On Wednesday February 24th at 7 pm, Colgate will have the unique and wonderful opportunity to both welcome and listen to the inspirational Stacy Nadeau speak in Love Auditorium.
For those unaware, Ms. Stacy Nadeau was one of the original models and spokeswomen of the groundbreaking Dove Real Beauty Campaign. The campaign, which launched in 2005, was revolutionary and garnered national media attention as it was the first marketing campaign that portrayed real women without any utilization of photoshop or editing tools. Rather, The Real Beauty Campaign comprised of advertisements with six average women, all of whom did not have any prior modeling experience, in their underwear. The women were not digitally retouched to appear differently or thinner as is standard in marketing and advertising campaigns. Dove's mission through this campaign was to "make women feel beautiful everyday by widening the stereotypical theme of beauty and by inspiring women to take great care of themselves," by portraying "real women with curves." Ms. Nadeau, who at the time was an industrial organizational psychology major at Depaul University in Chicago, was instantly thrown into national spotlight.
Though it has been nearly 11 years since the marketing campaign sparked a change in the discourse on body image in the United States, Ms. Nadeau continues to spread the lessons and the fundamental ideology of the Dove Real Beauty Campaign through her interactive and entertaining lecture series, "Embracing Beauty." The keynote address tells of the ways in which both men and women can incrementally alter the ways in which society perceives and critiques the definition of "beauty" as well as body image and its supposed standards. Her main objective through the Embracing Beauty lecture is to make individuals feel more beautiful and comfortable in their own skin by expanding and revolutionizing society's stereotypical view of what it really means to be beautiful.
Thanks to the positive-body image campus organization Project Beauty, in conjunction with the Shaw Wellness Institute and Colgate University's Counseling Center, Colgate students will have the opportunity to listen to and partake in this life changing and interactive lecture on February 24th. Project Beauty club co-founders Alyssa Berger '16 and Emily Sisto '16 are eager to have Stacy Nadeau return to campus and spread this important message once again. Project Beauty sponsored Ms. Nadeau's address at Colgate nearly two years ago and has worked effortlessly to bring Ms. Nadeau back to campus as the previous lecture proved to be a great success.
"Stacy Nadeau sheds light on a topic that is often times swept under the rug. She has an important message to send to both men and women alike surrounding perceptions of body image. We believe her presentation will most definitely resonate with everyone who attends!" the Project Beauty co-founders noted.
Whether you are male or female on Colgate University's campus, Stacy Nadeau's Embracing Beauty Keynote Address is a must-attend event. Her lecture is both insightful and entertaining and will truly inspire you to alter both your own personal, and society's perception of beauty and body image. We can all feel better about ourselves and make our nation a happier and more body-positive place. One way to start: be at Love Auditorium on February 24th at 7 p.m.
