---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <steve.sundur@...> wrote :
if you are the winner of a Ms. Universe contest and then you go on to gain 60 lbs., I'm not exactly sure you can say you are fulfilling the obligation for that title. There is a certain expectation of physical appearance that I would think would go along with that role. Now, I would say that you should not ridicule or demean that person, but I can understand if the owner of the contest might think, WTF? Here is something. How about Trump approaching the weight-gainer in private and in a much more professional way? How about keeping these things from becoming a media circus with cameras following her jumping rope and working the weight machines and instead focus on an empathetic approach where there are no insults thrown but perhaps you bring in an eating disorder professional to help counsel the woman to help her find her way towards balanced lifestyle choices. The extremes that these poor beauty queens have to go to in order to fulfill the expectations of the public as a specimen with no fat, perfect boobs and hair is likely to boomerang back the other way where you simply want/need to eat after so much deprivation. Eating extremes/disorders are complicated business and can last a lifetime. Someone like Trump worrying more about his image in the pageant business than the mental and physical health of one of the winners is indicative of what we all already know - it's all about him and the rest of you be damned.
