23 March 2008
The Best England Has to Offer?
Posted by Admin under: Health; Science .
Recently a size 16 girl made it into a finalist round of the Miss England “Beauty” contest. The article tries to justify this by saying that this is a “normal” size/weight for a woman. That may be the case, tragically, but normal does not mean healthy or attractive. Normal means that the majority of the population could well be grossly overweight and suffering all the constellation of health problems associated with obesity. Compounding the problem is pulling an Orwellian vocabulary trick and simply redefining what “beauty” means rather than getting serious about fixing the problem.
Update 4/5/08: Can you bear it?? Bikinni shots!
The article also mentions her weight - 12 stone 8lbs (176lbs) at a height of 5′ 10″. That makes her BMI of 25.3 or within the overweight range. Her clothing size is 16. According to the sizing chart that makes a hip circumference of 43“. This is all assuming that the measurements are honest — and I am highly skeptical of that judging from her looks.
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