I don't think this is going to influence anyone who wasn't already considering plastic surgery. I also don't think this is a glorification of plastic surgery, persay, but an opportunity for women disqualified from pageantry to have their chance. And I don't think there is anything wrong with women getting plastic surgery to begin with. It's their choice and I'm probably going to get some, too, before too much longer. I have giant boobs that need to be smaller, worry lines that need to go away, thin lips that need a little plumping and drooping eye lids I hate. If I got any of that done, I would be ineligible for any beauty pageant, which, again, is a woman's choice.
@Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: But I'm not sure you would be ineligible for pageants. I'm fairly sure boob jobs and botox are pretty standard for pageants these days. And somewhere in there the line gets blurry anyway. Is botox okay, and medically necessary boob jobs okay, but not like, purely aesthetic ones? Or is it okay to do an aesthetic boob job to even them out but not purely for size...?
Are women with plastic surgery not allowed in regular pageants?
Could I attempt to enter the Miss Plastic pageant and argue that I'm being discriminated against for being so naturally attractive that I don't need any surgery?
Please. Francie works at Cadwalader. She transferred from one of the other law firms retaining those consultants from Glamour who advised so wisely against those "political" hairstyles.
She knows better than to be caught out - that's why she changed her name from Shaquita in the first place.
I believe I may have owned Negro Francie. I know for a fact that I played with her. (Yes, this means I'm old, but I'm also white, so I think this says something about my mom).
@gaudette: Yeah, I don't think they currently call them "Negro Mermaid Barbie" or "Negro Holiday Princess Barbie" haha.
I must say, I always kind of wanted a black barbie as a kid ONLY because I liked the way the bright colors of their clothes looked against the doll's dark skin. It was the 80s, so everything was neon. I never asked for one for the same reason I never asked for a Micro Machines car wash set, which I also wanted -- somehow I got the impression that it was wrong and that those toys were "not for me", even though I don't recall my parents ever saying anything to that effect. Sad how little kids pick up on that stuff from the media.
@blueberrypancake: When I was five or six, I got a couple of Barbies for Hannukkah and Christmas. (One set of grandparents for each...) One was Malibu Barbie, and I took one look and put the box under my bed with the doll in it. The other was a medium-dark skinned Polynesian-looking doll. I think her name was Miko? She had Asian-looking features and long (long) dark wavy hair and purple eyeshadow and I loved her. She looked better in all the clothes -- because of that color difference -- and her hair was more fun and she was just the best of the bunch.
It took several years of going to my friends' houses to play dolls to realize that I was the only one who ever brought or played with the non-blonde Barbies.
@Etoiles: Tropical Miko was my FAVORITE Barbie. She got all the best clothes and Kens (and, occasionally, GI Joes). She was gorgeous and I wanted to look just like her when I grew up.
Barbie did the post-racial thing way before Obama- they're so blind to race they need to put it specifically in the dolls' names. Otherwise, confused children everywhere!
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But like I'm saying, I don't know the rules.
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Also, the Swan may be the absolute worst show ever to have been on television... EVER.
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Could I attempt to enter the Miss Plastic pageant and argue that I'm being discriminated against for being so naturally attractive that I don't need any surgery?
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Please. Francie works at Cadwalader. She transferred from one of the other law firms retaining those consultants from Glamour who advised so wisely against those "political" hairstyles.
She knows better than to be caught out - that's why she changed her name from Shaquita in the first place.
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I must say, I always kind of wanted a black barbie as a kid ONLY because I liked the way the bright colors of their clothes looked against the doll's dark skin. It was the 80s, so everything was neon. I never asked for one for the same reason I never asked for a Micro Machines car wash set, which I also wanted -- somehow I got the impression that it was wrong and that those toys were "not for me", even though I don't recall my parents ever saying anything to that effect. Sad how little kids pick up on that stuff from the media.
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It took several years of going to my friends' houses to play dolls to realize that I was the only one who ever brought or played with the non-blonde Barbies.
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I'm sorry I just...couldn't...help...myself...
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You are just in denial.
And anyway, he took a page out of Governor Sanford's book. They were innnn luuuuuuuv.
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It would have to have been HasbroShanequa.
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Seriously love her coat, though I'd probably get it filthy the first time I wore it.
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