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Worlds Best Bottoms 2007
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by Vinny | November 1, 2007 at 12:08 pm
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The "International Bottom Championships" were held in Munich yesterday, the womens title was won by Kristina Dimitrova and the mens by Andrei Andrei. Click here to see a Reuters video of the contest.
BERLIN (AFP) ? A Bulgarian woman and a Romanian man have the world's best-looking bottoms, according to the jury of a backside beauty contest sponsored by a lingerie firm, a company spokeswoman said Thursday.
Munich - A Bulgarian and a Romanian have run out the winners in a competition styling itself the "International Bottom Championships" held in on Munich Wednesday.Kristina Dimitrova, 19, and Andrei Andrei, 24, each took home ?10 000 (about R94 270) in prize money, a modelling contract - and an insurance policy on their winning assets. Read More from the source: IOL
The finale preceded an international competition on the Internet at http://www.sloggi.com/ whereby candidates could submit their photos. More than 5 million visitors clicked the page and 130.000 registered users voted for around 15.000 candidates.
Candidates from Germany to Italy, from Poland to Estonia, from Japan to South Africa participated in the Show me your sloggi contest to find the world's most beautiful bottom.
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at 15:09 on November 1st, 2007
I understand expression but expressing a story like this isn't always appropriate. I know I wouldnt want my daughter to feel her value is determined by her "bottom." I also realize people will defend free speech. The thing is by defending this story you are giving it value. In a way it's sending mixed messages. I think peggy noonan said it best. "Message to society: What you applaud, you encourage. And: Watch out what you celebrate."
The greater question is this. What. are. we. becoming.
at 07:17 on November 2nd, 2007
Strange comments expressing,defending, applaud and encourage seeing as I have posted a current news story without adding any of my own opinions to it.
at 16:49 on November 1st, 2007
Who cares!
at 18:01 on November 3rd, 2007
Perhaps the nearly 2000 people who have viewed this story.
at 17:54 on November 1st, 2007
Really has no place on a news site. Leave stuff like this to the fluff news shows...
at 18:07 on November 1st, 2007
Feel free to wrench it if you do not think it is newsworthy.
at 18:30 on November 1st, 2007
No the wrench is for things that can be improved, and it does not qualify as SPAM...so I just add my opinion...
at 18:47 on November 1st, 2007
Interesting dialogue. As much as I myself don't like wet t-shirt
contests, beauty pageants, bottom pageants, music performances by
almost-clad women, and the sexualizaton of even young girls, I have to
note that Reuters and all kinds of major outlets are running this.
Just as they do Britney Spears, Paris, yadda yadda. Just check out the
search trends sometime.
That being said, I think that if someone doesn't like the actual
contest, fingers might get flying writing to the promoters and
advertisers of such things.
As far as what "belongs" here, I've seen many things onsite that I
thought were inappropriately sexual, were racist, were baiting, were
US-flaming, were IMHO junk of various kinds. Heck, I find that
top-rated "rape" story now on our front page offensive in how graphic
it is.
But others have GS'd it, and it's gotten more than 2,000 views. While
I'm at it, I thought the Amy Fisher sex video--GS'd also--was trashy.
Then we've had sex on airplanes (or not), and sex education, foreplay,
and menopause talks for miners.
I've commented before on the "DanandJenn" series, and wasn't thrilled
with their recent instruction on anal sex. Then there's been....well,
lots of stuff that I didn't think was appropriate.
JTshockley, I might take disagreement with your comments on the NYC Village Halloween parade, which you described as "good clean fun." There were transvestites who were dressed especially lewdly, condoms, and more, much more. The theme of this year's parade was "The Wings of Desire," and well, some people just took it from there. (One year one of my friends went as a mermaid in a much ahhh, calmer-themed parade.) I wouldn't consider the parade "good clean fun"--nor would it march down the streets of my town.
So, a difference in perspective, right?
Why not write to any sponsors of events we don't like? I think a "best bottoms" contest is cheap, tawdry, reflective of the lower standards of morals in today's culture, and in general, the sexualization of women just plain sucks. But who among you has ever bought a Playboy? Oh. Is that different? (There was a great "Designing Women" episode where Julia Sugarbaker kept crashing her car into a news stand that sold magazines with women splayed out and chained!) How about ads with women almost naked, in chains, on billboards today? Or tonguing chains, or.... sucking on phallic symbols with huge red lips and *that* look in over-made-up eyes?
Instead of shooting the messenger who brought something that has been widely published in many venues, why not go shoot the damned message itself, and its multiple sources?
Maybe having it here created what could be a useful discussion about our "anything goes" culture, and if we've had enough of it, what we can do to shout back at the actual sources. I've never had any problems with "following the money" and writing the people, organizations, and businesses that are the creators, sponsors, and promotoers of things I find truly distasteful.
at 03:26 on November 2nd, 2007
Because this topic obviously has gathered interest, I found this report on the sexualization of girls and women, the consequences, and some suggestions for antidotes.
at 06:46 on November 2nd, 2007
That's a really interesting link. The group chose a hilariously ambiguous name, though. It sound slike their mandate is to create an army of child beauty-pageant contestants.
at 06:55 on November 2nd, 2007
I'm really glad that Vinny posted this, and not for the obvious reasons... unlike with the MSM coverage of the same event, we can "talk back to the TV" here, and spell out what the issue is (interestingly enough, whether it was intended or not). In this case, the prima facie story is about a bunch of people shaking what they were maternally given, but the larger story is how seamlessly it's assimilated into our news stream: yes, it attracts viewers, and yes, it's funny; but it is also the sort of thing that creates body-image issues, which in turn drives the diet and beauty-product mega-industries.
(Now pardon me whilst I go do some laundry... ON MY ABS!!!)
at 07:03 on November 2nd, 2007
Many thanks Jordon and PEP for your comments on the news story rather than just shooting the messenger .
at 09:38 on November 2nd, 2007
While we're covering bottoms, I was amused this morning to find this world-shaking bottom on NowPublic.