sheep's clothing. It hypnotises millions of young viewers and thus takes on a new dimension. significant influence on how women see themselves and are seen. And here are 9 good reasons why I would prefer a world without Klum:
1. she sells submissiveness to young women as the quality needed to make it.
2. it rewards women for parrying.
3 Heidi as a role model? For what? For the fact that when a woman has made it far, she is allowed to bully her successors?
4 Nora Tschirner summarised this wonderfully: "She sells the girls the message: "The outer voices are more important than your inner voice."
5 Heidi Klum is known to be a great businesswoman. What do we call people who do business with the naivety of young women?
6 According to a recent study, 91 % of women are dissatisfied with their bodies. If you publicly criticise even very young, extremely pretty women, you are communicating to the 91 %: "You are right to be dissatisfied".
7. to publicly bully young, naive women who are not yet stable and run their self-esteem into the ground borders on psychological abuse. Just because we have become accustomed to it doesn't make it any less abuse.
8 She shapes our image of women. And Klum's image of women looks like this: a woman has only done well enough when she does what others expect of her.
9. putting women down sucks. Young women who look up to you, even more so!
I wonder if she talks to her daughters like that? Aren't we responsible for young people who don't yet have so much life experience? When I was talking about this topic with a friend the other day, she said: "But the industry is really tough. They're just being prepared for it." That may be true. But then Mrs Klum should be teaching them how to deal with this pressure, how to save their own souls in this industry, instead of smacking girls who are trying to read their own worth in her eyes. I think this is what is normally meant by preparation. But the quota is more likely to be The pleasure of tormenting made.
First and foremost, I wish young women a good relationship with themselves, which is hard enough without Klum. I wish that for all women, especially for the 91 % who can no longer appreciate their bodies because they believe that we are only lovable when we are perfect.
These are all letters. I don't always succeed in expressing what is important to me. I'll leave it this time Shea Glover for me, a young woman who put people in front of her camera to tell them that they are standing there because she thinks they are beautiful. I heartily recommend that you take the 4 minutes to watch the video. It's guaranteed to make your day better!
Dear HeidiLook at what that does to people. It's deeply disappointing the way you use your presence. Unfortunately, you won't get a photo from me this week...
I am in favour:
Body awareness instead of body perfection!
Good body knowledge instead of dependence on the beauty industry.
Naturally good looks instead of spray-painted zombies.
.... I fully agree! Heidi is a tough, tyrant ....! For me she has simply switched off her own feelings! Money, success...and her looks are the only things that matter to her! The message to young girls is the real drama of this show....
GLG
Wonderful contribution!
I completely agree with you!
Thank you !
Best regards Maria Kern
Dear Christina!
I only watched Heidi D's (Klum) programme once and was horrified by her viciousness and switched off immediately. It may be that as a mother of 3 children she has a wonderful body, but for me she is an art object and not a warm, loving person. Perhaps at the age of 70 I'm a long way from wanting to be beautiful. Although I also try to keep fit (facial yoga and sport). I would also like to thank you for your interesting contributions. I am totally enthusiastic about Korean facial cleansing and care.
Thank you very much and all the best
Renate
Dear Renate,
I think your feeling is quite right.
I'm pleased to hear that you seem to be putting some of the course into practice and are satisfied. That makes me happy! I wish you all the best,
GLG Christina
simply super, written and thought!
the point "but the industry is really tough. you have to be well prepared for it" reminds me of the performance approach at school: as much pressure as possible, because after all, there's a lot of pressure in business later on. learning to deal with pressure by being exposed to as much pressure as possible as a child (and klum's models aren't much older)? it's like squeezing an apple very hard at first so that it can withstand the pressure of the apples above it in the box later on. the only problem is that it has already become mushy from the pressure and is the first to go flat in the box... in my opinion (and experience), the more promising way would be to strengthen self-confidence and self-assurance.
Dear Isabella,
Thank you for your apt words and the wonderful comparison with the apple! It hits the nail right on the head!
All the best and best wishes,
Christina
Dear Christina,
Heidi Klum counteracts everything that the feminism of the 60s and 70s initiated and contributes to the fossilised, traditional image of women being passed on from generation to generation. It is just as anchored in the collective memory of our society(s) as the image of men, which determines what a "real" man should be like. The same set of characteristics is present in both genders, only some are attributed to men and others to women, and this categorisation contributes massively to the insecurity of men and women.
But what really pisses me off the most is the fact that Heidi Klum is allowed to do this. Why is a programme like hers allowed to be produced and broadcast at all and further unsettle young girls/women in their already fragile self-esteem? This is of course a rhetorical question that I can (unfortunately) answer for myself.
So now I've "talked myself into a rage" and I'd better get on with more enjoyable things and not this woman.
Dear Andrea,
I see it the same way. Why is this allowed? Why don't people take to the barricades to ban such programmes?
I hope that times and a woman's sense of boundaries will change at some point.
Kind regards,
Christina