you get paid to look good, keep the mouth shut
So most of this is old news, but I thought it was hilarious:
Gisele Bundchen is hot. Like seriously, she’s beautiful. That said, she made some pretty interesting comments on anorexia and the modelling industry earlier this year:
“I never suffered from this problem (anorexia) because I had a very strong family base. Parents are responsible, not the fashion industry,” she said in the Friday edition of O Globo newspaper. “Everybody knows that the norm in fashion is thin. But excuse me, there are people born with the right genes for this profession.” Gisele said that as a child her peers teased her for being skinny with names like Olive Oil, the character from the Popeye cartoon. “In fashion I felt accepted … I never felt lonely because I always relied on my family.” [Link]
Right, so anorexia is the fault of poor parenting. Apparently, looks are the only good genes Gisele got, because the brains just aren’t there. Right now, you might be thinking, why do you find this hilarious, Kevin? Are you some sort of sicko making fun of people with a disorder like anorexia?
Of course not, dear reader, because here is the punchline:
Gisele had to gain 14 pounds before she could walk on the runway for the Dolce & Gabbana show in Italy. [Link] See Italy brought in new laws, to help promote healthy images and also to make sure models do not sacrifice their lives for their jobs. So based on those rules, Gisele’s weight isn’t healthy. Ha!