Critics said the 19-year-old was just skin and bone. With her 31-25-35 measurements she seemed to have trouble filling her already skimpy bikini as she paraded before the judges at the Australian finals of the pageant in Sydney.
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We've seen, I'm sure, much much thinner on the catwalks!
Uh oh!! Forget what I said...Holy cr.p!
ReplyDeleteWith 20 more kilos she would be ok!
ReplyDelete<div class="article_segbody">CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's Miss Universe contest was thrown into controversy on Thursday with doctors and dieticians complaining a leading finalist was "skin and bones" and dangerously malnourished.</div>
ReplyDelete<div class="article_segbody">Sydney model Stephanie Naumoska, 19, was one of 32 contestants from more than 7,000 hopefuls to make the glittering final at an event promoting "healthy, proportioned, bodies."</div>
<div class="article_segbody">"Bony or beautiful?" newspaper headlines said over photographs of a gaunt Naumoska posing in a red string bikini.</div>
<div class="article_segbody">Health professionals said Naumoska, who is 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) tall and weighs just 49 kg (108 lbs), had a body mass index of just 15.1, well under the official 18 benchmark for malnutrition.</div>
<div class="article_segbody">"She would be categorised as underweight and I would certainly want to be doing an assessment of her diet to make sure she doesn't have some type of eating disorder," dietician Melanie McGrice told local newspapers.</div>
<div class="article_segbody">"She needs blood tests, diet analysis and an overall assessment."</div>
<div class="article_segbody">Pageant director Deborah Miller said brunette Naumoska, who was defeated in the final by 20-year-old television presenter and model Rachael Finch, had Macedonian heritage, which accounted for her extreme thinness.</div>
<div class="article_segbody">"They have long, lithe bodies and small bones. It is their body type, just like Asian girls tend to be small," Miller said.</div>
<div class="article_segbody">But Australian Medical Association president Rosanna Capolingua, whose organisation represents Australian doctors, said the contest should impose a minimum BMI cut-off of 20.</div>
<div class="article_segbody">"The most unhealthy part about it, though, is the image it is showing other young women who may view this as normal, when clearly it s not," Capolingua said.</div>
<div class="article_segbody">While Naumoska refused to speak to media, nutritionist Susie Burrell told the Herald Sun newspaper there was no such thing as a Macedonian body type.</div>
<div class="article_segbody">Eventual winner Finch will compete in the Miss Universe world finals in the Bahamas in August.</div>
<span>CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's Miss Universe contest was thrown into controversy on Thursday with doctors and dieticians complaining a leading finalist was "skin and bones" and dangerously malnourished. Sydney model Stephanie Naumoska, 19, was one of 32 contestants from more than 7,000 hopefuls to make the glittering final at an event promoting "healthy, proportioned, bodies. "Bony or beautiful?" newspaper headlines said over photographs of a gaunt Naumoska posing in a red string bikini. Health professionals said Naumoska, who is 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) tall and weighs just 49 kg (108 lbs), had a body mass index of just 15.1, well under the official 18 benchmark for malnutrition.</div>
ReplyDelete<div class="article_segbody">"She would be categorised as underweight and I would certainly want to be doing an assessment of her diet to make sure she doesn't have some type of eating disorder," dietician Melanie McGrice told local newspapers. "She needs blood tests, diet analysis and an overall assessment." Pageant director Deborah Miller said brunette Naumoska, who was defeated in the final by 20-year-old television presenter and model Rachael Finch, had Macedonian heritage, which accounted for her extreme thinness.</div>
<div class="article_segbody">"They have long, lithe bodies and small bones. It is their body type, just like Asian girls tend to be small," Miller said.</div>
<div class="article_segbody">But Australian Medical Association president Rosanna Capolingua, whose organisation represents Australian doctors, said the contest should impose a minimum BMI cut-off of 20. "The most unhealthy part about it, though, is the image it is showing other young women who may view this as normal, when clearly it s not," Capolingua said. While Naumoska refused to speak to media, nutritionist Susie Burrell told the Herald Sun newspaper there was no such thing as a Macedonian body type. Eventual winner Finch will compete in the Miss Universe world finals in the Bahamas in August.</span>
<span><span>CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's Miss Universe contest was thrown into controversy on Thursday with doctors and dieticians complaining a leading finalist was "skin and bones" and dangerously malnourished. Sydney model Stephanie Naumoska, 19, was one of 32 contestants from more than 7,000 hopefuls to make the glittering final at an event promoting "healthy, proportioned, bodies. "Bony or beautiful?" newspaper headlines said over photographs of a gaunt Naumoska posing in a red string bikini. Health professionals said Naumoska, who is 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) tall and weighs just 49 kg (108 lbs), had a body mass index of just 15.1, well under the official 18 benchmark for malnutrition. She would be categorised as underweight and I would certainly want to be doing an assessment of her diet to make sure she doesn't have some type of eating disorder," dietician Melanie McGrice told local newspapers. "She needs blood tests, diet analysis and an overall assessment." Pageant director Deborah Miller said brunette Naumoska, who was defeated in the final by 20-year-old television presenter and model Rachael Finch, had Macedonian heritage, which accounted for her extreme thinness. "They have long, lithe bodies and small bones. It is their body type, just like Asian girls tend to be small," Miller said. But Australian Medical Association president Rosanna Capolingua, whose organisation represents Australian doctors, said the contest should impose a minimum BMI cut-off of 20. "The most unhealthy part about it, though, is the image it is showing other young women who may view this as normal, when clearly it s not," Capolingua said. While Naumoska refused to speak to media, nutritionist Susie Burrell told the Herald Sun newspaper there was no such thing as a Macedonian body type. Eventual winner Finch will compete in the Miss Universe world finals in the Bahamas in August.</span></span>
ReplyDeleteShe is too thin. Not healthy!
ReplyDeleteTgia, this blog is awfully slow in loading! I am not having any trouble with other sites. Has anyone else mentioned this?
ReplyDeleteI've noticed too, vza. Can't explain it...
ReplyDeleteNow, there is no comment count!
ReplyDeleteWay too skinny. I can't imagine anyone finds her very attractive.
ReplyDeleteWell obviously many did because she's represets Australia in a very tough competition...Beyond me!
ReplyDelete<span>Well obviously many did because she represets Australia in a very tough competition...Beyond me!</span>
ReplyDeleteMolly, you are right. She is "WAY" too thin. It is scary. Reminds me of a bad famine. People like her should be disqualified from these competitions.
ReplyDeletehow about getting rid of "beauty" pagents altogether.
ReplyDeleteit encourages women being thought of as sex objects. who needs it?
i can't believe i'm commenting on this blog on this.
<span>how about getting rid of "beauty" pagents altogether. </span>
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Totally agree...We don't need it by any means...But such things are very complex to discuss and we should be discussing them and that's what was meant in making this post in the first place...Not to go down some different path from politics or societal issues...It's a serious issue and you said it quite well yourself..But why can't you believe you're commenting on this? Isn't it a contradiction with what you said before about the seriousness of it (women perceived as sex objects)?
We live in a multipolar world where neither the US nor China is large enough to exercise global economic leadership on its own. For China, leadership means assuming additional risks. But for this to be tolerable, the US needs to relieve China of existing risks. Only by working together can the two countries lead the world economy out of its current doldrums.
ReplyDeleteTruly, truly pathetic!
ReplyDelete<h1>Yale Press Bans Images of Muhammad in New Book</h1>
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/books/13book.html?_r=2
<span>Truly, truly pathetic!
ReplyDeleteYale Press Bans Images of Muhammad in New Book
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/books/13book.html?_r=2</span>
It therefore wants to see a credible program for balancing the US budget once the recession ends.
ReplyDeleteAnd, tough talk notwithstanding, the Obama administration has yet to offer a credible roadmap for fiscal consolidation. Doing so would reassure American taxpayers worried about current deficits. Just as importantly, it would reassure Chinese policymakers.
Absolutely essential.
Or, you can go to a toen hall meeting with vza...LOL
ReplyDelete<span>Or, you can go to a town hall meeting with vza...LOL</span>
ReplyDeleteFunny, I did not know that Yale had a division of comic book caricatures...
ReplyDeleteVZA, all I can say is thatnk God we have China to bail us out.
ReplyDeleteGood points TGIA and Marion.
ReplyDeleteGuest is not Marion.A US based IP. Marion is in S.Arabia
ReplyDeleteI thought these were scholarship competitions and not beauty contests, so it shouldn't matter if she's skinny. She probably impressed the judges with her plan for world peace...But I want to add that these contests aren't really a case of male opression of women because they are really made for women to watch. I don't know any men who watch those things, much less get off on it. But women like to judge each other sometimes...sorry girls.
ReplyDeleteThey do. But some men check out the pageants, too.
ReplyDelete<span style="cursor: pointer;">molly</span><img src="http://js-kit.com/images/icon10-external-url.png"/> <span>They do. But some men check out the pageants, too.</span>
ReplyDelete...yeah, if they are gay or if they are trapped by their wives. But if these pageants were run for heterosexual men, they wouldn't even be contests-all it would be would be all the girls up there together dancing in wet tee shirts.
Molly you and Anand agree on this! That means you must both be wrong!
ReplyDeleteNobody knows less about women than Anand the virgin ostrich king of Absurdistan.
If everyone here is so revolted here by this woman then I'll take her because I'm such a nice and saintly guy.
Frankly, I've seen much skinnier women in fashion magazines, and some celebrities look far skinnier than this in their "real life" photos. (There's a story that Julia Roberts had to use a body double for her legs in "Pretty Women" because her scrawny sticks were so unappealing. And of course there was the famous mini-scandal over Anne Archer oh-so-humbly accepting praise for being in "such great shape" in Fatal Attraction, until her body double outed her.Heh.)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, as to who watches beauty pageants--overwhelmingly, it's pre-teen and teenage girls.
Simple solution.
ReplyDeleteClose the imperial bases.
What does that mean?
ReplyDeleteIt would be nice if China would spend more on its military, and take up more of the burden of protecting the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and Malacca straights. Other countries too.
Global security benefits everyone, not just the one who provides it. Therefore, America should push other countries to contribute more.
Anand, you really are quite clueless, arent you?
ReplyDeleteThe USA's economy is 3-4 times larger than China's. China's is an export driven economy, and depends heavily on the US consumer. If China were to "dump" its treasuries they would suffer huge losses and its own currency's value would skyrocket and crush its competitve advantage vis-a-vis world trade. In all likelihood, the Chinese economy would go into a major tailspin and the country would experience tremendous civil unrest, possibly including a change in govt.
China needs the US at least as much as we need them. I know you, not being a multi-generational american, dont really get how things work here. Maybe your kids' kids will. :)
<span>Close the imperial bases.</span>
ReplyDeleteSome of those imperial bases provided humanitarian aid and rescue operations after the tsunami....15,000 military personnel were involved, U.S. Pacific Command aircraft carriers, hospital ships. Those imperial bases provide a rapid response to disasters around the world. Earth quakes in China and Pakistan. Disasters in South America! Those imperial bases save live all the time with humanitarian missions that almost nobody ever hears about!
<span><span>Close the imperial bases.</span>
ReplyDeleteSome of those imperial bases provided humanitarian aid and rescue operations after the tsunami....15,000 military personnel were involved, U.S. Pacific Command aircraft carriers, hospital ships. Those imperial bases provide a rapid response to disasters around the world. Earth quakes in China and Pakistan. Disasters in South America! Those imperial bases save lives all the time with humanitarian missions that almost nobody ever hears about!</span>
Flemming, in this age of interdependence, China needs America as much as America needs them. This is a truism.
ReplyDeleteYes, America has 20% of global GDP while China has maybe 8% of global GDP. But China's GDP will surpass America's when China's per capita GDP reaches 25% of US levels, which will happen in the not too distant future thanks to the power of exponential growth rates.
China buys 33% of the world's copper versus the 11% America buys. China buys more oil from Saudi Arabia than America.
I was making a facetious remark to emphasize the enormous size of the US budget deficit.
VZA, I support the imperial bases. However, I think that we need to do a much better job multilateralizing them. Stuff like adding Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and Australia to NATO. Stuff like making US bases, joint US/Chinese/Indian bases.
ReplyDeleteIt is unfair to Americans to let the rest of the world free ride on our blood and treasure indefinitely VZA. Many in the US military are tired of it. Have you read Thomas Barnet's work on how the international community has to collaborate better? He has a fine blog.
You gratuitously missed my point, as is your wont. Bases are primarily for war and not civilian rescue (civilan rescue provides nice propaganda for their continuance).
ReplyDeleteAllow me to be facetious - when last did you see one of these rescuing an earthquake survivor?
Neither you nor anand will EVER sell me this nonsense. The American public mighyt buy it but they will pay the consequences.
ReplyDeleteMara Bhaya, why don't you just write F22 fighter. I am delighted that McCain, Levin, Gates and Obama were able to cancel the program. However, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, and other countries are upset that America refuses to export the F22. I think the US should export the fighter.
ReplyDeleteIn any case F22 has little to do with "empire." It is a stealth air superiority, strategic bombing and close air support aircraft.
Mara, you probably know that Iraq has asked the US to transfer 96 used F16s to them. The US has a gap before the new F35s come online; and some in Congress favor buying F18s to fill the gap and allow the US to give 96 used F16s to Iraq.
What do you think about this? I think the US should seriously consider the Iraqi request. However, the US ability to transfer to the F16s is contingent on:
1) Chinese and Russian security guarantees to the US
2) South Korea, Japan, India, Australia, Europe and other countries buying fighters near term that limit the net affect of the US fighter gap, since their air forces can cover for the US Air Force. It is important that the North Korea situation be managed. Managing risks from Iran and Pakistan are also important.
Mara, few things reduce poverty as much as safety and security. Fighting crime lowered poverty in New York and LA.
ReplyDeleteWhat are your ideas on how multilateral frameworks can be developed to provide global security in ways that reduce the strain on the US military?
I think expanding NATO to Asia is one way to do this. If North Korea could be bribed with $200 billion US dollars, it would be worth it. But can they be bribed?
As is my wont? Oh my. Your point was that the budget could be balanced if we close the imperial bases, no?
ReplyDeleteOh Well, gratuitously or otherwise, I'm all for closing some of them down but my point is that perhaps some of those imperial bases will be necessary. There are experts who think that in the future the U.S. military will increasingly be called on to respond to humanitarian disasters because of the effects of climate change. No other country had the capability to gather the resources to do what we did after the Tsunami.
But, You have convinced me. Close them all down, downsize our military, and put money in a donation box when these disasters strike and wait for someone else to pick up the slack.
Anand,
ReplyDeleteSo as you don't look too foolish, you might consider drawing a distinction between policework and the military. :)
The largest mission in the US military is capacity building; or increasing the capacity and quality of other countries militaries, police and civilian governance. Other countries (China, India, Japan, South Korea) need to start playing a much larger role in this function.
ReplyDeletevza:
ReplyDeleteone definition and a fallacy. ;)
'mil-i-tary'
* Pronunciation: \ˈmi-lə-ˌter-ē\
* Function: adjective
* Etymology: Middle English, from Latin militaris, from milit-, miles soldier
* Date: 15th century
1 a : of or relating to soldiers, arms, or war b : of or relating to armed forces; especially : of or relating to ground or sometimes ground and air forces as opposed to naval forces
2 a : performed or made by armed forces b : supported by armed force
3 : of or relating to the army
To avoid the 'argumentum ad verecundiam' fallacy you might want to identify your "experts".