Posted on 12/12/2004 12:47:45 PM PST by truth_seeker
Sunday December 12, 09:51 AM
China to crown first "Miss Plastic Surgery"
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will soon host the finals of the country's first beauty contest in which every contestant has gone under the knife.
Twenty "man-made" beauties will parade their surgical nips and tucks next Saturday in the hope of taking home the country's first Miss Artificial Beauty crown.
The contest is the latest addition to China's beauty pageant scene after Miss World was held in the southern island of Hainan for two years in a row.
Beauty pageants were once considered reviled displays of western decadence but have become big business in Communist-ruled China following more than two decades of economic reforms.
"I wanted to convey a message to society -- that the pursuit of beauty is ageless," said 62-year-old Liu Yulan, the oldest contestant who turned to plastic surgery to smooth facial wrinkles and fill out her drawn cheeks.
Another contestant, who did not make the Miss Artificial Beauty finals, spent 300,000 yuan in her quest for the perfect body, according to a Chinese Web site.
Organisers dreamed up the pageant after one woman who splashed 110,000 yuan on improving her looks attempted to sue them for banning her from the finals of a traditional beauty contest in May.
Plastic surgery clinics offering everything from liposuction to eye re-modelling have mushroomed in major cities in China in recent years.
Great site! I knew I wasn't crazy when I decided to marry a Ukrainian.
I hear the winner looks like Kim Jong Il of North Korea.
He won't be ronery any ronger.
bttt
Plastic surgery, the forerunner to nationwide celibacy!
Gosh, just think if, in the throws of passion, one finds their loved one's nose departing and bouncing around the room like a ball of "silly putty"!
I heard that he wouldn't for the judges couldn't conclusively agree on race, creed, and gender while scrutinizing his application.
Exactly!!! IF she goes through all of that pain to please her man she should get a diamond. LOL!!
Well you know what they say
.....In China...while the odds are very good...
The goods.... are very odd.....
For Pete's sake, man, I just ate Mexican food! Whoa, she's fugly.
Aieeeee! That's scary. Those lips look like the wax ones I used to buy when I was a kid.
My brilliant plan to have plastic surgery take over the world is working!
Ouch! The Halloween has passed!
Joan wins by a cheek implant.
Does the winner get a "booby" prize?
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