Re: Breast implants BANNED in Miss Finland Contest

February 5, 2003

We are so happy that You are willing to help us. In Finland most people know

very little about breast implants and their risks. Still they keep buying

them. In The U.S.A You have FDA, but in our country there is no such

control. That's why we are trying to tell people about possible

complications. So far there have been about 230 000 readers on

Silikonitieto.net, and we think that almost half of them are outside of

Finland. You got so much experience and knowledge in the United States. We

really would like to bring it to Europe too.

I agree that there should not be any plastic surgeries accepted in beauty

contests. Then it would only be a contest of plastic surgeons. One of my

favorite articles is " All Women have Beautiful Bodies " :

http://www.uppitywomen.net/bimage.html

The beauty Queens are very popular in Finland. They get lot of attention and

people listen to what they have to say. They are very remarkable role models

for young women. My dear friend Stella has got almost 100 votes in just few

hours. I'm sure that You people here at Saline Support are the ones I have

to thank also for this great thing. You are so wonderful. If votes keep

coming this way, it's possible that Stella will soon be Miss Finland. Then

she would have lot of publicity and a very special chance to tell everybody

about the risks of breast implants and other cosmetic surgery.

With my best wishes,

Helena =)

From: " ~*Patty*~ " <fdp@...>

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Subject: Re: Breast implants BANNED in Miss Finland Contest

Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 10:08:25 -0800

Helena,

Thank you so much for letting us know more about you. I wondered when you

first posted about your website where you were located and what your agenda

was. I am really glad Martha has been helping you out, and I am very

impressed with your desire to help women in Finland. I hope that Finnish

girls will become very educated about the risks of breast implants (of all

kinds) with the very important work you are doing there! Thank you for your

dedication!

I think the trend in which there is much pressure to let Miss Finland have

breast implants is not a good one at all. Beauty pageants should be about

natural beauty, not fake or contrived beauty from foreign objects in the

body, or piercings, tattooing, etc. I am not really a fan of beauty

pageants generally, except for the fact that the women are given

opportunities for doing good and spreading goodwill among people of other

countries, and obtaining scholarships for education. I am totally against

pageants for any other purpose. So, you can see, with the ulterior motive

being for the goodwill of mankind, implants are a perversion of that

purpose.

It sounds like the pageant is a very big deal in Finland, much more than in

America. I wish your friend the best success, and I will help in any way I

can. Keep up the good work of educating Finnish women about the dangers of

implants, and I do hope that breast implants will stay banned in that

contest.

Hugs,

Patty

----- Original Message -----

From: helenalevi2003 <helenalevi@...>

Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 9:32 AM

Subject: Breast implants BANNED in Miss Finland Contest

My name is Helena and me and my friends are trying to find and

publish information about risks of breast implants. We have website

called www.silikonitieto.net It's located in Finland, Northern

Europe. I want to thank everybody who have been helping us so far -

especially Martha. Our website was opened in September 2002. Today

more than 230 000 readers have visited Silikonitieto.net

http://www.silikonitieto.net/article.phtml?ID=16

Miss Finland must be one of the few beauty contests where it's not

allowed to have breast implants. The winner will be representing

Finland in Miss Universe later this spring. I think that more than

half of the girls there are having implants. Right now there is lot

of pressure to let Finnish girls have breast implants here in Miss

Finland. What do You think about this kind of trend?

One big reason for this atmosphere is that people in Finland really

don't know much about the risks of silicone and saline implants. This

is what we are trying to change. One of my best friends was last week

chosen to be one of the competitors in Miss Finland. Her name is

Stella (=Star =)). These 10 girls were selected out of almost 1000

girls who wanted to be Miss Finland this year. This is a very big

event in our country. Everyboby is watching these ladies on TV every

night.

The final's part one is held on Saturday this week. Then 6 girls who

have got votes more than the rest 4 are going to be announced. They

are going to perform in final's end on Sunday. My friend is now on

place 9, so she would need a little help to be one of the 6 on

Saturday. Then The Jury will decide the winner. Last year the winner

was the girl who was on place 6 in voting.

If You want to help her (=us) You can vote. If she is successful we

will also get more publicity in Finland, neighbour countries and

maybe in Miss Universe.

The page for voting is here:

http://www.iltasanomat.fi/viihde/missi.asp

My friend:

Stella Hyvönen

Kilpailunumero: 3

Ikä: 20 vuotta

Mitat: 172 cm, 58 kg, 94-68-95 cm

Kotipaikka: Helsinki

Ammatti: Sairaanhoidon opiskelija (=Nurse)

Toiveammatti: Terveydenhoitaja

Harrastukset: Aerobic, ratsastus, pianonsoitto

Poikaystävä? On

Ääniä nyt: 697/17039 (4,1%)

Äänestä ja kommentoi 1. You should click this line on RED

Lue kommentit ehdokkaasta

Suuri kuva 2. Click the small box on the left (=Lähetä)

3. And then small OK box (=Vahvista lähetys)

We are very grateful if You help us in this one. It would be so

important step to let people know about the risks of breast implants.

Too many young girls choose implants without knowing the possible

consequences.

With all my love,

Helena Levi )

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February 6, 2003

You really are talking sense, ! There is never too much information

about the risks of breast implants. You all are very kind helping us in many

ways. My friend Stella has got hundreds of new votes. Thank You for that!

She would need just a little more to be one of the 6 finalists in Miss

Finland on Saturday.

There is so much I would like to say to You, but my English is not very good

and I have to use dictionary. That's why it always takes time to write

answers. But I'm learning little by little and soon it's gonna be easier. I

think that big breasts are not so desirable as they used to be. Here is one

interesting article:

Centrefold models getting more androgynous

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993204

With love,

Helena : )

From: " Heer " <idagirl@...>

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Subject: Re: Breast implants BANNED in Miss Finland Contest

Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 17:15:46 -0700

Dear Helena

Oh my gosh I think you are so smart about implants, however do not be fooled

by the US or the FDA they are not protecting women the way they should at

all. Trust me, I was totally duped by my PS, by the manufacturers, by the

whole industry and now to make it worse the FDA has gone and approved the

same saline implants that almost killed me, talk about rubbing salt in the

wounds! Anyhow, I know it may seem like we have allot of knowledge in this

country but in reality when it comes to implants and illness they really do

not know much, nothing like what they should. I have had to do all my own

research and was stunned to find out only a very few plastic surgeons know

or at least admit, that implants are bad or dangerous to some women, let

alone cause disease and hardly any of them are experienced with proper

removal in sick women. It is a sad and disgusting thing.

Sorry I did not mean to go on and on but I just want you to be aware that

through groups like this one is how most of us found out the real truth

about implants.

I would love to help you any way I can and your friend too, and I pray that

your country continues to ban implants from this contest, it is good to have

roll models who are real and not just a bunch of the same sized,shaped,

perfectly round implants. Sometimes I see something like a Miss America

pageant and realize how much of a " cookie cutter " representation of women

that it is. All the women here in these contests look implanted, but maybe

some of it is silicone enhancers, or padding, who knows. I find it hard to

believe that all those women can all be so big busted, since when I look

around me, most women that are thin and in shape generally are not well

endowed. I also noticed that the Cheerleaders in the NFL in particular are

all huge chested. I think it must be a requirement to being a cheerleader

and I think that is pretty disgusting. It just sets up our young people to

feel that when they get to be 18 they must rush out to get implants. This is

sad. When I was young I never even thought about my breasts or doing

anything to make them better or bigger, I was happy being the size I was and

thought they were perfect. I never even thought of implants till I got saggy

after weight gain with pregnancy. I can't imagine having to grow up now

adays with these roll models on TV and everywhere you look that are all so

fake and all look the same.

Anyhow I am hopeful that your website will help some others out there and

that your friend will do good with her title of Miss Finland if she wins.

Hugs

----- Original Message -----

From: " Helena Levi " <helenalevi@...>

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Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 3:24 PM

Subject: Re: Breast implants BANNED in Miss Finland Contest

We are so happy that You are willing to help us. In Finland most people

know

very little about breast implants and their risks. Still they keep buying

them. In The U.S.A You have FDA, but in our country there is no such

control. That's why we are trying to tell people about possible

complications. So far there have been about 230 000 readers on

Silikonitieto.net, and we think that almost half of them are outside of

Finland. You got so much experience and knowledge in the United States. We

really would like to bring it to Europe too.

I agree that there should not be any plastic surgeries accepted in beauty

contests. Then it would only be a contest of plastic surgeons. One of my

favorite articles is " All Women have Beautiful Bodies " :

http://www.uppitywomen.net/bimage.html

The beauty Queens are very popular in Finland. They get lot of attention

and

people listen to what they have to say. They are very remarkable role

models

for young women. My dear friend Stella has got almost 100 votes in just

few

hours. I'm sure that You people here at Saline Support are the ones I have

to thank also for this great thing. You are so wonderful. If votes keep

coming this way, it's possible that Stella will soon be Miss Finland. Then

she would have lot of publicity and a very special chance to tell

everybody

about the risks of breast implants and other cosmetic surgery.

With my best wishes,

Helena =)

From: " ~*Patty*~ " <fdp@...>

Reply-

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Subject: Re: Breast implants BANNED in Miss Finland

Contest

Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 10:08:25 -0800

Helena,

Thank you so much for letting us know more about you. I wondered when you

first posted about your website where you were located and what your

agenda

was. I am really glad Martha has been helping you out, and I am very

impressed with your desire to help women in Finland. I hope that Finnish

girls will become very educated about the risks of breast implants (of all

kinds) with the very important work you are doing there! Thank you for

your