Don't You Dare Call Me an Autocutie ; She Got the Job Ahead of Selina Scott - but Isla Traquair Denies She Won On Sex Appealselina Scott - but Isla Traquair Denies She Won On Sex Appeal
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YOU could blame it all on Morecambe and Wise - who in 1976 dragged Angela Rippon away from her drab desk and sober frocks into that show-stopping, legs-upto-the-armpits, chorus-lining finale that transformed the humble newsreader into a sex symbol.
Since then, news presenters, previously akin to stuffy civil servants, have been treated like celebrities, while news programmers have sexed-up their shows with glossy graphics and up-to-the minute reportage.See the full content of this document
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Don't You Dare Call Me an Autocutie ; She Got the Job Ahead of Selina Scott - but Isla Traquair Denies She Won On Sex Appealselina Scott - but Isla Traquair Denies She Won On Sex Appeal
Women newsreaders in particular have felt the pressure to maintain a sexy image, hence Fiona Bruce's appearance in fishnets and tight black skirt belting out All That Jazz for Comic Relief. And it remains arguable whether Natasha Kaplinsky's finest hour was her [pounds]1million move from the BBC to Channel 5 or her dazzling performance in Strictly Come Dancing as she foxtrotted, tangoed and rhumba-ed her way to the top.
But those expecting...See the full content of this document
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