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Hollywood
star Jessica Simpson couldn't hide her shock as she visited a "fattening
hut" - where brides-to-be in western Uganda pile on weight before
they wed
Jessica
Simpson's show, Price of Beauty, takes her around the world to
see things women of different and unique cultures do in the name of
beauty.
When she came to Uganda in September 2009, the chiding of the Bahima
herdsmen for being "far too skinny" and being told that fatness
is the Ugandan ideal of beauty must have been like a soothing balm to
her ego, which in that same year had been viciously poked at, shredded
and bruised, almost as a direct result of her weight gain.
Chaperoned by a rather obese lady called Judy, she centred her show
on a Muhima girl who was getting married the next day.
The girl had, according to her aunts, been kept in a fattening hut for
two months and was being fed a minimum of two gourds of milk (5000 calories)
per day in order to grow fatter and "look beautiful" for her
wedding.
Save from going to the bathroom, she wasn't allowed to engage herself
in any activity that would burn her "precious" fat.
Jessica's next stop is Morocco, where ideals of feminine beauty include
slimness, luxuriant dark hair and long necks.
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