Jennifer Hawkins
Following the success of my colleague Paul Colgan’s call for entries to the Punch Political Dictionary, today we’re launching a parallel appeal for entries to the Punch Business Dictionary – those words and phrases that tripped off the tongue during the corporate gyrations of the past year.
The good folk at Macquarie Dictionary have offered six suggestions. Here are ours. Over to you - and please give generously.
Float-model: A beautiful woman used to attract investors to your listing on the stock market. Pioneered, and possibly perfected, by Myer with Jennifer Hawkins during its $2.4bn float. Investors, some no doubt encouraged to open their wallets by the presence of the former Miss Universe, are still waiting for the shares to reach their issue price.
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So Rachael Finch came fourth in this year’s Miss Universe. Let’s get one thing straight: there’s only reason we put so much store in this vacuous bit of exhibitionism in Australia, and that’s Jennifer Hawkins.
Look at this picture. Any competition that presents an image of women from Ecuador as straw-hat wearing lovelies who carry carry around bananas and tribal masks deserves nothing but opprobrium.
Other dresses in the “national costume” section of the competition are similarly clownish stereotypes. Ostensibly they’re supposed to celebrate the diversity of the competition - but Miss Panama ends up looking like she’s being eaten by a cartoon monster from the internet, and Miss Bahamas ends up looking like a giant yellow peacock (sorry - no link, take my word for it). It might be funny, if it wasn’t so crass.
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LOL! It's always the 'jealousy' line! says:
That’s just what ignorant people say. I personally think my body is at least 100% better than Jen’s (she works out EVERY DAY and I don’t work out ever) and I have never entered myself into a pageant because I don’t need the embarrassment and I want people to take… Read more »
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She's a joke! says:
Don’t forget the perma-tattoo eyebrows and Oompa Loompa lotion (fake tan)! Read more »
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