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Disciplining of the body, consumption and the following of the models promoted by the media – these are the three identity strategies that share a dominant position in postmodernism. The influence that is exerted by the media contributes to the variability and the multiplication of identity. In this respect, the key factors that constitute womanhood are fashion and beauty. Television programmes for women define a certain canon of beauty, one which they present in terms of an obligation or an imperative. Through her looks, a woman is to construct her own identity patterned on the ideal promoted by the media. However, the analysis of selected media messages shows that this construct is not an authentic one and that to a large extent it becomes merely a copy of the stereotypes prevailing in popular culture. The identity itself is then reduced to the outward appearance alone. The purpose of this article is to indicate how the selected TV materials from “Dzieńdobry TVN” and “Pytanie na Śniadanie” are part of a discussion on contemporary identity strategies.