Chinese Compete to be Miss 'Plastic Surgery'

Fox News ^ | December 12, 2004 | AP

[The Loan Arranger]

BEIJING — Nineteen finalists in China's first beauty pageant for women who have had plastic surgery took to the stage Sunday in a parade of glittering gowns and plunging necklines.

The contestants, heavily made up with hair expertly teased, waved and posed as they were presented to reporters before a week of preparations for the Dec. 18 final.

[The Loan Arranger]

Methinks Communism's days are numbered in the People's Republic of China.

[bvw]

So? Nazi Germany was a democracy.

[dagnabbit]

Winner Li Chang of Guangzhou told reporters "Today I have brought great honor upon my family".

[cyborg]

Sheesh. What a face to see on a Sunday morning.

[the lone highschooler]

China's "The Barbie Plastic Pageant" for people who want to be fake like Pamela Anderson... Here in the United States, there is such a show, and it's called "The Swan"

BTW, wouldn't people with fake/plastic body parts simply melt if they were walking around outside in 107 degree weather? ;)

[The Loan Arranger]

No, correct me if I'm wrong, but the Wiemar Republic was a democratic republic, wherein Adolf Hitler maneuvered his way into the Chancellor's position, then following Hindenburg's death, abolished the democracy and instituted the National Socialist Workers Party's(Nazi) "Third Reich"(Reich means Kingdom, roughly translated). Remember the Reich stag fire? The Reich stag was the Parliament. The fire was their warning to be a rubber stamp or die. Most were later replaced by Nazi party members. WWII/German historians out there, am I on track?

[cyborg]

LOL

[snarks_when_bored]

Here's the pic that accompanied the Fox News story (it'll help you forget that Miss Michael pic):

 

12/12/04: Chinese beauty contestants in China's first ever beauty contest for women who have undertaken plastic surgery.

[cyborg]

Well they look as phoney as those girls on 'The Swan' *LOL*

[snarks_when_bored]

Here's a problem the organizers of the pageant forgot to address (so to speak):

Liu Xiaojing, a 21-year-old finalist from the northeastern city of Harbin, was a man three years ago but doesn't feel that it makes a difference to her chances in the competition.

"Becoming beautiful is the wish of everyone," said Liu, who was wearing a strapless turquoise dress. "I am now legally a woman and this contest is my first formal step toward womanhood."

Liu, who hadn't told organizers that she was a transsexual because no one had asked, revealed that she used to be a man on Sunday in front of reporters. Han said Liu's case was being discussed and no decision had been made on whether she still qualified as a contestant.

"If they disqualify me, I will use legal means to seek fairness," said Liu, who has also had work done on her eyebrows, nose, chin and facial shape. "This is a turning point in my life."

[cyborg]

Whoops! LOL

[snarks_when_bored]

(S)he might be the one in the photo wearing the strapless turquoise dress.

You go, girl guy ... er, well, you go!

[Dashing Dasher]

Look at all the good things the US exports to Communist China!

Plastic Surgery... and potential for self loathing for young women.

Yikes!

Ps... yes, this is my real nose...

[Dashing Dasher]

We call them "shims" as in "she-him" .....

I love the fact that shim said s/he is "legally a woman".
You know when the law gets involved in determining someone's gender.... we're all in for a ... laugh.

;-?

[bvw]

Democracy is no magic elixir. Nazi Germany started as a democracy. Eva Peron won beauty contests too. Fascism is completely okay with beauty pageants. And even with some form of democracy.

The pre-bellum US South was full of democracy and slavery at the same time. China's still a tyrant slaver.

[snarks_when_bored]

Just for the record, in post #12, I guessed that "(S)he might be the one in the photo wearing the strapless turquoise dress."

As it turns out, that guess was correct! Here's a photo (with caption) from the BBC version of the story:

Beauty pageant contestant Liu Xiaoping used to be a man