London
(ANI):
Miss
England
2008
Laura
Coleman
faced
the
cameras
posing
as
Marilyn
Monroe
in
a
campaign
launch
to
encourage
curvy
women.
The
beauty
titleholder,
a
10-12
size,
revealed
she
deliberately
sought
out
to
promote
curves
on
women,
especially
since
more
and
more
of
them
were
getting
obsessed
with
tiny
waists.
"There
is
so
much
pressure
on
young
girls
to
be
thin
these
days
that
it's
no
wonder
so
many
have
eating
disorders," the
Daily
Express
quoted
her
as
saying.
"I
was
told
to
lose
weight
from
my
hips
by
a
model
agency
when
I
was
younger
but
I
decided
I
was
happy
being
the
size
I
was
and
declined.
"I
went
to
university
and
got
a
degree
and
then
won
Miss
England
and
I'm
happy
with
the
size
I
am
now.
I've
gone
up
a
dress
size
since
winning
Miss
England.
"I
think
women
should
have
curves,
it's
natural.
I
posed
as
Monroe
to
emphasise
that
some
of
the
most
famous
glamorous
women
in
history
had
curves,"
she
added.
The
Miss
England
pageant
lends
its
support
to
the
charity
www.b-eat.co.uk,
which
aids
those
suffering
from
of
eating
disorders,
and
is
launching
Eating
Disorders
Awareness
Week
on
February
23.