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08-11-2004, 12:06 PM
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Radical Centrist
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8/11/2004: Miss Cicciona and Mr Ciccione
 Congratulations to the woman on the right, there, Giovanna Guidoni, who has won this year's Miss Cicciona contest. And the gent on the left, Fabio Teseo, who has won Mr Ciccione. It's a beauty contest in Italy, featuring only women over 220 pounds (100 kilos) and men over 330 pounds (150 kilos). I'm in favor of this sort of thing, partly because I know this is one area where the US can excel. I know I could find better candidates than these at any American mall. But also, we are so arbitrary about beauty, so confused about weight. Let's play with the equation so we can figure out where our priorities really are.  Full story in Italian at official site full story Reuters via MSNBC |
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08-11-2004, 12:17 PM
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the "blond" woman looks like she is channelling phyllis diller.
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08-11-2004, 12:18 PM
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When Do I Get Virtual Unreality?
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The blonde "woman" looks more like he is channeling Divine.
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08-11-2004, 12:39 PM
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08-11-2004, 02:33 PM
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08-13-2004, 11:44 AM
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Disorderly Orderly
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The "blond" woman looks like she is channelling John Madden.
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08-11-2004, 02:31 PM
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Slattern of the Swail
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Yes, Divine was (is?) her name. Look-why is everyone so hung up on this ??? even if you weigh 300 pounds you might have a nice one--I think Kurt Vonnegut said, "you never know who will get one."------a NICE one, that is.
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08-11-2004, 02:41 PM
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If ya cant take a joke, Effya!
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Looks like a convention of City Hall hacks in Pittsburgh.
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08-11-2004, 02:49 PM
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there is someone to love everyone. and then there is someone who just wants to love everyone.
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08-11-2004, 04:45 PM
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08-13-2004, 08:54 AM
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still says videotape
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08-11-2004, 06:31 PM
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El Queso Grande
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OK,
1) Just how heavy of a contestant were they planning on getting? 2) Why do the official "Miss Cicciona" T-Shirts come in Small? 3) If this statement is true: “We wanted to show that the media image of perfection — being stick-thin — isn’t the only way to get recognized” then why is the winner based on sheer tonnage rather than beauty? It reminds me of this German dude that was in the news recently. He was a video artist who was making a documentary of him "growing" his girlfriend from around 100 pounds to well over 400. I guess that the video artist's girlfriend is kind of the "Miss Cicciona" version of Rocky. Last edited by mmmBoy; 08-11-2004 at 06:37 PM. |
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08-11-2004, 06:51 PM
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Has Body Temperature
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I think this is sadder than normal beauty pagents. not that all beauty contests aren't pathetic anyway, but to base it on weight is so discriminatory.
Image if they held a pagent and the winner would be the skinniest girl that entred. There would be outrage. This is just sad.
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08-11-2004, 07:43 PM
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It's an anti-pagent, pagent. Good for them :thumpsup:
BUT, I've seen women bigger than them, that were a lot more attractive. I guess it's anti, more than just size. 
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08-11-2004, 07:45 PM
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The man with the plan and a junk computer
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I saw a pagent for pregnent women.
Does that qualify as fat?
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