Tori in Miss USA

I'll just hang out in my lonely corner of Tori-love. :D [QUOTE]or knock out a tooth? LOL [/QUOTE] She already had to have surgery! What more do you want?! Hee. I am laughing in spite of myself. FWIW, though I certainly can understand why people disliked her on RR and the Gauntlet (though I didn't), everything I've heard from people who have encountered her leads me to believe she's a pretty sweet person in "real" life. [quote=stacee_danielle;9468]yeah, I am not a big fan of that picture...she is a pretty girl...not Miss USA material in my opinion though.[/quote] I really don't understand how pageants work, and I've never understood how much of placing is determined by actual looks, but--and obviously this sort of thing is very subjective--I think Tori is a great deal more attractive than last year's Miss USA. Not my favorite picture of her, though.

[quote=jguitar;9527]I found this article about Tori at [URL="http://www.styleweekly.com/article.asp?idarticle=16689"][B][I]Style Weekly[/I][/B][/URL] but what stunned me in it was this about Johanna, "Your grandmother brought this up that you're not into the "I need bigger *****, I need better cheek bones." How do you feel about the whole enhancement thing? It seems like pageants have this as baseball has steroids. It's absurd. A friend of mine is doing Miss Peru ... and she -- they told her all these things she needed done to her. She needed breast implants. She needed a better nose. You just are taken aback. Can't you just be happy in your own skin? That's what bothers me. She didn't do it. They haven't had their finals yet and it probably will have a big weight on whether she places or not. It's really, really sad that they want to have these plastic Barbies that we're not. It's sad" And it is sad.[/quote] It is sad, but...on a more serious note, I've read a lot of internet comments from people who don't like Tori making cracks about things like her flat chest. Tori's given people who dislike her plenty of hateable material to work with, so the fact that her body and what people perceive to be its imperfections is where people immediately go to make mean comments about her says something. With all that we put out there, should we really expect the rest of society to behave any differently? Good for Tori and Johanna for being secure enough in themselves to know they're beautiful as they are, and that if winning a crown means surgically altering yourself to meet someone else's standard of what is attractive, it's not worth it. Let me be clear--if plastic surgery will make you happier, then great. Go for it. But I don't think it's ever something someone should do for someone else. [B]jguitar[/B], do you have the rest of that article? it sounds interesting. Thanks for the input, [B]V1Man[/B]! It's nice not to be the only person here who genuinely wants to see Tori do well. :)

Ooops, silly me. I still haven't figured out how to work the links around here. Thanks! Interesting that in this interview she DOES essentially admit to living in Chicago. She at least half-heartedly denied it on the reunion show. I still think it's ridiculously unfortunate that she had to have abdominal surgery a few weeks before doing a swimsuit competition when this is the only shot she'll ever have at this. I'm glad to see that she seems to be taking it in stride and seems like she won't be crushed--or even particularly unhappy--if she doesn't win, which I assume she now won't.

[QUOTE]Lets be honest here.....I don't think her chances were really that good to start. I have seen the other contestants.[/QUOTE] Hee. Well, yes, winning would have been a long shot, but most people who predict these things put her in the top ten. I'm not sure she'll get there now.