Comments on: Rated/Slated – September 08

By: vin

vin — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:33:07 +0000

Why do you insult Hindus by putting on programs such as Russell Brandl Live and when they complain put it on agin on E4, are you completely mad?

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:38:02 +0000

I am in absolute agreement with all of the comments about the TV show ‘Miss Naked Beauty’. I have never complained about a TV show before but I was genuinely appalled to witness the bullying tactics displayed by incompassionate, bitchy, mean judges who rather than empower and increase the confidence of the women taking part, criticised, belittled and attacked them.
I was most sickened and disturbed by the part where the poor young women are persuaded to strip in front of a camera with a frame around their least favourite body part and one woman who is bravely smiling is viciously attacked as looking ’smug’. It is such a joke that they are going to give the winner the lame made-up job of ‘Beauty Ambassador’ – I just feel sorry for whoever it is going to be! I certainly won’t be watching this programme again and I know many other female friends who feel the same way.

By: Claire Cullen

Claire Cullen — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:52:16 +0000

I am thrilled to see so many comments expressing sentiments along the same lines as mine. Nobody seems to enjoy or respect the show at all. Is there any way to complain directly to the producers of the show?

By: Ellie Potten

Ellie Potten — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:54:45 +0000

After an empowering first episode of ‘Miss Naked Beauty’ and the encouragement offered to the girls throughout the show, I was appalled by the judge’s humiliation of and hostility towards them this time. Why ask them to expose the parts of the body they dislike if you’re then going to tear them apart for it? The only judge who was in any way fair and respectful was Mica Paris – Kathryn Flett was bitchy and bitter, James Brown was misogynist and rude, and even Gok joined in. Disappointing.

By: Katy

Katy — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:21:24 +0000

I dislike how thin or skinny women are portrayed in certain current programmes as not fitting into the recent category of ‘real’ women. Therefore I was disappointed when I watched Miss Naked Beauty 2008 to find that even this programme which claims to make women feel beautiful regardless of there shape promotes the fuller figured woman a the only ‘real’ woman. I think this term should not be used in tv because it alienates thinner women who do not necessarily have big boobs and big hips and may make them feel unattractive. This is especially the case with self-conscious teenage girls who watch the programme. Because Miss Naked Beauty favours bigger, curvier woman, easily influenced thinner teens may feel left-out and unattractive, lowering their self esteem. Just because a woman is naturally skinny and less curvy it does not mean she is a ‘fake’ woman. She is just as real as a size 14+ woman. Id like to see a show saying whatever size you are, if its natural its beautiful. so long as you’re not morbidly obese or morbily thin your fine.

By: Alice

Alice — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:39:55 +0000

after watching miss naked beauty 2008 on the 28th of october, i was appauled by the humiliation the girl with the short blonde hair got about choosing her back as her most self concious part. like her, i am extremly self concious about my back, hers is exactly the same as mine, as it’s strange because i don’t see any problem with hers but i obviously do with mine.i completely understood where she was coming from therefore it disgusted me how rude and inconsiderate towards her feelings. no one joked about any of the girls that chose a seemingly perfect part of their body as their worst part if it was in a common place such as the legs or boobs, but as soon as she chooses a different part of the body, she gets scrutanised and accused of lying just to show of a “sexy” part of her body! i originally thouhght the show was great about how the show helped womens confidence grow, buti’ve now lost a lot of respect for it after showing no consideration for that poor girl.

By: janie

janie — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:23:34 +0000

I am quite at home in my body but pissed off with not being able to get clothes that fit. 30JJ boobs, narrow sloping shoulders with well rounded back, bum that has gone south sono trousers to fit. Tops big enough to fasten round me are vast everywhere else. Look like tramp. Cannot get comfortqable bras at all. Panache dig into the jelly rolls under the arms, fantasie rub everywhere and don’t come in JJ anyway. Silhouette the only ones with big enough cups. Sit high on chest so most clothes today are indecent. Grooves 1 cm deep in shoulders right down into bone from 45 years of bra wearing. Not wearing one way too uncomfortable and atracts bullying.
At 60 I am not beyond being interested in looking well turned out but the option of buying clothes to fit does not exist. I’ve spent two years learning to make to fit but hard to fit to my own back. Can’t even get jumpers.
Too much to hope that such real issues will ever be dealt with, still less that cothes to fit will ever be out there. And yes I know that Bravissiomo do some but not big enough for me.
Current fashion for tops, jackets ietc pulled in under bust looks horrible on many women with big busts. It is not always appropriate to display cleavage, nor for someone my size is it possible given the absence of supportive bras even before age took them south and left loads of wrinkles behind. Not a hint of anything anyone would find enticing.

By: Ex Gok fan

Ex Gok fan — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:29:09 +0000

You were cool, you were edgy, you were seemingly straightforward. Hang your head in shame Gok! On Miss Naked Beauty last night, you had me when you comforted and encouraged contestants to expose their least favourite body parts and exhorted them to love their bodies. But it was all a sham and a set up to hurt and ridicule them later! This disingenuous show which became a pathetic parody of The Apprentice has lost me for ever…. The initial ethos of the show seemed entirely laudable, but trading on people’s vulnerabilities is not.

By: Anna F

Anna F — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:28:48 +0000

I was outraged last night by Miss Naked Beauty – having encouraged women to stand upon a podium and ‘proudly’ display their bodies in the buff, I was disgusted to hear one of the judges describe a contestant as ‘arogant’!! She stood up there smiling, scars and all, and simply because she was able to feel body-confident (unlike, incidentally, the majority of women both on the program and in life generally) was slated by judges. I was horrified.

By: Diane Few

Diane Few — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:19:39 +0000

I am in total agreement with Claire Cullen’s comments on Gok Wan’s Miss Naked 2008 – I have never bothered to comment on tv programmes before but felt the need to state my complete disgust with last night’s episode. This programme is purely exploiting women and I for one will not be watching anymore episodes.