The government of Burkina Faso has banned an annual beauty contest for women with the biggest buttocks, saying such events are sexist, after adverts for this weekend’s third edition of ‘Miss Bim-Bim’, provoked an outcry on social media.
Minister Laure Zongo, in a statement, said: “Our role is to do everything to avoid damaging the image of women,” adding that social media criticism had persuaded her to act.
Women’s rights groups have mixed views about the tendency in many African cultures to celebrate women with larger bodies than are typically admired elsewhere.
While they welcome the shift away from the unnaturally thin female shapes promoted by the global fashion industry, they deplore the emphasis on men judging women’s body shapes…. thus forcing women to start padding everything pad-able….
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