Image affects many women's life and work

Beauty is not always positive, especially in the image-conscious and male-dominated arena of entertainment. Jessica Alba has a number of thoughtful perspectives on how body image issues have affected her.

A recent magazine article noted, "the actors who have recently shared the screen with her confess that they underestimated Alba's talents because of her striking good looks." ...

She recalls earlier in her life "older men would hit on me, and my youth pastor said it was because I was wearing provocative clothing, when I wasn't. It just made me feel like if I was in any way desirable to the opposite sex that it was my fault.."

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