Sterotyping

My dream career has always been to be a journalist for a fashion magazine such as Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Vogue, etc. Naturally, a past time for me is to read these magazines. Anyone can see society's clear sterotypical definition of "beauty" while reading these. The problem is, this definition is not normal, or average in any way. This sterotype is a blonde hair, very slim, blue eyed woman. Girls strive to be this character that society is molding them into, they go to the extremes such as eating disorders, plastic surgery, etc. I have to ask myself "Is this the career I really want to be associated with?" My answer is YES! I'd love to be part of the movement of changing this definition of "beauty." I read an article entitled "Which shade of lipstick would you choose?" on http://www.cosmopolitan.com/ and the three pictures they had to choose from were three different girls ALL blonde hair blue eyed and thin. How is someone like me supposed to choose what color lipstick to wear? I'm a brunette, brown eyed, and more of a thicker body type. I know there are more girls out there like me that are confused and sometimes hurt when they see such articles. I'm not going to limit this to just females either, because males are being targeted too. You never see a chubbier male featured spreads of "Most Eligible Bachelors." There needs to be more options, more real people.