It’s definitely not who I’d want to see on the SI Swimsuit cover and I’m sure the fellas will agree. I think most would like to see something like 2013’s cover (with Kate Upton). So who made this year’s cover & why is it causing an uproar?! Hit the jump to find out…
Barbie is no stranger to sharp comments about her slim figure, with critics noting that a real woman with similar proportions would have awaist several inches thinner than her head. And Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit issue is also a frequent target of complaints that it adds to unforgiving expectations for women.
“People generally comment that her shape is unrealistic,” Tanya Stone, the author of “The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie,” wrote in an email. “And they aren’t wrong about that. Barbie was created to be a teeny-tiny mannequin. How many mannequins have you seen that have realistic body shapes?”
But some are citing the mismatch between a child’s toy and a magazine issue geared to adult men.
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