Keywords
Emerging Adulthood
Female Models
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Abstract
The development of appearance-based industries supported by social media has reinforced specific beauty standards that position the body as an object of social and professional evaluation. This condition increases vulnerability to body dissatisfaction, particularly among women in the emerging adulthood phase who work as models. This study aims to obtain an in-depth understanding of experiences of body dissatisfaction among female models in emerging adulthood within the context of professional demands in the modeling industry. A qualitative approach with a multi-subject case study design was employed. Participants consisted of three female models aged 18–25 years who were actively involved in modeling as agency-affiliated or freelance models. Data were collected through semi-structured in-depth interviews. Data analysis followed the Miles and Huberman qualitative analysis model, including data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing and verification. Analysis was conducted using within-case and cross-case strategies. The findings indicate that body dissatisfaction was not experienced as a global body evaluation but focused on specific body aspects with high instrumental value in modeling. These aspects included skin and facial conditions, body shape and weight, and height. Body dissatisfaction elicited negative emotional responses such as shame, sadness, and mental fatigue and encouraged compensatory efforts focused on the body. Experiences of body dissatisfaction occurred within professional pressure, appearance-based social comparison, and body objectification. This study confirms that body dissatisfaction among female models in emerging adulthood represents a psychosocial phenomenon shaped through the interaction of industry demands, continuous social evaluation, and developmental characteristics of emerging adulthood.
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