As I stumbled through the TV channels I stopped when I saw a preview for a new E! show, Bridalplasty, where 12 contestants battle in wedding challenges for the chance to win their dream wedding – and numerous plastic surgery procedures.

This is the final straw. I hate reality TV, or train wreck TV, as I like to call it. There is nothing real about it with its cheap editing, scripts and stereotyping characters. Still I had to watch this show because they couldn’t be serious. Who in their right mind would want that much plastic surgery and why?

There are many, many things wrong with Bridalplasty, apart from the obvious reality TV problems. The biggest being the plastic surgery part. These contestants will not see their fiancés until they get voted off or they win the show and get all the plastic surgery off their “wish list.” When they walk down the aisle, their soon-to-be husband will see them for the first time after their complete transformation. Sure, people should get married over personalities not looks, but I can’t be the only one to find it creepy that these men are marrying someone who could look completely different.

Who better to host this type of show than model Shanna Moakler, who in an interview for Bridalplasty said, “I’m in the beauty business, I run a pageant, (Miss California USA) I have to be honest. I saw things I would want to fix on some of the women.”

So because you are not beautiful to Miss America standards, you are ugly and need plastic surgery. Not that you have high impossible standards to meet, Miss America.

Despite what Moakler said, none of these women are deformed, grotesque monsters that “need” plastic surgery. Yet these women look at their bodies with a fine-toothed comb looking for their flaws. Sure, one contestant had a lump removed from her breast and wanted a boob job, but does she really need a complete plastic surgery makeover?

Along with the contestant with breast cancer, there is Lisa Marie, who as a child was made fun of and beat up for having acne. So obviously the answer to her low self-esteem is plastic surgery, because beauty will make everything okay. Who needs counseling for traumatic experiences when you can just get a nose job? The show does little to show the ladies what is good in their lives, further knocking down their self-esteem.

The surgeon for the show, Dr. Dubrow, met with the girls in the opening episode to help point out their flaws, heightening the idea that you need to look a certain way to be considered beautiful – size zero with big boobs. The contestants then created a wish list of procedures they wanted including nose jobs, tummy tucks, breast implants and having their second toe shortened. You heard me. A toe shortened, because true beauty comes down to a toe size.

This low self-esteem is further propelled during challenges where contestants are criticized about their bodies. One example is when contestants had to try on wedding dresses. The contestants was provided with little to no plus size dresses, so overweight contestants were mocked for not fitting into the dress. The judge called a contestant a truck driver for having tattoos and another one ugly Betty. No wonder these girls want plastic surgery, their self-esteem is just being crushed even more with their so-called flaws pointed out at every waking moment.

What stands out is how narrow our society views beauty. None of these girls thought themselves as beautiful, even though they were healthy women. They looked in the mirror and saw only flaws. While some people can say these girls are not an accurate account of how women perceive themselves, studies have shown otherwise.

In 2009 alone there were 1.5 million cosmetic surgical procedures, and 91 percent of patients were female according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Then there is also the increased amount of eating disorders. The National Eating Disorders Association states on their website that more than 10 million girls suffer from an eating disorder. With advertisements, fashion models and people in the media only showing skinny, but big-boobed, with airbrushed-to-the-point-of-fake skin, is it any wonder girls and adults are having body issues?

Then there is the wedding part of the show. The idea is that without the $5,000 wedding rings and celebrity wedding designers to help you out, your wedding will be a complete disaster. The show’s creators seem to feel that way, when after a contestant leaves the show, Moakler states, “Your wedding will go on, it just won’t be PERFECT.” Obviously it doesn’t matter if you are a cold, calculating manipulator. As long as you have a pretty face and a fancy wedding, you are perfect.

There is little talk about spending the rest of their life with their fiancés or even about how much they miss them. The focus is on themselves and their bodies, furthering the stereotype that females are uber-obsessed with themselves and their wedding day. The only thing discussed about what happens after the fairy tale wedding is the honeymoon and how to make your husband happy in bed. So not only is the show making you look beautiful, it also teaches you to be sexually submissive to your husband.

It also reflects that all women are beyond obsessed with being girly and being married. When contestants are not talking behind one another’s back or how ugly they think they are, they talk about the wedding. It is as if these women have no other hopes and aspirations besides having the big wedding and being married. That and looking like Malibu Barbie.

So the only thing that really needs a huge makeover is this show. Whether you see it or not, Bridalplasty shows a sick view of what “perfection” is.

So remember, folks, all you need to make your perfect day is head to toe plastic surgery and a million dollar wedding, then your life will be complete. Because all problems are solved with money and good looks.