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Seeing as whatever type of porn is so easily available in this day and age there's simply no longer a need for such trivial titillation? No doubt back in the day people had to get their jollies wherever they could. I think these discussions often descend into madness about punishing models for being attractive and wanting to work which draws attention away from the bigger picture, Fignon has managed that pretty damn well. Luckily people on here are smarter than to fall for that.
As tame as podium girls are compared to other aspects of their industry(overly-sexualised bikini girls in the car/motorbike industry etc) it's certainly a tragic dinosaur that doesn't benefit anyone really. The models look bored, the riders awkward. The fact that there is an obvious alternative in using junior riders/sponsors to hand out cuddly lions makes it a no-brainer really.
I'm not smart/useful enough to drive this campaign forward but support those that do.
Sorry for not contributing anything new/useful but just spotted/read this thread for the first time...