Explore how gender is represented in examples from the media
For Vogue June 2020 magazine edition, the main cover star is the actress Judi Denich. She is included in one of Vogue’s website posts named “21 Most iconic Vogue Covers” because of her great visuals in age of 85, making her the oldest cover star in magazine’s history. The actress challenges the beauty stereotypes about age and face in modern fashion industry. Usually females are seen as beautiful until their 30s when they start to be mothers and wives. Often magazines and film media choose younger models and celebrities for their campaigns and adverts because they are seen as more attractive and can bring bigger audience. Here we see how Judi is in the main role, she is wearing minimalistic makeup which is unusual for older women. Editor’s choice to not photoshop her facial wrinkles emphasis how Vogue took a step up in normalising women’s age. Many females are afraid of getting old because society have the stigma to categorizes older women as not attractive and that aging is not a g