My observations of the beauty bunch from very early on is that they do not post for their parents, family, or guys. Their photos are absolutely intended for the OTHER GIRLS. It is a not entirely subtle method of establishing and reinforcing a social pecking order within the group, which clearly started well before they were ten years old. As you may imagine, these girls are from relatively well-off, if not entirely wealthy families. While they all know and greet each other and have had school classes together, like any large group they tend to form subgroups or cliques consisting of anywhere from a handful to a dozen or so. It is somewhat rare to see as many as the 18 shown above really socializing together out of school, though I usually invited 60 or so to my pool parties, and of course there were as many as 500 or 600 at school dances.
They have posted photos of their new Mercedes-Benz SUV 16th birthday gift with "My parents are the greatest!", along with photos of themselves with Justin Bieber, One Direction, Selena Gomez, Bella Thorne, Quentin Taratino, etc. Or pics of themselves, yes, in front of that Eiffel Tower and other international landmarks. You get the picture. I do admire one girl who refused the gift of a Porsche convertible because she really didn't want the attention that came with it, preferring a Volkswagen bug.
Showing off their affluence is only one aspect. It applies equally to showing off their beauty and fitness in order to get responses from the other girls like "OMG, so gorge!" and "You really need to work out more (to a girl whose bikini shows off her fantastic abs)." It's all about tallying social points within their group, and I would think that this applies to adults who I see posting vacation selfies. Some of them will continue the competition, but some have confided that they are glad to be leaving for college and really don't care if they see the others again.
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