I was a teenage boy when this cover of Elle published in 1986. It has been downhill ever since and is now clearly a woke joke.
Posted on 02/14/2020 6:53:10 AM PST by Red Badger
Sports Illustrated has introduced its next slate of finalist models for its upcoming swimsuit issue, and a plus-sized model, a 56-year-old model, and a bald fitness trainer will be among them.
The magazine introduced the six finalists that the magazine touted as its most diverse ever. The finalists were winnowed down from seventeen hopefuls unveiled last October, the Daily Mail reported.
Before this year’s winner is announced, the magazine is set to send the finalists to a photo-shoot conducted in the Turks & Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory southeast of the Bahamas.
The finalists include Philadelphia native Christie Valdiserri, a 25-year-old fitness instructor and dancer whose personal style includes are bald head.
“I was inspired to attend the Model Search in Miami when I finally had enough strength and confidence in myself as a bald woman,” Valdiserri recently said.
Valdiserri added that she wanted to “educate the next generation that beauty comes from who you are, not from what you look like.”
Kathy Jacobs from Calabasas, California, is also a member of the group, but at 56 and silver-haired, is an even more unconventional finalist for the magazine’s most glamorous photo-shoot.
“I’ve entered the SI Swimsuit Model Search and flown to Miami twice,” Jacobs said. “The first time I didn’t make it past the first round. But I didn’t give up! I felt a burning desire to try again and to be part of a change in the way society views women over 50.
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I was a teenage boy when this cover of Elle published in 1986. It has been downhill ever since and is now clearly a woke joke.
Then I suggest you two bury it in the backyard and don't say anything if the cops come calling.
I looked her up. She didn't shave her head, she has alopecia areata "a common autoimmune skin disease, causing hair loss on the scalp, face and sometimes on other areas of the body".
Feminists will say "she is still beautiful". And she does have a great body.
From the man's perspective, what we call "beauty" is an evolutionarily-important set of indicators of a woman's health, physical fitness, and fertility, so we can pick the best candidate to be the mother of our children. Part of the indicators of female beauty (health and fertility) includes having a healthy set of hair. Having an auto-immune disorder which causes complete hair loss is a negative indicator.
That selection is a disservice to 56yo women everywhere.
Shucks, my oldest daughter is two years older than her!
I can't wait for the Sports Illustrated Catlyn Jenner Swimsuit Edition...
Me either, with the exception of my body
Here’s another annual “SO WHAT?” edition of SI.
*YAWN*
“Boss, we’re making too much money to go bankrupt! What can we do to get people to not buy our magazine?”
There are all kinds of beautiful women. Just because they are beautiful doesn’t necessarily mean they are going to look good in a string bikini, and that’s okay. The challenge of dressing well —for women or men — is to find something that is realistic for one’s body and flattering. It can be done and it isn’t “one size (or style) fits all.”
If I want to see old, fat and bald I look in the mirror!..................
“I hope every chocolate chubby girl and every thick queen around the world sees this and know that anything is possible,” Anyea continued.
Brielle Anyea, 24, of Baltimore
In today's world 113K is not a lot.................
Inclusivity! Yes Walruses do deserve a break!
Works for me! I’d definitely hit it!
All terrific, but Stephanie Seymour was my personal favorite in those days. She ended up marrying some billionaire.
A few years after grandma died grandpa said I’m dating a young one, she’s only 73 =) he lived to 98
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