Friday, April 04, 2008

Size 16 Beauty Queen


When I look at this photo of Chloe Marshall, the first size 16 beauty queen to reach the finals of the Miss England Contest, I see a stunningly beautiful woman. When Monica Grenfell of The Daily Mail looks at Chloe, she sees a "poster girl for diabetes, strokes, heart attacks, cancers and all the other devastating and potentially fatal health problems that are caused or exacerbated by obesity". Chloe certainly is a big girl, but she does not look "obese", nor does she look unhealthy in any way. This sort of negative attitude towards normal human bodies is a direct result of the bombardment we get from the media (movies, television, magazines, etc.) of unrealistic and airbrushed images of "ideal" bodies and faces. Kudos to Chloe, I hope she wins.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Sorry, but I have to disagree. Chloe is obese, and that is a statement about her health not her appearance.