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Warpy

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13. Oh, absolutely

Reply to Iris (Reply #6)

Fri May 4, 2012, 12:26 AM

May 2012

Whoever told the media is at fault here.

I can't believe what the media are doing to that poor woman's picture. She looked rather nice in the early ones although it's not going to last. Five more years of those tanning beds and she is going to look like an old army boot.

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Ok, everytime I see a headline about the "tanning mom," the mother gets darker. [View all] Iris May 2012 OP

Not just a daughter... a RED-HAIRED daughter. aquart May 2012 #1

Sigh. Yes. Iris May 2012 #2

FACEPALM!!!!!!!!!! Marrah_G May 2012 #35

Melanoma Cancer is a real shitty disease. nt madinmaryland May 2012 #3

I had it. I didn't know that using tanning beds gave you a 74% higher risk of gateley May 2012 #11

I will attest to that....my brother in 1980 and my sister in 2010 died of melanoma cancer. a kennedy May 2012 #17

I'm so sorry for your loss DiverDave May 2012 #29

Thank you..... a kennedy May 2012 #34

Yeah, they've decided to demonize her Warpy May 2012 #4

To be fair to the teacher, Iris May 2012 #6

Oh, absolutely Warpy May 2012 #13

Except I heard the girl had a bad burn and that she said she got it at the tanning place. pnwmom May 2012 #7

Even if that is the case, isn't it better for the child to let social services handle this Iris May 2012 #9

I'm guessing that no one forced the woman to subject herself to the movie star treatment. pnwmom May 2012 #39

Looking at those photos nobodyspecial May 2012 #5

Honestly, this was exactly my initial impression when I saw the picture of her. bullwinkle428 May 2012 #8

Yea, the media is manipulating images. But in this case they didn't need to. Zax2me May 2012 #10

She's so close to Politicalboi May 2012 #12

She was all over the local news last night customerserviceguy May 2012 #14

This her mug shot trumad May 2012 #15

I've been wondering Iris May 2012 #19

I'm guessing it's a tattoo noamnety May 2012 #21

So, what day in the recent past was 18/10/2012? Gold Metal Flake May 2012 #27

Some very telling comments here. CBGLuthier May 2012 #16

Certainly you see a difference between mac56 May 2012 #18

how do you react to anorexic women? Whisp May 2012 #26

I'm not pointing and laughing in any way. mac56 May 2012 #30

Actually, some here have said they've seen her on tv. Iris May 2012 #20

The extremes we may go to for nothing but our own vanity is also quite telling. LanternWaste May 2012 #23

Okay, I've spent a little time in a tanning booth/bed, and it didn't take me long to bullwinkle428 May 2012 #24

You can judge people on their looks 4th law of robotics May 2012 #25

+1 mac56 May 2012 #31

Did you listen to her on the vid? tawadi May 2012 #33

Pretty soon she'll be John Boehner LynneSin May 2012 #22

I think she is past the stage of orange. Now she is just brown. n/t RebelOne May 2012 #37

I'll admit it Horse with no Name May 2012 #28

They need to take that child away from her tawadi May 2012 #32

WOW: Cali_Democrat May 2012 #36

I lived in Miami, FL, most of my life until I moved to North Georgia. RebelOne May 2012 #38