“Before I used to eat whatever I wanted, I like sweets and chocolate so I was eating a lot of that and I love flapjacks, I used to eat one of those a day. She said: “I was always happy with how I looked but when I found at my health was at risk I decided to make a change. However, Saskia’s fortunes began to turn in November last year when she embarked on a weight loss journey after finding out she had high bloody sugar levels. “Some of the girls will be models and very experienced at doing pageants, which is the total opposite of me, but I don’t mind being an underdog, I’m just really excited.”
“I was aware of pageants when I was younger but I never dreamed of being in one myself, I never had the confidence to go for it until now, plus I was focusing on being a doctor. Saskia, from Todmorden, West Yorks., said: “This isn’t something I ever dreamed of doing, I have never even entered a pageant before, but I saw the opportunity and thought, ‘why not?’ Saskia Fauguel, 27, said she “never dreamed” of being a beauty queen but she entered the famous competition after losing four stone and enjoying a “confidence boost”.ĭespite having no pageant experience, Saskia recorded a staggering 27,000 votes in the qualifiers in order to fly through to the final, which is a red carpet event later in the year.īut she will have to juggle her competition obligations with a high-stress junior doctor role in the NHS, where she is about to begin the six-year process of becoming a psychiatrist. Resurrecting the summer camp issue, the congressman said the videos prove the need for watchfulness on the part of nudist parents.A junior doctor has made it to the final of Miss England after receiving a record number of votes in the qualifying round - despite never entering a beauty pageant in her life. "If they want to take the Sears Roebuck catalog and turn it into something erotic, we can't control that."įoley's office said his goal is more to shame Zadanoff than to punish him. "We can't read what's in people's minds," he said. Zadanoff said he's concerned there could be pedophiles among his customers, but said it's not anything he can control. Zadanoff accused Foley of being a publicity-hungry "laughing stock" whose mind is "in the gutter." Zadanoff said the videos include no posing, genital closeups or sex. "So is it feeding some other desire that we find not appropriate?" "There's no question it's probably getting into the hands of folks who aren't just enamored of being a naturist," McCabe said. Not that he approves of Zadanoff's Web site. Resolution rating _ GREAT."īut the sales don't appear to break the law, which delineates between non-sexual nudity and lewdness, said Pasco-Pinellas State Attorney Bernie McCabe. The sales caption reads: "Judging based on beauty, personality, poise and grace. One 55-minute junior miss tape sells for $99.95. Generally, the younger the girls, the more expensive the video. Supplied by producers in Russia, the Czech Republic and France, the videos are categorized as "teen" "junior teen" and "junior miss." He makes most of his money from guides to international nudist resorts, he said. Zadanoff said he sells one or two pageant videos a week and that they represent a handful of his 100 video titles.
"While the video content may be fine, the focus on the child element to sell it was not appropriate." "We saw the Web site and said, "Whoa!' " Peterson said.
After inquiries from the Times, the nudist group asked Zadanoff Thursday to remove a link from his Web site to its site.Īmerican nudist resorts don't hold beauty pageants for nude children, association marketing official Debra Peterson said. The American Association for Nude Recreation disavows the video sales. It was sponsored by the nudist organization Zadanoff led from 1990-92. Last month, Foley criticized a camp for naked children aged 11 to 17 held at Pasco's Lake Como nudist resort. "They serve young children on a platter for America's most depraved."įoley said a local nudist faxed him information about Zadanoff's Web site. "These videos are nothing more than a fix for pedophiles," Foley said in a written statement e-mailed to the St. Senate seat held by Bob Graham and has specialized in child protection issues in the U.S. The West Palm Beach Republican is running for the U.S. Mark Foley, who campaigned last month against a nude summer camp in Pasco County, considers the videos fodder for a less savory element.