Ms Annie Sheppard:

After some research, we decided to focus on the pressure that the media put on people, especially young people, to look a certain way. What most people do not realise or accept is that a large percentage of images that bombard us each and every day are edited. This means that people are comparing themselves with an unrealistic and unachievable beauty standard. In our opinion, this can cause issues with confidence and anxiety and have an overall negative effect on the mental health of young people.

As a class, the most shocking image that we discovered was a Photoshopped image of Prince George of the United Kingdom in the American press. People are so desperate to achieve a perceived level of perfection that they are willing to Photoshop an image of a baby. There is no exact figure available for the number of images that are edited online, but estimates range from 30% to 70%.