Beauty According to Jessica

I don't know if any of you have tuned into VH1's new show Jessica Simpson's The Price of Beauty lately, but I am so in love with it. What's not to love? Jessica Simpson, along with BFF's CaCee Cobb and celebrity hairstylist Ken Paves, is back on the air with her unintentional hilarity. Though, I have to admit I appreciate that she is a down to earth goofball on national television, brave enough to be herself even if it is silly or obnoxious. I can really respect that from a girl who gets relentlessly abused by the media regarding her image and love life.

In addition to her gems of wisdom, the show highlights beauty all over the world and the extreme lengths women go to in order to acheive it. In Thailand, women bleach their skin and elongate their necks. In Indian, women use strange spa treatments and dress in bright, ornate fashions. The show always slows it down a bit to note the dangers of chasing an idea of beauty too far. A trip to France introduces a former fashion model who developed severe anorexia as a result of years of criticism from a tough industry. She now exhibits her body on billboard advertisements in Europe as a warning to women of the harsh reality of the business. It's about time a show came along that at least offers a little bit of balance to these incredibly unrealistic ideals of beauty. Will it change the way all women see themselves? Most definitely not, but it gives a voice to a new perspective that, thanks to Jessica Simpson, is finally being heard on a more public platform.

Next week, Uganda, where "Fat is beautiful". Watch Jessica Simpson's The Price of Beauty on VH1, Mondays at 10PM.

P.S. Jessica wrote and recorded the show's theme song with alt god Billy Corgan.