Tyra Banks has some pretty unconventional thoughts regarding beauty. The model, reality show star, and TV show host recently wrote for the Wall Street Journal about what she thinks beauty will be in the future. And her answers may surprise you.
The Wall Street Journal asked celebrities from various industries to share their thoughts on the future. Taylor Swift was asked about music, and Mark Zuckerberg gave his two cents about the internet. Banks was the representative for beauty, and her response revealed that she believes scientifically-enhanced beauty will be easily achievable in the future.
Banks writes there will be pills to enhance bone-structure, women will be able to have children at the age of 120, and fatness will be an indication of wealth. “Plastic surgery will be as easy and quick as going to the drugstore for Tylenol,” she writes. It sounds kind of ridiculous, but who’s to say that the top model can’t stretch her imagination?
According to Banks, in the future women will control human procreation and beauty standards more closely, and as a result they will run the world. “Men will be responsible for 70 percent of cosmetics sales and plastic-surgery procedures world-wide,” she writes. “Why? Men will be vying for women’s attention, obsessed with being attractive to females and snagging well-off ladies who can take care of them.” Sounds to me like someone has been listening to a lot of Beyoncé.
But the real issue regarding Banks’ beauty forecast is she has men and women simply switching places, instead of beauty becoming more inclusive, which most hope is the future of beauty. And the idea of swallowing a pill to “enhance” facial features is scary. As someone who has championed building self-esteem, it’s shameful that Banks would promote physical beauty ideals over self-love and happiness.