In Touch Weekly recently reported on sexy photos of a very young Angelina. We all know Angie has become the queen of sex in the celebrity world. However, these photos show a 16 year old girl modeling bathing suits (although it may seem hard to believe she could be that young in these pictures). By today's standards this may seem like nothing, but you have to remember how young sixteen really is. To me the photos show the real impact the celebrity machine can have on its own celebrities. We have all heard that sex sells and seen many examples of stars using sexuality as their image. Angelina is a prime example because sex is almost always linked to her image (except maybe when she's in Iraq, but she still manages to look hot). Gamson says that the audience defines her by this image that has been created. The image has become her identity to the rest of the eagerly-watching world. Her publicists and agents must have known early on to work this angle for her. At merely 16, Angie was posing in bathing suits and showing off those famous lips in red lipstick. The world of the celebrity machine shaped an identity and used it to make her famous and keep her in the spotlight. After all, years later the sexpot image is still holding strong.
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I think it's so interesting that people still see her as such a sex symbol. Most of the pictures that we see of her now, she is pregnant and with her children. She is usually dressed in head-to-toe black and rarely showing skin. However, she is still used as a sexy figure in almost all of her movies. It is so strange to see the dichotomy between her real life and her life as an actress. I guess it's what pays the bills though!
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