Close your flip phone and stop scrolling the TV Guide channel because today we’re getting a broader understanding of The Swan & Early 2000’s makeovers.
At a time when everyone was being scrutinized for their physical appearance there was a certain type of reality competition show that seemed to thrive. The Biggest Loser, The Swan & its predecessor Extreme Makeover provide a look back at a dark time in our reality tv and body image history but have things improved? 

Did The Swan shame us into being better or did it just pave the way for something worse?

Sources:

The Dark Side of Reality TV: The Swan
Vice, 2024 

This Controversial Reality Series Was Its Own Horror Movie
Rhianna Malas & Pierce Baugh, Collider

The Swan Fox, 2004

Extreme Makeover
ABC, 2002-2006

Why Women in Movies Get Makeovers
The Take, YouTube

The Ugly Pretty Girl
The Take, YouTube

The toxic diet culture & fatphobia of early 2000's chick flicks
elle literacy, YouTube

Worst Moments of The Biggest Loser
The List, YouTube

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