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Miss Iceland too fat for a beauty contest
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ManUnkindH
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She's gorgeous, fuck those psychos and their beauty contest. These kind of fuckers are destroying women's lives and health.
Shadowheart
Member
She entered willingly. It's just a beauty contest. I don't know what they judges look for. You aren't a judge on those. This isn't a big deal; a loser is whining. Nothing is being 'destroyed' here.
And I'm sure you find every contestant there 'gorgeous'...
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
Yeah, this is bullshit that gives people cover for their sexism. Sexism is a big deal.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
They literally told her to get slimmer. I thought a judge's role was to judge, not to tell people what to do or be.
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
Also, if her allegations are true and they're holding her passport, the judges could (and should) be in massive legal trouble.
The judges are obviously embarrassed because they have a bizarre opinion of beauty and don't want it getting more attention. Too bad!
The judges are obviously embarrassed because they have a bizarre opinion of beauty and don't want it getting more attention. Too bad!
Muppet of a Man
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Don't lose your curves, girl. Tell them to get lost.
Seems you need to be an anorexic coat hanger to be in the contest.
Seems you need to be an anorexic coat hanger to be in the contest.
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
Good to hear law enforcement stepped in. Glad she's on her way home.
She doesn't need to change a thing. She is perfect just the way she is and doesn't need to lose any weight.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
lol, fat chance
bangbang i'm a timpani
Banned
.....uh....
MilkLizard
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Holy shit and HOLY SHIT at the update. I mean WTF???
Despicable.
Despicable.
Fuck off these people should be charged with a crime.
UPDATE 3:
The president of an international beauty pageant has admitted staff suggested the winner of Miss Iceland needed to lose weight if she wanted to do well in the contest.
Arna Ýr Jónsdóttir, 20, announced she would not be competing in the Miss Grand International pageant in Las Vegas on Sunday because organisers asked her to lose weight just days before the finals which were held on Tuesday. Jónsdóttir claimed she was informed there was too much fat on her body and her shoulders were too big.
The President of Miss Grand International, Nawat Itsaragrisil, told The Independent staff advised her to lose weight in order to improve her chances at winning. He said everyone should show their improvement in the three weeks building up to the final.
Itsaragrisil said Jónsdóttir looked slimmer and more beautiful in her previous photos than she did in real life.
She asked some questions and for suggestions from our staff which theyve replied according to what they think, she may be a little bit fat and they recommended her, in good way, to try to lose some weight in order to improve her chance to win, Itsaragrisil, who is also a Thai TV host, said.
This is a normal process for the three weeks during the pageant, everyone should show their improvement. Similarly, the staffs give the same advice for others who asked them what should they do to improve in order to win which each of them would get different advice, he continued.
Since the start of the pageant she is one of the delegates who shown herself to be interesting and to have a great personality. All my staff have loved to work with her and she made great impression on the team."
There was an incident that she shows her photos from her previous international pageant to me which she looks slimmer and more beautiful which I do not understand the purpose as what we are looking in the competition is the present not what she used to look like.
Jónsdóttir, who was crowned Miss Iceland in 2015, told Iceland Monitor a spokesperson for Itsaragrisil advised her to stop eating breakfast, only eat salad for lunch and drink water every evening until the finals.
Jónsdóttir announced the news she would be dropping out on her Facebook on Sunday. She said she was determined to stand up for herself, women worldwide and the Icelandic nation. She also posted a handwritten goodbye letter on her Instagram which she addressed to Itsaragrisil.
I am a very strong woman but sometimes my strength isnt enough, she wrote in the letter. Your staff told me that I had to loose weight for the finals because I have to much fat on me and also to [sic] big shoulders. They told me to eat less and then you would like me more.
If anyone tells me that Im too fat or whatever, they just dont deserve me, she concluded.
Jónsdóttir, who is a trained pole vaulter, demanded the organisers "open their eyes" and wake up to the fact it is 2016.
In the message posted on Jónsdóttirs Facebook, she also claimed organisers told her to say the comments about her weight were a misunderstanding and apologise.
Itsaragrisil expressed his shock at learning she had left the hotel, claiming she only informed them of her departure in a letter addressed to him at the reception.
One of our conditions of the pageant for security reasons we do not allow anyone to leave the hotel without our acknowledgement, he said. She seems to have her own imagination and do whatever she pleased without obeying any rules and regulations which she read and signed accepting before entering the pageant.
A representative for Jónsdóttir did not immediately respond to request for comment.
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The president of an international beauty pageant has admitted staff suggested the winner of Miss Iceland needed to lose weight if she wanted to do well in the contest.
Arna Ýr Jónsdóttir, 20, announced she would not be competing in the Miss Grand International pageant in Las Vegas on Sunday because organisers asked her to lose weight just days before the finals which were held on Tuesday. Jónsdóttir claimed she was informed there was too much fat on her body and her shoulders were too big.
The President of Miss Grand International, Nawat Itsaragrisil, told The Independent staff advised her to lose weight in order to improve her chances at winning. He said everyone should show their improvement in the three weeks building up to the final.
Itsaragrisil said Jónsdóttir looked slimmer and more beautiful in her previous photos than she did in real life.
She asked some questions and for suggestions from our staff which theyve replied according to what they think, she may be a little bit fat and they recommended her, in good way, to try to lose some weight in order to improve her chance to win, Itsaragrisil, who is also a Thai TV host, said.
This is a normal process for the three weeks during the pageant, everyone should show their improvement. Similarly, the staffs give the same advice for others who asked them what should they do to improve in order to win which each of them would get different advice, he continued.
Since the start of the pageant she is one of the delegates who shown herself to be interesting and to have a great personality. All my staff have loved to work with her and she made great impression on the team."
There was an incident that she shows her photos from her previous international pageant to me which she looks slimmer and more beautiful which I do not understand the purpose as what we are looking in the competition is the present not what she used to look like.
Jónsdóttir, who was crowned Miss Iceland in 2015, told Iceland Monitor a spokesperson for Itsaragrisil advised her to stop eating breakfast, only eat salad for lunch and drink water every evening until the finals.
Jónsdóttir announced the news she would be dropping out on her Facebook on Sunday. She said she was determined to stand up for herself, women worldwide and the Icelandic nation. She also posted a handwritten goodbye letter on her Instagram which she addressed to Itsaragrisil.
I am a very strong woman but sometimes my strength isnt enough, she wrote in the letter. Your staff told me that I had to loose weight for the finals because I have to much fat on me and also to [sic] big shoulders. They told me to eat less and then you would like me more.
If anyone tells me that Im too fat or whatever, they just dont deserve me, she concluded.
Jónsdóttir, who is a trained pole vaulter, demanded the organisers "open their eyes" and wake up to the fact it is 2016.
In the message posted on Jónsdóttirs Facebook, she also claimed organisers told her to say the comments about her weight were a misunderstanding and apologise.
Itsaragrisil expressed his shock at learning she had left the hotel, claiming she only informed them of her departure in a letter addressed to him at the reception.
One of our conditions of the pageant for security reasons we do not allow anyone to leave the hotel without our acknowledgement, he said. She seems to have her own imagination and do whatever she pleased without obeying any rules and regulations which she read and signed accepting before entering the pageant.
A representative for Jónsdóttir did not immediately respond to request for comment.
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Charles Brandon
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They can't leave the hotel without permission? Why? These are grown women.
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
Control. It's why they take your visas/passports. At that point, suggestions have a stronger connotation.
Imagine you travel to somewhere and someone 'holds' your passport. WTF for? Either way, I would be on edge.
I support her. That fucking letter is everything wrong with that person and the industry. Readily admits they suggest it to anyone that asks. I don't believe that she looked different and it doesn't matter. Leave her alone.
I want to see her current picture because I suspect, the guy who wrote it, is completely warped. Douchebags counting up pounds on people and getting all in their feelings when you gain some weight. It's perverse.
Messofanego
Banned
If there was justice for women, Nawat Itsaragrisil would be fired right now on the spot.
spookyfish
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Are her knees sharp, too?
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