Fw: Brazilian $ilicone Propaganda

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What a twisted view of beauty....a crying shame...

From: " ilena rose " <ilena@...>

Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 1:03 PM

Subject: Brazilian $ilicone Propaganda

> ~~~ They've got the PR cranked to the max ... sell more Plastic Surgery to

> South American women ... and abroad! They continue to advertise on our

> newsgroup! ~~~

>

> Brazil beauties nip and tuck way to top of pageant

>

> By Shasta Darlington

>

>

> RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, March 27 (Reuters) - na Borges, who was named

> " Miss Brazil " early on Tuesday, had plastic surgery four times and

underwent 19

> smaller procedures, one of many competitors determined to nip and tuck

their

> way to beauty.

>

> " Plastic surgery made me more beautiful and gave me confidence in myself

and

> the perfect measurements that won me this title, " said the statuesque

brunette

> in a green gown, representing Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do

Sul.

>

>

> Borges, 22, had liposuction and fixed her chin, nose and ears and, of

course,

> boosted her bust.

>

> In fact, more and more, Brazil's would-be beauty queens are finding it

easier

> to achieve the ideal measurements than a decade ago.

>

> These days, young hopefuls from the steamy Amazon jungle to corn-fed

ranching

> towns in Brazil's south are scheduling surgery.

>

> A third of the 27 finalists at the pageant went under the scalpel after

rules

> were changed in the 1990s permitting plastic surgery, colored contact

lenses

> and hair extensions and dye.

>

> " It's a war out there and all of the beauty tools that can be used are

valid, "

> said Boanerges Gaeta, organizer of the Miss Brazil pageant. " Other

countries

> like Venezuela paved the way and Brazil is going to have to use those

tools if

> it wants to compete in Miss Universe. "

>

> But Brazil's penchant for plastic is not confined to beauty pageants.

>

> BUXOM BELLES ABOUND

>

> A new obsession with cleavage, sparked by Brazil's buxom supermodel Gisele

> Bundchen, has helped make Brazil the capital of plastic surgery in per

capita

> terms, surpassing the former champion, the United States, in 2000.

>

> That is quite a feat for a country with one of the world's biggest gaps

between

> the rich and the poor and where the minimum wage is just 151 reais ($71) a

> month.

>

> Experts say the industry's success is due in part to the fact that plastic

> surgery is a status symbol.

>

> Unlike the United States, Brazil's " siliconadas " proudly display their

> enhancements on magazine covers. Every week, Carnival queens, actresses

and

> models show off new breasts and slimmer tummies.

>

> " Plastic surgery symbolizes modernity, shows you have money to spend, "

said

> U.S. anthropologist Edmonds. " In Brazil, beauty is not something

natural,

> it's something you have to work at. "

>

> Even former beauty queens who had to meet more rigorous standards in their

time

> have embraced the more relaxed standards.

>

> Martha Rocha, who represented Brazil in the Miss Universe contest 47 years

ago,

> but lost because of two extra inches (five cm) in the hips, has since had

two

> plastic surgeries.

>

> " If the pageant permits, I think girls should have plastic surgery, " Rocha

told

> local media. " As a matter of fact, that way anybody can participate, they

just

> have to correct whatever isn't pretty. "

>

> 15:25 03-27-01

>

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