Irish Models

panda100 · 15-12-2005 08:57PM #1

If your an Irish model look away now as this is a total rant about you! It is so embarrasing and sexists how on the front of our national newspapers everyday we have an Irish model promoting some sort of product.This is so degrading for us women that the editors of the Irish Indepent etc think the Irish public want this sort of pathetic eye candy to greet them every morning as we read the news.
It's the same 10 models all the time who all look exactly the same-fake tanned to the nines and dont get me started on glenda gleesons eyebrows. Surely,Irish companies have better ways to promote their products then a scantily dressed roberta rowatt on the front of the evening herald?

Tusky · 15-12-2005 09:02PM

Shut up with this degrading to women bull****. What youre trying to say is
"they are better looking and making more money than me, im jealous".

c - 13 · 15-12-2005 09:02PM

Oh that sounds like it could be jealousy knocking on the door :rolleyes:
EDIT : Ah Tusky ya beat me too it

Oriel · 15-12-2005 09:03PM

Agreed

/erm, with Tusky I mean

Lump · 15-12-2005 09:04PM

Eh... They're getting paid to do it, it's not like any one is forcing them to. Jeeeesus you're a silly woman.

John

panda100 · 15-12-2005 09:15PM

Its not jealousy.The Irish Independent, the largest selling paper in Ireland every day, which i presume is sold to an equal measure of men and women,everyday without fail has a photograph of a scantily clad female.Why cant us girls have one of a scantily clad man?surely that'd be fair?

15-12-2005 09:18PM

yes but women actually prefer to look at other women as opposed to men. Look in any womens mag and the amount of times an attractive man is shown is dwarfed by the pictures of women.

Optimus · 15-12-2005 09:19PM

panda100 wrote:

Its not jealousy.The Irish Independent, the largest selling paper in Ireland every day, which i presume is sold to an equal measure of men and women,everyday without fail has a photograph of a scantily clad female.Why cant us girls have one of a scantily clad man?surely that'd be fair?

Eh...

think the Irish public want this sort of pathetic eye candy to greet them every morning as we read the news

So what are you on about.
You want men on the cover, or you think its degrading. Which?

Sarky · 15-12-2005 09:20PM

Bloody feminists.

Pacifico · 15-12-2005 09:21PM

Sarky wrote:

Bloody feminists.

Rb · 15-12-2005 09:22PM

panda100 wrote:

Its not jealousy.The Irish Independent, the largest selling paper in Ireland every day, which i presume is sold to an equal measure of men and women,

I'd say more guys buy it than girls tbh.

panda100 wrote:

everyday without fail has a photograph of a scantily clad female.Why cant us girls have one of a scantily clad man?

It'd stop the guys buying it and that would be a major mistake for the Independent to make.

Oh and yes, I, as a member of the public, want to be greeted every day with eye candy as I read the news.

Now, try to do something about that jealousy.

Sparky · 15-12-2005 09:27PM

i have no problem looking at a nice looker, sure if they have it why not flaunt it

Riamfada · 15-12-2005 10:15PM

Okay I have just chopped my penis off. There is a bit of blood but thats to be expected i suppose. Is it supposed to sting like this..................

Riamfada · 15-12-2005 10:16PM

Luckily I have my trusted Irish Independent to wrap it in

Sparky · 15-12-2005 10:17PM

Grimes wrote:

Okay I have just chopped my penis off. There is a bit of blood but thats to be expected i suppose. Is it supposed to sting like this..................

yes and goodbye because you will be dead, you have nothing to live for anymore, no dick = no p.....leasure.

Riamfada · 15-12-2005 10:17PM

Sparky-s wrote:

i have no problem looking at a nice looker, sure if they have it why not flaunt it

One last thing.... Damn Straight. I say there arnt enough scantily clad irish models in the papers. On on the TV or in the Dail and education system or even in my dreams...

Panda dear.... GETEMOFF YA!

Sangre · 15-12-2005 10:25PM

Reading a business magazine and saw someone I know (of) through friends modelling something.
Hella easy money.

vibrant · 15-12-2005 10:36PM

If you don't like it, don't buy it. :rolleyes: If their circulation numbers go down, they won't be able to sell advertising space. There are plenty of other newspapers on the market!

I'd be a bit more upset at the pics on the front of the Saturday Sport than the Indo, tbh!

simu · 15-12-2005 10:38PM

Stop reading the Indo, tbh!

Scarinae · 15-12-2005 10:48PM

panda100 wrote:

dont get me started on glenda gleesons eyebrows

Her eyebrows wreck my head! I mean, she's a model, don't they have makeup artists to actually do a good job of plucking eyebrows? In all honesty though I think Glenda Gilson is mannish - there are far more attractive models they could use for promoting everything

Optimus · 15-12-2005 11:15PM

Fishie wrote:

Her eyebrows wreck my head! I mean, she's a model, don't they have makeup artists to actually do a good job of plucking eyebrows? In all honesty though I think Glenda Gilson is mannish - there are far more attractive models they could use for promoting everything

Still though, you would, would'nt you?

xanthor · 15-12-2005 11:19PM

Fishie wrote:

In all honesty though I think Glenda Gilson is mannish

I concur.

Zaph · 15-12-2005 11:20PM

Well in fairness, you wouldn't really be buying the Indo for their news coverage, so you might as well have a decent looking woman on the front of it.

Terry · 15-12-2005 11:29PM

panda100 wrote:

Its not jealousy.The Irish Independent, the largest selling paper in Ireland every day, which i presume is sold to an equal measure of men and women,everyday without fail has a photograph of a scantily clad female.Why cant us girls have one of a scantily clad man?surely that'd be fair?

i watched an ad on the tv the other night and it had some naked dude in it. his arse was quite clearly visible. putting a woman in the same position would not be allowed.
there are double standards everywhere you look.

LadyJ · 15-12-2005 11:29PM

Few Irish models are actually good-looking imo.

However,to the OP,dear God,don't open page 3 of the Sun! :eek:

sportswear · 15-12-2005 11:35PM

i'm afraid i have to agree with the birds on this one. i just don't see the buzz with having these 'irish models' promoting something. it just doesn't make any sense to me.

i don't particularly want to looks at GG's face everyday.

jonny68 · 16-12-2005 12:10AM

another intellectually stimulating thread :rolleyes:

Madge · 16-12-2005 12:12AM

julep wrote:

i watched an ad on the tv the other night and it had some naked dude in it. his arse was quite clearly visible. putting a woman in the same position would not be allowed.
there are double standards everywhere you look.

hehehe, was that the lacoste add? I remember when I first seen it, I was shocked! That add is actaully shown early in the day aswell

The Sweeper · 16-12-2005 12:12AM

BAH welcome to the national newspaper of a small country.

The Irish Independent does nothing but print the pictures that the PR companies set up photocalls for. Glenda Gilson gets in the papers a lot, QED lets hire her from (I assume) Assets Model Agency for this photocall, prop our product up on or around her, invite the press snappers and our own snapper and issue the pics with a press release.

Glenda gets paid, Assets (I'm assuming it's Assets) get's their cut, your PR client is happy coz their product is in the paper, you get your retainer, the Indo gets a pretty girl on their front page.

What part of this process is causing you difficulty? It's nothing to do with the demands of the public. The public couldn't give a sh1te if they never saw Glenda G again in their lives.

scuba sally · 16-12-2005 02:25AM

burn the bras:rolleyes:

embee · 16-12-2005 02:49AM

panda100 wrote:

If your an Irish model look away now as this is a total rant about you! It is so embarrasing and sexists how on the front of our national newspapers everyday we have an Irish model promoting some sort of product.This is so degrading for us women that the editors of the Irish Indepent etc think the Irish public want this sort of pathetic eye candy to greet them every morning as we read the news.
It's the same 10 models all the time who all look exactly the same-fake tanned to the nines and dont get me started on glenda gleesons eyebrows. Surely,Irish companies have better ways to promote their products then a scantily dressed roberta rowatt on the front of the evening herald?

Goodness me.

There's this thing about advertising.... pretty women sell stuff better than uggers or, dare I say it, "regular" women. I'm a woman, and I don't think it is either embarrassing or sexist if a good looking woman with a decent rack wants to earn some cash by flaunting her wares in a newspaper. I'm not shocked or appalled to see a woman in a bikini selling the latest cheap rate phone calls or whatever. Fair play to her. There are worse ways you can earn cash. I work in a bloody call centre, ffs.
Also.. I'm sure the Independent don't publish their paper every day with the notion "We must insert a picture of a semi-naked model or we won't sell a single paper." There are "other" ways to promote your company yes, but if you were to delve deeper, you would find that, generally speaking, these companies use MANY, MANY different ways to promote their stuff. You'll find they don't rely solely on the use of titillation to sell their crap.

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