Miss Bimbo says sorry to girls

Miss Bimbo says sorry to girls

The “surprising media attention” has made the promoters of this game to remove the option of purchasing diet pills

CMN Bureau

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

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BANGALORE, INDIA: Miss Bimbo, the virtual fashion game website, has apologized to its users for its failure in maintaining its game in the manner players have become accustomed to, “due to unforeseen worldwide interest.”

The promoters said this is the “correct action to take,” in a notice posted on the website. However, the game, popular among girls even as young as nine and a matter of consternation to parents, “will be up and running as soon as possible.”

The game, aimed at girls aged nine to 16, promoted plastic surgery and extreme diets in search of a perfect feminine figure, came under fire from parents groups, healthcare professionals and an organization representing people suffering from anorexia and bulimia.

The “surprising media attention” has made the promoters of this game to remove the option of purchasing diet pills. The promoters also apologized for the media comparison between Miss Bimbo and a celebrity hotelier.

“We would also like to sincerely apologize to our players for the media comparison of Miss Bimbo and Paris Hilton. We feel that this does a dis-service to the players,” the notice said.

Despite the game promoted “waif thin” figures, the notice also carried a disclaimer.

“…we would also like to remind players that the Miss Bimbo team assume no responsibility or liability for any fashion faux pas, hair style disasters or boob jobs incurred in real life as a result of playing the Miss Bimbo game.”

The game was encouraging prepubescent girls "to buy" their virtual characters' breast enlargement surgery and to make them showoff an hourglass figure.

Twenty-three-year-old Nicholas Jacquart, a French entrepreneur, along with a 30-year-old businessman named Chris Evans, set up Ouza Ltd to promote the website in the UK.

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