Oh, vices…Photo: iStockphoto
A recent report in Newsweek magazine highlighted the lengths that US women are going to in preparation for their wedding day, including teeth-straightening, Botox and extreme dieting. It cited academic research that found that 70% of US women who were engaged were trying to lose more than 20lb in time for their wedding, and a further 20% were closely monitoring their weight. Of those who were trying to lose weight, more than 20% were taking an approach that the researchers perceived as "extreme", including downing laxatives, vomiting after meals and adopting a new-found smoking habit as a way to stave off hunger pangs.
Isn't the day we enter into holy matrimony supposed to be the happiest of our lives? No, no — apparently brides are walking down the aisle with a nicotine patch where their garters once were. We've got one word for you people: Vegas. And if there are petits fours at our wedding, you better believe we'll be eating all of them.
And the bride wore Botox…[Guardian]
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