Thursday, June 5, 2025

Marilyn's Photos - June 5 2025 - Remember Susan Boyle

 

Susan Boyle became a celebrity in November 2009 on Britain's Got Talent.  There was a mismatch of expectations, wasn't there?  No fat girl should sing like an angel.  Angels are not fat.  So the underdog story was particularly compelling.  Not that she got onto Britain's Got Talent without being able to sing.  

And how fat was she, really? I read an article describing the "reveal" as staged and the story promoted as a modern parable on our judgement of appearances.  Something about this combination was compelling the public.  She continued in and out of the press, and on social media over time.  Every detail off her behaviour, actions was covered.  

So it isn't surprising to see headlines over her loss of weight. That's a long time ago - she was diagnosed with type 2 Diabetes in 2012.  So when did she lose 50 pounds?  It was in 2016.  But there are before and after pictures with a "princess" having emerged, as though just today.  From 2024:  Susan Boyle is now so thin and looks beautiful!

It is a modern-day Grim Fairy Tale.


 


Iris - the flower with the "sweet grape" scent.
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