Comments on: Is Hawkins too beautiful to be ‘normal’?

By: peter bainbridge

peter bainbridge — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:43:38 +0000

Try this girls..!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:08:49 +0000

I realise I’m coming into this conversation a little late, but it should be pointed ut that there is nothing natural about Jen. Google her before and after shots.

By: aplet

aplet — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:06:51 +0000

Jen hawkins shouldn’t be singled out for this. She is simply going about her business (the business of modelling). The fashion mags (like all mags) simply respond to sales, and a cover story like this will deliver on that objective.

By: Neroli

Neroli — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:35:25 +0000

I don’t understand how anyone under a size 12 is no longer considered “real”. Perhaps the word we should be using is “average”. But I digress…

I think we’ve missed the point here people.

The fact that we need a “special” front cover or “special” feature on positive body image and “real women” (see first paragraph) is what’s telling.

Why can’t the fashion publishing industry put their money where their mouths are and just include size 6 – 16 models all the time, without trumpeting their horns (ooh, look at us, we are trying to make a difference by creating a song and dance of including larger fashion models – hooray for us! etc etc)?

Changing the ingrained culture of fashion publishing (and fashion in general) using rail-thin, flat chested models will not be easy, but how does it help to condescend to “average” sized women (not obese, not fat, not unhealthily thin) that they are somehow special cases that require specialised targeting to show that they are understood?

I am a size 14, but thought Jen Hawkins looked great on the cover of Marie Claire. I thought Bianca Dye’s photos were beautiful too. And that is, IMHO, the point. Celebrate the diversity of what is actually healthy.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:09:12 +0000

If anyone’s seen Jennifer Hawkins in real life you’ll see that she is really much skinnier than the average girl. Absolutely gorgeous but no where near what is considered average or the norm. Who’s that editor of Marie Claire…? She’s a [removed for offensive nature].

By: GeWooo

GeWooo — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:23:31 +0000

The only Reason Jen is willing to do this is because she believes she has an amazing body, and so she might have, but to me personally, this sort of promotion of woman’s health makes me feel very bad about myself. god knows most women in Australia, even the whole world, feel terrible and would never show their body, edited or unedited, in public. you need to be the sort of cocky person that Jen is to get yourself out there, also, you need people to lust after you, and that’s all it goes down to in the end, isn’t it? lust.

can’t we for once have a role model that…ISN’T a model??

We all want someone to look up to that we can also relate to. Whilst Jen has a heavenly chorus following her every step and praise shining down on her, there are women who actually work hard to make a difference in the country but would never get the attention or the understanding Jen receives. Lifesavers, salvos, Doctors and nurses. But who is our role model? A super model who’s only skill is looking good. and that’s not skill, its luck. and possibly more fortunate genes, which also isn’t something you LEARN.

In fact, Lets ban all Magazines that focus on beauty, they ruined life for my generation and for all the generations before me.

*angry*

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By: Larry

Larry — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:35:15 +0000

great PR – haven’t seen this much talk about around magazine title for years.

add to this the whirl around the tiger woods 2006 pics in vanity fair and magazines are right back in the news this week, showing the power of the medium if done smartly.

By: Marina Go

Marina Go — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:47:04 +0000

Vicki, sales will be strong. It’s a winning cover. The shame of it is that it’s now been unmasked as a cynical pr stunt, and consumers – particularly those who are predisposed to reading the ‘intelligent’ articles in marie claire – will be put off by it.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:07:06 +0000

Sales figures will be interesting. I’m an occasional M-C buyer but will deliberately give this one a miss so as to not buy into the saga. I fear I’m in the minority though.

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:27:49 +0000

I think Marie Claire got what they were aiming for – publicity and increased sales of their magazine. Nothing the fashion magazine world has to offer is authentic. It’s all trend based I.e what’s considered desirable at any particular moment in time. It is a vacuous, little world where what is considered beautiful and desireable one minute, is boring and unfashionable the next. A simple solution would be for women to stop buying these magazines. Insecurities about body image would be greatly helped if they didn’t ‘read’ fashion magazines that perpetually tell them they are not good enough. Having said that, I think Jennifer Hawkins looks fantastic (even with good lighting,careful styling of the photo, hair & make up) just a shame she feels the need to go nude to prove her point.

By: francine fishpaw

francine fishpaw — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:51:32 +0000

has anyone considered whether this scandal was engineered by marie claire to assist their ailing sales magazines are dead no?

By: rio

rio — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:01:57 +0000

I think its amusing that there is so much hoo ha over a bunch of covers! Come on, once you open the mag, there ain’t any more untouched chicks inside…Please, spare me the media madness and the way it induces ridiculous community furore! If magazines make you feel bad – don’t read them!

By: Elle

Elle — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:05:37 +0000

I love Jennifer but she should not have done this! Whatever you do Jen, please don’t do playboy like elle Mcpherson, I loved her too, but changed my mind after she bared all!

By: Caroline Delaney

Caroline Delaney — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:43:22 +0000

I find the whole business of magazines promoting the fact that they are featuring ‘real/ normal sized’ women completely self congratulatory.

When they can feature ‘real’ women in their titles and not have to point to the fact that they’re actually doing it, then we’ll be getting somewhere.