Breast implants. Diet pills. Wild nights at a night club.
Miss Bimbo, billed as a “virtual fashion game,” users try to keep their cyber
hottie happy as they try to become “the coolest, the richest and most
famous bimbo in the world.” More than 300,000 players have registered
in the U.K. and 1.2 million in France, according to a March 27 Canada.com article.
Socialite Paris Hilton has been drawn into the controversy. In a Showbiz Tonight piece about the website, the CNN show asked, according to a March 27 National Ledger story, “Are young girls being inspired by the likes of Paris Hilton to strip?” In response, the website apologized for the media’s comparisons of Miss Bimbo and Hilton: “We feel that this does a disservice to the players whom send their bimbos to university, tea parties or chess tournaments.”
Players progress through the levels by completing such tasks as finding a mate who is “Mr. Right right now,” having “a nip and tuck operation for a brand new face,” or dropping weight for bikini season.. Throughout the game you can earn or purchase “bimbo dollars” so you can acquire breast implants, lingerie, outfits or, until recently, diet pills.
It is all just “harmless fun,” according to London-based web designer, Nicolas Jacquart, who created the game. “The game is structured in such a way that it simply mirrors real life in a tongue-in-cheek way,” he was quoted as saying in a March 25 Tech Herald story.
However, the website has upset parent groups and attracted media attention in various countries. New Zealand’s Children’s Commissioner, Cindy Kiro said “An adult looking at this would understand they’re making choices that are not healthy choices but for children it’s quite likely they’re seeing this as quite cool,” according to a March 26 Television New Zealand website story.
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