During my pre-teen and teenage years, I (Tracy) desperately wanted to look different: my skin was “too pale,” my hair was “too thin,” my weight was “too high,” my arms were “too large,” my height was “too short,” my eyes were “too brown,” and my cheeks were “too chubby.” I was constantly comparing myself against models who were thin and tan and had long blonde hair, blue eyes, and visible cheekbones (for women, these models represented the appearance ideal, or the “look” that society labels as attractive, successful, healthy, and wealthy to sell more products). I assumed that the models’ appearance was more beautiful than mine, making them more worthwhile than me.