Miss America is waving goodbye to its swimsuit competition, scrapping one of its most iconic elements in an attempt to shift the annual ceremony’s emphasis from its longtime focus on contestants’ physical beauty. “We are no longer a pageant; we are a competition,” Gretchen Carlson, the chairwoman of Miss America’s board of directors, announced Tuesday…
Corsets are a simple, healthy, and easy way to make you look and feel skinny – and they’ve been around since 2000 BC! [wikipedia]. Of course they’re no substitute for healthy dieting, rather a quick and safe solution for a night on the town, wedding, or any occasion. For best results see: Get an Hourglass Figure:…
VICTORIA Beckham has ignored fan anger by continuing to use a super skinny model for her eyewear campaign. The fashion designer sparked backlash when she chose Lithuanian model Giedre Dukauskaite, 29, to advertise her new glasses. Victoria Beckham fans say model Giedre Dukauskaite is too skinny Fans claimed she looked “emaciated”, “gaunt” and “ill” in the…
An advertisement for Condé Nast Traveler magazine, which features a skinny model on a beach, has gotten Condé Nast Publications Ltd. into hot water with the U.K.’s Advertising Standards Authority. Condé Nast On Wednesday the ASA upheld a single complaint that the in-house promotional ad which appeared in Glamour U.K. on June 22 was irresponsible…
Marie Claire Dorking October 16, 2017 A seriously worrying new hashtag celebrating extreme thinness is sweeping social media. Teenage girls battling eating disorders are avoiding an online ban on pictures tagged “thinspiration” by searching for even more damaging pictures of “bonespiration,” a new study has found. Research by the University of Exeter and published in…
Wonder Woman is viewed as a strong and fearless female character in popular culture — and one would think that the production company about to debut a major feature film based on the character would align its marketing tools with the same profile. Instead, Warner Bros. has partnered with the protein-focused nutrition company ThinkThin to promote the upcoming flick, and it’s…
Demi Lovato is just fine with not having a thigh gap. The singer, 24, shared a beach-side photo of her legs, along with a body-positive statement. “I don’t have a thigh gap and I’m still beautiful the way I am,” Lovato writes on Instagram, along with the hashtags, “#recovery #selflove #EVERYbodyisbeautiful.” Lovato shared a similar…
Ashley Graham sees no problem with how she posed for the March issue of Vogue magazine alongside Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid and four other models. On Wednesday, the 30-year-old model and body activist celebrated her first U.S. Vogue spread by posting a photo of the cover to Instagram, but was met with several critical comments….