Heidi Montag: A Monument to Plastic Surgery by AnnMargaret

Heidi Montag, 23,  has had ten plastic surgery procedures done (breast implants increased to DDDs, a brow lift, a nose job revision, lipo on her stomach and thighs and a butt augmentation, and other things, too) in one day. The reality star began her career on MTV, and told People Magazine that she never liked the way she looked on the show.

 "I do love it and I appreciate it and I appreciate the science behind it," she told NY Daily News. "We [are] blessed to even have this surgery that we have. We're so advanced. If Cleopatra were alive now, I'm sure she'd have triple D's ... there's always been a struggle between pain and beauty. I feel like since the beginning of time."  (NY Daily News). Montag touches upon some truth in this statement, highlighting the power of the allure of the feminine facade. Now, with shows like Niptuck, the idea of creating perfection has become a fantastical but obtainable ideal. 

Plastic Surgery has officially infiltrated popular culture and Montag has made herself a monument to the cause. In 2009, Juan Enriquez, CEO of Biotechnomy, announced the arrival of Homo Evolutis: the next stage of evolution. Homo Evolutis refers to the machine body (the perfect simulation of the human body, machine and technology) and plastic surgery is aiding in the progression to this new race. If we stop to think about the implications of celebrating such procedures, it won't take long for the realization to occur to us that we are becoming active participants in promoting the departure from nature. The machine body is an unnatural human ideal and embracing constructed homogeneity neglects the differences in the human race that make us all part of the sentient nation.