Nice. Hans Zimmer, one of my favorite composers. I once hunted down the castles in Monty Python and the Holy Grail filming locations and visited them on Google Earth.

In fact, yesterday I did the same thing with this video. It was in Split, Croatia.

https://videosift.com/video/Lynx-Fallen-Angels

https://www.thelocationguide.com/2011/02/angelic-supermodels-draw-the-eye-filming-on-location-in-croatia/

I had some similar questions. I agree that the campaign name may be problematic. I'm not excusing that aspect of it, but I'm wondering if Sport England's goal isn't partly to encourage younger girls to have a better body image, and also maybe to suggest that sexiness doesn't need to exclusively be about makeup and famous supermodels, etc., but can also be about perseverance, confidence, and being active...?

Maybe our UK folk can tell us about whether the connotations of the word "girl" are different.

UPDATE: a petition helped save this mural. https://www.facebook.com/fosterthepeople/posts/10152143770811744

Foster the People's Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/fosterthepeople?fref=nf

WHEN I POSTED THIS:
Last Friday the city of Las Angeles was insisting the mural must come down by July 14, 2014.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-foster-the-people-mural-supermodel-remove-20140711-story.html

Puts me in mind of my favourite Cindy Crawford quote:
"I wish I looked like Cindy Crawford"

Nobody looks like a supermodel; not even supermodels.

@Yogi - I use the term "supermodel" for want of a better term, but @Lann hit the nail on the head.

My comment wasn't as much about her beauty, which is definitely debatable, as much as how her body is unrealistic from every angle and and her facial features seem sculpted. Her body and face look like they could only have been constructed in Photoshop or on a plastic surgeon's table, but it seems she just hit the genetic lottery (in the category of aesthetics at least).

I really like the style of the video; I love how it feels so 80s. I'd never heard the song or seen the video before seeing the original version (before Jimmy Kimmel was edited out):

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder but her portions go FAR beyond any average female body. I mean how many women do you see walking around like that? Not saying that's a bad thing or that anything is wrong with her body. Some people are just naturally different than the rest even when it comes to extremes.

To reach "supermodel status" women unfortunately have to have extreme measurements which do rarely occur naturally. Not just a pretty face.

She's an attractive girl, what's up with this Naturally-Occurring supermodel thing though? What's the difference between that and just a beautiful girl?

[The censored version of] this video has over 47 million views on YouTube. That's incredible.

The naturally-occurring supermodel is a very rare thing. See also:

Samuel Bayer art
Treats! Magazine photos
Treats! Magazine shoot
Treats! Magazine Behind the Scenes

(Naturally this artsy stuff passes dagwood's test.)

LG Kompressor - Supermodel ad has been added as a related post - related requested by oritteropo on that post.

>> ^hpqp:

Not comparable; models are starved by the fashion industry ("either you're a twig or you're fired/not hired" starved), whereas I doubt the network is pressuring this woman to be overweight. It would still be totally wrong to send an email to a model telling her she shouldn't be on tv/a podium because she's unhealthily skinny; that's still a personal attack.
>> ^SDGundamX:
[...] I'm a bit disturbed at the idea that pointing out that someone is overweight is somehow now "bullying." Is pointing out that so-called "supermodels" are too skinny also bullying? [...]


Seriously? You'd be against someone telling a clearly underweight supermodel that she's a role model for millions of young girls who are dangerously trying to emulate her--some through purging and others through diet pill abuse? That's bullying the supermodel? How about when a sports athlete gets caught driving drunk or engaging in other unethical behaviors (say, sending unsolicited pics of his private parts to females). Am I bullying him by sending him an email telling him how millions of kids look up to him and he needs to think about how his behavior affects them?

As others have already aptly pointed out, this was a private email. His concern seems to be with the message she's sending young female viewers. The proper response would have been the one I mentioned above--replying to his email and smacking him down about how his conception of being a proper role model only considers appearance and nothing else. Instead she went all hysterical publicly. Over one email. If this guy was sending emails every week, or if she were getting these kinds of emails from a host of people regularly, I'd see the need to do what she did.

Now, you're right--some people's obesity is medically-induced (blood-sugar issues, thyroid problems, etc.) but for the vast majority of Americans it is a lifestyle problem--too many calories and not enough exercise. Just to be clear, I'm not saying these people (of which I am one) are lazy--I'm saying they've made a choice to prioritize things other than their health. That is indeed their right and they shouldn't be disparaged for that, but at the same time we shouldn't pretend that there aren't any consequences (both to the individual and society) to that choice. And we certainly shouldn't call people who point out those consequences "bullies."

Again, just my 2 cents though. You and I don't see eye-to-eye on lots of issues (Islam, male circumcision, etc.) so I don't really expect us to agree on this issue either.

Not comparable; models are starved by the fashion industry ("either you're a twig or you're fired/not hired" starved), whereas I doubt the network is pressuring this woman to be overweight. It would still be totally wrong to send an email to a model telling her she shouldn't be on tv/a podium because she's unhealthily skinny; that's still a personal attack.
>> ^SDGundamX:

[...] I'm a bit disturbed at the idea that pointing out that someone is overweight is somehow now "bullying." Is pointing out that so-called "supermodels" are too skinny also bullying? [...]

I don't know what to say except again that it's pretty obvious you don't know the first thing about eating disorders.
How exactly does the American obesity problem equals the "normalization" of it? That's like saying the normalization of Ebola is a problem in Africa.

I'll give you this much, your idea of dealing with a problem is definitely an effective one.
Making a person super self-conscious about their physical appearance is a very effective way of having them change it. The problem here is that you to understand that effective doesn't necessarily equal good/positive.
Your idea of the proper way to deal with these issues is a scary one, more so for the fact you don't even realize what the implications of it are.


>> ^scannex:

>> ^NinjaInHeat:
Take a second to think about how TV "role models" usually look (or people "in the public eye" as scannex puts it).
What planet have you been living on where the "normalization of obesity" has become a problem?

>> ^scannex:
The normalization of obesity is a problem.



Oh, I don't know... how about this planet? Where the USA is the fattest developed country in the world?
Your text to link...
So yes... "F cking seriously".
You must be daft if you cannot discern between healthy weight, a supermodel and someone who is obese. Being underweight is dangerous as well, and you drawing the conclusion as to that is what we are after is silly.
This was a private letter SHE made public. You say that the opinion is that she is too fat to be on TV. Not the case, and not the suggestion of the letter. This PRIVATE letter was a plea to this woman's sensibilities in fashion less sugarcoated than she is used to.

>> ^NinjaInHeat:

Take a second to think about how TV "role models" usually look (or people "in the public eye" as scannex puts it).
What planet have you been living on where the "normalization of obesity" has become a problem?


>> ^scannex:
The normalization of obesity is a problem.




Oh, I don't know... how about this planet? Where the USA is the fattest developed country in the world?
Your text to link...

So yes... "F**cking seriously".
You must be daft if you cannot discern between healthy weight, a supermodel and someone who is obese. Being underweight is dangerous as well, and you drawing the conclusion as to that is what we are after is silly.
This was a private letter SHE made public. You say that the opinion is that she is too fat to be on TV. Not the case, and not the suggestion of the letter. This PRIVATE letter was a plea to this woman's sensibilities in fashion less sugarcoated than she is used to.

My 2 cents.

The writer of the email was clearly being condescending. I mean, he asks her what kind of role model she thinks she is to young girls as if being a good role model is based solely on appearance and not, for instance, on things like the fact that she's a highly successful working mom.

On the other hand, I'm a bit disturbed at the idea that pointing out that someone is overweight is somehow now "bullying." Is pointing out that so-called "supermodels" are too skinny also bullying?

All in all, I think the whole thing is a bit over-dramatized. All I can think of when I watch this vid is this clip.

Beauty isn't limited to the world. I swear to god its pretty much impossible to make a ugly GW2 character. I tried, but they all came out looking like supermodels. Even the men look like they belong in a cologne commercial.

And yeah, I played the beta weekends pretty solidly. Combat is fun, but I think what kept me playing was the desire to explore the next area. Some of the quests felt somewhat monotonous, but the combat the and environments didn't so I'm quite looking forward to release (and the other 2 races)