What dimples? What creases?

Posted by Jenni Colwill on 7 January 2010 | 1 Comments

Tags: body image, Jennifer Hawkins, Marie Claire

Oh look - lots more publicity is being given to the Marie Claire magazine as a result of a nude cover page photo of Miss Universe 2004, Jennifer Hawkins, in the February 2010 issue. Well done guys - moving this sort of stuff from page 3 of the newspapers has to be an advance for women, doesn't it? And it's all in a good cause too - even better. Oh, in case you hadn't noticed (perhaps your glasses were too steamed up) the cause is all about promoting a healthy body image.

Hold on! I just had a flash! Wasn't it the women's mags who created the situation where promoting a healthy body image is now an exception to the rule?

Well, isn't it nice to see them trying to fix the mess they got us into...

But somehow I can't help thinking that placing an un-photo-shopped nude photograph of Miss Universe on the cover proves only one thing: that nudes on covers sell more magazines.