"combat Barbie" wants a sports challenge instead of a swimsuit competition?!

[SuperMillionaire]

What in the world is this about?!

Soldier and pageant contestant Katrina Hodge fights for ban on swimsuit competitions - Fashion + Beauty on Shine (http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/beauty/soldier-and-pageant-contestant-katrina-hodge-fights-for-ban-on-swimsuit-competitions-1223747/)

Apparently, British Lance Corporal-turned-beauty pageant model Katrina Hodge, or "Combat Barbie," as she is known, wants to get rid of the swimsuit modeling competition at the next Miss England pageant and replace it with, of all things, a sports challenge?!

I suppose she wants to test her competitors' athletic skills, but a beauty pageant isn't the time for those ladies to get all sweaty and roughed up (not to mention hurt). What is she thinking?

[Freya]

She doesn't want to strut her stuff. I dunno Beauty pageants focus on... beauty. How does athletic skill work in there?

[SuperMillionaire]

I know, I don't get it at all. If she wants to do that, she better go to a true fitness competition, like, I don't know, uh, World's Most Athletic Woman? Now THAT'S the place to get all roughed-up and sweaty.

EDIT: Or better yet, try out for the next Olympics or something... I'm sure that's a better place for her than a beauty pageant; besides, why would a soldier compete in a beauty pageant in the first place?!

[Old Manus]

It's a good job nobody gives a toss about Miss [locale] these days.

[Bunny]

She doesn't want to strut her stuff. I dunno Beauty pageants focus on... beauty. How does athletic skill work in there?

How does a talent competition? For that matter, what does answering questions in regards to personality or personal beliefs have anything to do with beauty?


EDIT: Or better yet, try out for the next Olympics or something... I'm sure that's a better place for her than a beauty pageant; besides, why would a soldier compete in a beauty pageant in the first place?!

Because she's fairly attractive.

[Goldenboko]

She doesn't want to strut her stuff. I dunno Beauty pageants focus on... beauty. How does athletic skill work in there?

How does a talent competition? For that matter, what does answering questions in regards to personality or personal beliefs have anything to do with beauty?

The judges have the rights to make assessments of inner beauty apparently.

[Moon Rabbits]

Or we could just stop caring about this homogenized, materialistic "beauty" crap. If I wanted other people's opinions about who has bigger fake breasts and more slamming platinum highlights I would go watch two club rats have a fight.

iirc, beauty is in the eye of the beholder~ Or, at least, it was.

[SuperMillionaire]

Well, here in the United States, we have two national pageants: Miss USA and Miss America. The difference between the two is that the former only judges beauty, while the latter also judges talent.

[Pheesh]

Or we could just stop caring about this homogenized, materialistic "beauty" crap. If I wanted other people's opinions about who has bigger fake breasts and more slamming platinum highlights I would go watch two club rats have a fight.

iirc, beauty is in the eye of the beholder~ Or, at least, it was.

Are beauty pageant contestants allowed to have breast implants? I would have thought that'd be against some rule or another.

[SuperMillionaire]

Or we could just stop caring about this homogenized, materialistic "beauty" crap. If I wanted other people's opinions about who has bigger fake and more slamming platinum highlights I would go watch two club rats have a fight.

iirc, beauty is in the eye of the beholder~ Or, at least, it was.

Are beauty pageant contestants allowed to have breast implants? I would have thought that'd be against some rule or another.

I don't think so, but I'm not exactly sure...

[Iceglow]

I love Bunny's understatement there, "combat barbie" or L/CPL Hodges as her rank deserves is a very beautiful woman it must be said.

Also Super Millionaire, why wouldn't a very attractive woman regardless of her career be in a beauty pageant. Are you saying because she is in the army or was in the army she can't enter I don't think that would be fair, millitary women if nothing else have to be very fit which generally gives them an excellent body shape.

[SuperMillionaire]

Yes, you're right, but still, for some odd reason, I don't think it goes together very well... and the fact that she wants a sports challenge instead of a swimsuit competition makes no sense, either, because a beauty pageant isn't the place to get all roughed-up and sweaty.

[Pheesh]

...what? Did someone say warm oil wrestling?

[SuperMillionaire]

Who said that?

[rubah]

maybe she's tired of people like you treating pretty women as delicate porcelain dolls!

[Pheesh]

Hey, I'd be the first to admit she could probably beat my ass. But I don't think people would tune into miss universe to watch them do obstacle courses.

At the same time, I don't really know, they don't even show miss universe in Australia as far as I'm aware. Not very universal of them :/

[qwertysaur]

I seriously thought the title was about a barbie doll that came with a tank :p

[Bunny]

Hey, I'd be the first to admit she could probably beat my ass.

Nah. She's in the British army; they are really an army.

[Pheesh]

I forgot. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY-nGm4DxSU)

[rubah]

didn't mean you, ee xD

[I Don't Need A Name]

Hey, I'd be the first to admit she could probably beat my ass. But I don't think people would tune into miss universe to watch them do obstacle courses.

Why WOULDN'T you tune in to watch a bunch of prissy females falling over all the time, and generally failing. That would be pure comedy.!

[Mirage]

I'm pretty sure those "miss whatever" girls aren't allowed to have had plastic surgery or the likes. I don't think Moon Rabbits is the right person to talk to about female beauty anyway.

[NeoCracker]

I forgot. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY-nGm4DxSU)

That is like, the most shameless Monty Python Rip off ever. XD

[Pheesh]

Yeah, but they very openly cite Monty Python as an influence...and they're freaking hilarious. I luuurve the WKUK.

[SuperMillionaire]

maybe she's tired of people like you treating pretty women as delicate porcelain dolls!

I never said she should be a pretty porcelain doll, but still, I don't know why, but being both a military general and a beauty queen just makes no sense!

[NeoCracker]

Yeah, but they very openly cite Monty Python as an influence...and they're freaking hilarious. I luuurve the WKUK.

I never found them at all amusing actually. :p

[SuperMillionaire]

That video was based on the American Revolution.

[Pheesh]

Yeah, but they very openly cite Monty Python as an influence...and they're freaking hilarious. I luuurve the WKUK.

I never found them at all amusing actually. :p

To each his own I suppose...but I guess 'your own' must be barren and humourless world!

Heehee, I'm kidding... or am I? O_O

[SuperMillionaire]

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