You may not have heard of Miss Bimbo, and if I’m being honest I wish no one had.

This new online game aimed at girls aged as young as 10, is described as a virtual fashion game. Your mission is to create “the hottest, coolest, most famous bimbo ever!” You must keep your bimbo’s weight down with diet-pills and buy her a boob-job to increase her popularity and appearance. Excuse me while I vomit with disgust…

For starters the word bimbo has hugely negative connotations, does it not? Online dictionary allwords.com defines a bimbo as “a physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence” The perfect role-model? I think not!

In a world where we are striving to educate young girls that appearance isn’t the be all and end all of life; that personality and intellect demonstrates true beauty; that we should lead healthy lifestyles and respect our bodies and ourselves; this idiotic game has come along and destroyed this message with its pretty pink website boasting 209,503 registered bimbos! I honestly can’t get over the horror of such stupidity.

I mean what were the creators thinking when Miss Bimbo suddenly popped into their brain-dead heads? In fact I’m certain I know exactly what they were thinking, let’s cash in on naïve young girls who’ll do anything to be the next Paris Hilton.  Let me just quote from the sites homepage to prove how sickening this game really is, “resort to meds or plastic surgery. Stop at nothing to become the reigning bimbo!” I mean how this kind of game can get away with aiming itself at 10 year old girls is beyond me!

Since writing this blog I’ve come across some horrendous stories, I’m constantly being contacted by people who have suffered from and overcome eating disorders, most stemming from body image issues raised in their teens. If a young girl came across this Miss Bimbo game already having negative thoughts towards her appearance (and let’s be honest how many teenagers don’t question their appearance), this brainless game is only going to make matters worse!

I’ve already read comments across the internet stating this game is no worse than Barbie. But I simply don’t agree. Barbie may have the “bimbo” looks but just imagine the uproar if Mattel decided to bring out boob-job Barbie! No one would allow this to ever happen, so why on earth has this Miss Bimbo game been allowed to continue its application to girls as young as 10!

In my opinion this game, that many would deem as tongue-in-cheek harmless fun, has atrociously abused its position, by targeting young children. If parents thought they should be worried about how the internet is affecting their children, then they’d be right. If Miss Bimbo has caused just one young girl to consider pursuing an eating disorder or plastic surgery, then that my friends is one too many in my book!

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