Rear of the Year

Regardless, it's just not culo.

well, yeah

Amazed that Pippa Middleton didn't win in whatever year her sister got married, since her arse was a permanent fixture in the tabloids for months.

― ailsa, Tuesday, May 10, 2016 5:55 AM (5 hours ago)

yes as pippa is the only brit i know to have a narse

For blokes of a certain age, it's always going to be Felicity Kendall. The whole thing was probably dreamed up to justify giving Felicity Kendall an award for a lot of men looking at her arse a lot.

I recognise every single name on this list, which is quite a sad reflection on my continuing knowledge of zeitgeists past.

Still lolling at Su Pollard. Assume no-one else was contacted to take part.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ea/f3/49/eaf349affa81ed9d3b6869f4cb11bcf6.jpg

https://m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=Kjcp2Ii4BdQ
Andrew Maxwell on the Pippa thing

funny to think, much like the old Page 3, this sort of thing just doesn't fly in the U.S., and nominating a 16 year old only takes it light years further out of our wheelhouse

americans who feel that they are missing out can take part in rear of the year competitions in second life:

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5186/5631609159_f08970a2ed_b.jpg

Here are a few guidelines for the competition:
...You may participate if you are 18 or older and have a female avatar.
...You should be at least partially clad. No full nudity, please!
...You will be asked to present for a short time on our stage. You may
either use your own animations or those we provide.
...You understand that you are being demoted to a sexual object.
...You should bring a bathrobe, it can be chilly behind the stage and
we take no responsibility for ensuing colds.
...You should have a sense of humor!

I don't think that Robert's link is working, but I'm assuming it was supposed to be to this: https://youtu.be/Kjcp2Ii4BdQ

Correct

Beauty contests (parades/pageants) are invisible and meaningless in the UK, whereas I get the impression they're still quite a thing in the USA? Rear of the Year and similar is a Brit substitute - a slightly more coy (repressed) 'excuse' to gaze at female bodies

beauty contests were a holiday camp staple, right? maybe this kind of thing appeared as they faded away. feel that its continued existence and tabloid prominence indicates something obscure yet essential about british identity

The only person I know who has won any of these beauty contest things in recent years is Danielle Lloyd, and that was only because she then started going out with Teddy Sheringham (who was judging it) amid some tabloid controversy (and then went on to even more tabloid controversy of her own). Other than that, I wouldn't have known Miss UK or whatever was even still a thing.

Lol Sheringham was such a loathsome twat

obv the Americans are way above this kind of thing apart from cheerleaders, the popularity of Benny Hill repeats and their plan to "Fantastic Voyage" style send a microscopic camera crew right up a Kardashian's arse by 2020

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