I read this article and it made me wonder........ What are your opinions on this one?
The article was telling about a new show in England (Great Britain) called "Britain’s Missing Top Model."
"Britain’s Missing Top Model,” a reality show that begins on Tuesday on BBC America that pits disabled women against one another to compete for a photo spread in the U.K. edition of Marie Claire magazine."
The winner gets a photo spread in the Marie Claire magazine.
It happens one of the contestant, Sophie who is paralyzed all the down from the hip, is complaining about another contestant, Kellie. The reason she is complaining is because Kellie is Deaf and relies on British Sign Language to communicate.
Sophie commented, “5he chance to meet a designer who is willing to put a disabled girl in his show is such an opportunity, but I want someone to choose a girl with a really obvious, really visual, really kind of blatant disability,” Sophie says after Kellie wins an audition. “So that it makes a change. And choosing someone like Kellie is not really the same — it’s the same as just picking a girl that speaks French.”
Mhmmm, who is right in this situation? While Deafness is a considered a medical disability, but is it a valid disability in the fashion world?
According to the United Nations (UN);
- Disability: Any restriction or lack (resulting from an impairment) of ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being.
- Handicap: A disadvantage for a given individual, resulting from an impairment or disability, that limits or prevents the fulfillment of a role that is normal, depending on age, sex, social and cultural factors, for that individual.
Mhmm, that's a toughie!
Here's an interesting thought.
The name of the show is "Britain's Missing Top Model." If we are to take the title literally, then the show would be open to those who are missing a physical limb such as an arm, hand, fingers, nose, and etc.
I suppose before we can argue, we'll need to ask the producers to provide a copy of their criteria and their mission statement (their goal for this show).
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