Posted on 08/04/2010 1:42:47 PM PDT by Christian Cage
All American women want to wear a tiara, but those old standards of beauty don’t work for very many of them any longer. In fact, far fewer American women could be objectively called beautiful than a mere 30 years ago, when the fat epidemic had just begun.
Enter the “Miss Plus America” pageant, a competition specifically for “plus” women. Now, American women can eat their way to the championship, scarfing down potato chips and chugging soda pop to put them in the running for beauty queen.
I’m kind of curious as to why “plus” is the term employed. Is it supposed to suggest that it’s somehow desirable, as in “that’s a plus?” Maybe it simply sounds better than “Miss Fat America,” but euphemisms have a way of becoming terms of ridicule, so it will probably backfire soon enough.
Personally, I don’t have a problem with curvy women, naturally big women, etc. But it’s obvious that these women have a great deal of body fat, and are technically obese. Obesity isn’t beautiful, and it isn’t healthy. Our aim should be to eradicate – not celebrate – obesity. However, it seems that these women’s desire to be celebrated matters more than a national crisis that is seeing children develop type II diabetes, and adults die prematurely from weight-related diseases.
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In before the MO pictures.
Do Not Want.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm......curves........giggity..............
Didn’t get much beyond the first line. No, ALL America women do NOT want to wear a tiara!
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Haha. This thread may be epic.
OK, I like curvy wimmins ... but there’s a bit too much goin’ on there. Miss Pink Gown in particular ...
They won by eating the other contestants.
Opulent, good.
Suet, bad.
Miss Marbled Thighs.
I suppose that depends on how you define “plus” sized.
For some inexplicable reason, conventionally attractive has been defined as a size 0 to 2. The preference for extremely thin is actually relatively unique in history ... typically attractive is defined as curvy, not rail thin.
Personally, I prefer healthy curves ... if D-cups would send a woman toppling, she’s not built enough for my tastes.
SnakeDoc
Well that adds too many syllables to the song. “Here she comes, Miss Plus Size America...” And what are the prizes? Tiara from Burger King and a 1 year supply of king size double whoppers with cheese?
Speaking of double whoppers, what if there was a tie?
When curvy becomes mountainous...
I, ummmm...I am not gunna touch that one, ok?
They said curves, not rolls, curves.
Sometimes more really is less.
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