Fame is a Four-Letter Word

What is happening out there in the world of women's magazines? Why is everyone that is trying to get their 15 minutes of fame actually succeeding?

Case in point: Colleen Haskell, the cute All-American girly on Survivor I is Mademoiselle's July covergirl. Sure, she's in a new movie starring Rob Schneider, but Ms. Haskell certainly didn't get that job based on her Meryl Streep-like -- heck, even Carmen Electra-like -- acting abilities. In the feature story that accompanies the cover shot, Haskell states that she never "asked for this" fame thing. Ummm, whyever then try out for a national television program? If I remember correctly, Darva Conger already tried this poor-me excuse.

In addition to the Survivor who just won't quit, there is a feature on a 16-year-old British girl whose parents are paying for her saline/silicone/soya boob implants. Supposedly, this young lady cannot get through her days without preternaturally perky, oversized melons. She goes onto say that she would one day like to go into the entertainment business, and that having these implants will improve her chances in that world.

Hopefully, not too many impressionable young women will follow this family's skewed sense of ethics and decency. Hopefully, this teenage girl won't experience any saline leakage or anything of the like to realize her 15 minutes of fame have already come and gone.

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