“Wow, that’s what Olive Oyl would look like in person.”
That is Australian Miss Universe hopeful Stephanie Naumoska. If you look at her photo and think that she should have been competing for the poster-child for anorexia, I would agree. To say she is just bones would be only a modest exaggeration.Naumoska is 5’ 11” and weighs just 108 pounds. There is no compliment or beauty in those numbers. The fact that she was allowed to even try-out for the pageant amazes me. Officials should have taken the woman to a hospital, or McDonald’s for emergency Big Mac’s.
I just don’t get it. Where is the beauty in having a figure only Olive Oyl might compare with? I suppose that somewhere in the world there exists someone who finds pipe cleaners sexual, but beyond that fetish is the reality that Naumoska looks horrendous. Because she is too thin.
There is no exaggeration when I say I have pre-teen nephews that weigh more than she does. I think I’ve owned dogs with more weight. I certainly would find such a woman repulsive to go out with. But isn’t there anyone in Australia with the guts and concern to say these things to this woman?
I pray that none of my readers every looks in a mirror or at this image and sees this kind of emaciation as a sign of anything but desperate need of food. Beauty cannot be found in a pair of jeans, and it certainly can’t be found with unhealthy diets.
Perhaps the worst thing about this situation is that there are some in the pageants and other industries that support and defend this kind of torture and slow death. One such foolish defender of anorexia, in my opinion, is pageant director Deborah Miller who said
“Naumoska, …had Macedonian heritage, which accounted for her extreme thinness.”
What the hell does that mean? I’ve never heard of such a thing. In fact neither had nutritionist Susie Burrell who went on record with the Herald Sun disputing the assertion. As far as I am aware a Macedonian is Greek. And Greek women are healthy, which Naumoska is not.
Suffice to say this woman failed in her bid to become Miss Australia. The only real question is how she got past the door for the competition in the first place.
2 comments:
Comment as found at Anorexia Blog, where I am an occasional writer.
ella Says:
May 18th, 2009 at 1:24 pm e
What the hell gives you the right to spout any of that utter crap? So what if she’s underweight? If she is genuinely ill then you should be ashamed of yourself! And if she’s naturally that size you should still be ashamed! If anyone was to say half of that narrow-minded abuse about an overweight person, they’d be shot down instantly. Get over yourself, love. These double standards are just plain pathetic, and using nothing but bully tactics to get your point across just makes you look like a shallow self-centred quite frankly backward individual. People like you need culling.
Ella,
Well isn’t that a burst of rage without substance. I stand by what I said. She is unhealthy, and promotes and unhealthy image. I’m not ashamed at all to say that. Just as I have about many other issues. If you actually read my blogs and all I have written you would know that. But I’m sure you haven’t, as you would prefer to cull anyone speaking thier mind and the truth. Which is sadder, voicing an opinion or hiding from reality? Which do you think helps more?
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