---In [email protected], <jr_esq@...> wrote:
Ann, How do you define a real woman using your criteria? By the way, there are many people who watch the Miss Universe contest. I happen to be interested in it for reasons that you can probably guess. But I didn't watch the show tonight. I just read the news on the internet and passed it along to the group in case anyone is interested in this kind of activity. I LIKE the fact that you watch the Miss Universe contest Jr (or at least keep tabs on the front runners) - you are an anomaly in my book and you are honest enough to admit you like to look at the beautiful specimens of what some of the world has come to think of as "women". Probably more than a few of the men here would not like to admit this might be a guilty pleasure for them (not because there is anything wrong with oogling these beauty queens but most would like to think of themselves above such superficiality). Defining a "real woman" would take too long here but to answer specifically what I think is unreal about the images of these women (who are real enough underneath the patina of fake tans, gobs of makeup and hair gel) is a bit easier. It is the images, the actual renderings and presentation of these people that is unreal. The photographs are so airbrushed and shopped that they become plastic looking and without a drop of red blood anywhere in evidence coursing through these women's veins. The unrealness is that everyone knows that no one actually looks like this and it makes me laugh a bit, that's all. It is so patently artificial and is somehow thought to represent the pinnacle of beauty. The images presented to the public via these photos is very like the computer-generated characters in films like "Toy Story" and more recent ones of that genre whose names escape me at the moment. While they might resemble human beings enough as to be recognizable as such ultimately, if one were to wake up and look at the body lying next to you and they looked flawless like that, it would give one quite a start - and not in a good way. ---In [email protected], <awoelflebater@...> wrote: Thanks for the update but this specimen still doesn't quite look like a real woman to me. I wouldn't have pegged you for a watcher of the Miss Universe contest Jr. ---In [email protected], <jr_esq@...> wrote: Buck and Ann, The winner this year is Miss Venezuela. Doesn't she look like Raquel Welch? http://tv.yahoo.com/news/venezuelan-crowned-miss-universe-moscow-ceremony-202053448.html http://tv.yahoo.com/news/venezuelan-crowned-miss-universe-moscow-ceremony-202053448.html I personally feel that this is a news worthy event. Why would anyone think otherwise? ---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote: So it would be good, to have better writing and more self-editing on FFL. -Buck ---In [email protected], <jr_esq@...> wrote: Miss USA has a good chance. It all depends on what she says in the Q and A portion of the contest. But the competition will be tough this year. http://content2.catalog.photos.msn.com/ds/ee58ec8f-2275-4bd0-92e2-65a73bab924d.jpg http://content2.catalog.photos.msn.com/ds/ee58ec8f-2275-4bd0-92e2-65a73bab924d.jpg
