Beauty and the Flesh The Biggest Loser, to be Beautiful is to Exclude the Flesh

Abstract

To define beauty, as a quality of a body is difficult, depending moreover on subjective evaluations that change according to different social formations. Considering however, a possible reading of the individual as structured through soul, body and flesh, the statement that beauty depends on the exclusion of flesh can be put forth. It is in this light that the reality show The Biggest Loser shall be analysed and the contemporary definition of beauty discussed.

Keywords: soul, body, flesh, beauty.