Work It, Girl!
April 4th, 2008 by Evil Beet
Here’s Chloe Marshall, the size 16 Miss England contestant who’s been getting all sorts of attention lately, in the pageant’s bikini photo call.
It’s a cute Cinderella story, that’s for sure, but I’d be lying if I said I looked at this girl and saw physical beauty. Does that mean she is not a kind, intelligent, valuable human being? No, absolutely not. Does she really have a place in the Miss England beauty pageant? I don’t think so. Like, let’s get honest: there are plenty of awards to be won in this world for kindness and intelligence and making other important contributions to society. And then there are beauty pageants. And I don’t think everyone has to be anorexic, but there are very healthy ways, through diet and exercise, to achieve a body in line with our society’s definition of beauty. This girl does not have a proportional body, and has clearly not gone to much of an effort to achieve one, so why does she get to compete in the Miss England pageant? Are we giving a posthumous Nobel Peace Prize to Saddam Hussein, just to prove that there are many different interpretations of “peace”? No, we’re not, because we, as the Western World, have come to a general consensus on what defines “peace,” and Saddam Hussein’s actions don’t fit into that, so we’re not going to award him a peace prize. Similarly, we’ve come to a general consensus on what defines beauty (you think these bikini pictures are going to end up on posters on the walls of teenage boys?), and beauty pageants ought to be judged as such. Just my two cents.
But props to her for having the courage to be there as a role model and take all the press, good and bad, that comes along with it.
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I think she is freakin hot!!!
I just can’t believe that people can actually think Chloe is not beautiful. I am afraid that young men today have been educated by the media as to what is attractive and what is not. Any form of shape is seen as being overweight. In reality, the skinny size 8 woman we see today actually has a figure that 40 years ago would have been seen as a child’s figure.
For cenuries we have been praising shapely figures until we got the androgynous Twiggy look of the late 1960’s.
We seem to be getting into that dangerous area where women are supposed to have the figures of 12 year olds and shave off any body hair so they definitely look like 12 year olds!! It’s all getting a bit paedo and creepy for me!!
I am a 5ft 11, 9st male with a 30 inch waist and I can tell you that that girl is gorgeous and if I found anyone like her I’d marry her like a shot. How can anyone say she doesn’t belong in a beauty contest, she’s beatuful and more voluptuous or curvy than actually fat. She’s not obese, I doubt her health is seriously endangered and she looks astoundingly sexy.
Beauty pagents are about more than being thin. It’s about who you are as a person. Chloe Marshall is a role model for young women everywhere that you shouldn’t let the small things stop you. It is sad to read so many comments that say such hurtful and ignorant things that really aren’t all true. Yes, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but one needs to be more educated about certain topics before they slam someone for being different. For all those who think Ms. Marshall isn’t pagent contest material, she must be because she did make it to be Miss England. And Chloe Marshall, if you ever read this, I’m sorry for all of the Ignorant slander that some people on this page have written. Good luck in life and I thank you for being such a great role model and giving me the strength to love myself for who I am.
” Tiffany Says:
May 1st, 2008 at 7:51 am
One thing that Americans posting on this website forget to realize is that we are judging this by American standards, sure England’s ideal of beauty is not THAT far off from ours, but do you think Chloe would win in an American Beauty Pagent? No, and that is the problem. England has a much more accepting ideal of beauty and clearly things that weight is not what makes a person who they are, but how they carry themselves as a kind, intelligent, and worth wild human being. If we want to start judging American celebrities by these standards Paris Hilton would be out of a job, and rightfully so. The blog comment you posted about Chloe not “belonging†in this pagaent is just continuing the cycle of women obsessing over their bodies and letting intelligence and personality fall to the back burner, now that doesn’t belong anywhere.”
Being a European who lives in America. I’d have to agree, and its now just England. I think that even all European countries with the exceptions of a few countries (the french)… accept the way people look with out criticism. When I go back to Europe every year, not only is the society different, but so is the way people think and judge, as well as their lifestyles are a-lot less stressed than they are here in America, and a lot less work driven!
The Media and Hollywood influences too many dumb asses here who starve themselves and believe they are healthy. And being a man it turns me off, now I’m not fat, im 5″ 11″ at the age of 16 and I weight 132 LB which is about 14 pounds underweight for the true healthy weight. But I have a high metabolism and that combined with the fact that Im still growing results in me gaining weight less. Now when I see some of my friends who refuse to eat and are throwing up, with early signs of bulimia, it frightens.
I believe Spain did the right thing when they put a limit on the minimum weight of a model….! And the stupid girls who are starving them selves and putting on pounds of make up to look the weight Hollywood and some fashion designer who has no interest in the their customers health but does care about them spending money on their product so he or she can make cash, shoves into the girls mind… its ridiculous…. its stupid and their going to pay for it with their lives!!!!
Also, most people here forget that Obesity can be associated with a medical issue and they automatically think that its from eating too much and being lazy.
In conclusion, I agree that European views of society are at least a bit more different than they are here in America, where anorexic zoombie teens worship the size 3 super model, actor or cover girl….!
Its disgusting, and I am glad that this girl is trying out for the pagent.
And I hope that bitch in the elevator some day become so sick she becomes obese and then she will she how she liked it.
Well, I’m glad there aren’t too many dill holes here*cough* jon *cough*
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She’s hot as hell! I love thick women, back that thang up! I would do her.
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marilyn monroe wore a size 12-14 dress.
yes, beauty pageants are terrible things where women are judged by their body.
she’s a beautiful woman, although a bit big.
men don’t like women who are too small, there’s nothing sexy about a skeleton.
heck, she probably doesn’t belong in a pageant, but that doesn’t mean she’s any less gorgeous.
I’m not having a cry, I’m defending her right to be large
I’m not fat, I go to the gym three times a week, play a team sport, i eat three meals a day, and i eat my fruit and vegetables.
I do not have many large friends, but they sure as hell eat healthier than my skinny ones.
no, women are not trophies that you display on a shelf, they should keep pride in their appearance, but not to the extent of becoming a stick.
I’d hit it!
So let me get this straight: I’m fat (I’m a size 16) because I’m lazy and eat too much bacon.
But yet… I don’t eat bacon. Hell, I don’t even eat meat! I go to the gym 5 days a week, and I work a HIGHLY physical job as a wildlife biologist.
I’m fat because I have a disease, PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome). I bet I could outhike any one of those skinny bitches.
And the big chick? MUCH better knockers than any barbie there. I’d hit it, and I’m straight.
I think she is well pretty.
How can you call her fat or obise?
i think she looks healthy, she doesnt have stretch marks or anything.
Im a size 10 so no im not fat.
But we need more girls like chloe because she is a role model, she should be on the beach with a figue like that.
I fuckin hate pricks who think paris hilton is like a god.
And im proud of her.
I wish i looked as healthy as her
she is pretty so what if she is a bigger girl we big girls are better with the lovin
She is absolutely gorgeous, over and over!!! Any guy who says otherwise is gay.
i’ve seen a picture of her in the right clothes and she looks AMAZING!
she even gives me hope that i, a size 14 can acctually look good, and if that is what her intention for entering the competition was then good for her, and she has made a change in my mind and hopefully has for others too
the reason she’s smaller on top and larger on the bottom is she’s a pear shape, thats just the way she was born, would it be better if she was an hourglass figure and had a tiny waist? this is about celebrating any womans shape, whether apple, bear, banana or hourglass
I think she’s just beautyfull. Maybe she has a few pounds too much, but that doesn’t make her ugly. She has a really pretty face. Your weight doesn’t provide if you’re pretty or not, but weighting too much is a problem for your health. So woman or man can also look good when they have a big size.
Im pear shaped and I DO NOT look like that.
She claims she weighs less than me, and she’s my height, but i am two bra sizes and about three dress sizes smaller than her as well.
All I can think is someone is lying about their weight, and it certianly isnt me.
Also… Take a look at those cankles.
Diet and exercise is the key… and this woman definatly doesn’t do either. Its fine to shove your face with junk and be happy, but don’t please dont wear a bikini.
Good for her!
She is beautiful and she may have curves but most women do.
This girl is obese.
She’s just a fat girl begging for attention, and she needs to let a real competitor be there… What a waste of the judges’ time.
Just because you’d do her doesn’t mean she belongs in a beauty pageant.
Though she is a bit big, she is nowhere near fat. I think she’s downright beautiful!
I think this girl is very pretty. She’s healthy, that’s for sure, but she doesn’t fit the “pageant standard” competitor. Props to her for getting out there in a bikini and showing all that confidence, but a bikini contest in a pageant’s not really the place for that. It’s kinda like a slap in the face for the other girls because they do work hard to get in shape and I’m sure she doesn’t have a “condition” to explain her weight – she doesn’t look like she works out – she just wants to show the world that a heavier set curvy girl has the guts to get out there and compete. Good for her! I’ve been in pageants before where curvy girls competed, and though off stage guys “would bang them,” when they see them on stage they gawk. That’s the cold hard truth and I’ve seen it many many times before.
Pageants are a waste of time
and before you ask
no i am not fat
but nor is she
beauty ranges so to be told you don’t fit the criteria is arrogant
people are people
and i understand they go in them to be judged and she obviously has the confidence in her body to do so
so stfu and get over yourselves