Busty Virgin Mary Models!

OMG! Dressing up busty models like that of Virgin Mary will definitely cause outrage, especially in the religious country of Chile.


Ricardo Oyarzun, a prominent Chilean fashion designer, experimented with his craft when he tried to organize a fashion show where busty models, some exposing their near-naked breast, would ramp the catwalk dressed like the most-loved woman of the church.

The Catholic church condemned the plan of the fashion designer, arguing that the designer's artistic concept was offensive: “Beneath an arguable presentation of artistic expression is an ambiguous understanding of the freedom of expression, a lack of respect for the reverence millions of Chileans have for the virgin. It is a threat against the basic human right with respect to religion, protected by the state.”

The designer, however, believed there was nothing offensive of the fashion show. "There is no pornography here, there's no sex, there are no virgins menstruating or feeling each other up.” He argued that his artistic designs which include religious icons were inspired by the Virgin Mary but not intended to represent her.

On the side of the fashion designer and his supporters, they were offended by the censorship of the church. Oyarzun had even received telephone threats and had excrement smeared on his doorstep which he believed to have come from people who were against the show.

On the side of the church, the prohibition of the event was a way of protecting the rights of people who were deeply offended by the concept of the fashion show. A statement from Chile's Episcopal Conference had announced "We look on with special pain and deplore those acts which seek to tarnish manifestations of sincere love toward the Virgin Mary, which end up striking at the dignity of womankind by presenting her as an object of consumption.”

But as the court favored the controversial fashion show and a conservative group failed to block the event, the catwalk show with busty Virgin Mary models is expected to be held later today at a Santiago nightclub. With the many negative critics coming from majority of the Chilean people, however, we wonder how the show will take effect.