Americans lauging at europeans getting riled up over allegidly racy photos, whuda thunk it.
LJK
December 24th, 2007 1:59 AM
I think the photoshop work was performed to remove a shadow cast by the device that held the top of the cross out of the water. In other words, the top part of the cross that is cropped out of the frame of the pic, probably had something attached like a rope or cable to support her and the weight of the cross. The shadow from this rope or cable cast onto the bottom of the pool was erased with the clone tool. Messy job in doing so I might add. No one has said that the pic is a fake. Just that the clean up wasn't very professional.
LJK
December 24th, 2007 1:42 AM
mike montanna is correct. the photo is altered. You can see the patching work in the water to her right where it erases the top of the cross. Why would they do that ?
LJK
December 24th, 2007 1:38 AM
I would like to nail her on that cross.
Jeff
December 24th, 2007 1:18 AM
The whore should be shot.
Simon Lee
December 23rd, 2007 9:49 PM
To show that Christian is both loving and forgiving and different from other 'shallow' faiths, please do not crucify her like we crucified Jesus 2000 years ago.
montana mike
December 23rd, 2007 9:48 PM
The photo is doctored. Look at the shadow on the bottom of the pool. There is no shadow from the upper part of the cross.
JLHJ2002
December 23rd, 2007 8:46 PM
She is disrespecting Chrisianity. Nobody can deny the fact that if she had shot a photo that disrespected Islam... the World would be calling for her death by beheading.
Jenny Robinson
December 23rd, 2007 7:53 PM
She got what she wanted: her picture on Fox News, and a whole forum discussing her stupid picture. If it hadn't been for that I would not have known the difference between her and a tomato stake in my veggie garden.
Jenny
Brian
December 23rd, 2007 6:47 PM
Yeah, big deal. so many REAL problems in the world. who cares? only the french would moan about something like this. it's not in bad taste. Just idiots reading too far into something (as usual).
Mark Jessup
December 23rd, 2007 6:29 PM
She's too skinny and needs some meat on those bones. She should resign her crown just for looking positively malnourished!
Barbara
December 23rd, 2007 6:14 PM
A girl with such bad judgement and lack of sensitivity should not be representing anything. If this were any other faith, or if she were making fun of sexual orientation or race, there would be no question that it is offensive. Just because we don't issue fatwahs or take to the streets in riot, doesn't mean we aren't deeply offended.
ric
December 23rd, 2007 6:09 PM
And her point of these photos is....what? That she's just another attention seeking weirdo. She crusified herself over these stupid photos. Besides...of all the women in France, this is the best they could come up with?
tom kovach
December 23rd, 2007 6:09 PM
How very, very sad that she chose to defile something christians know to be the the price
Christ paid for our salvation. If she only knew how much Jesus loves her and would forgive her instantly, perhaps she would understand what she did is disgusting. It's amazing how many people think it's alright to belittle something that is so holy to many people. I only hope she comes to know Jesus the way true christians do and change her ways. I by no means hate her I'm very saddened by what she chose to do. She's old enough to know better. It's never too late to turn to Jesus while you're still alive!!! Merry Christmas
Warwick
December 23rd, 2007 5:25 PM
She should have posed on two dinosaur bones in the shape of a cross, that would have really confused all the religious nuts.
Jon
December 23rd, 2007 4:11 PM
The rhetoric here is ridiculous. Children arguing... "he touched me," "she touched me first" kind of thing.
It's childish and shows quite clearly how infantile are both sides of this argument. Plain fact, it's a photo in poor taste, and second... people who are not christian accusing people who are of not living up to their beliefs is stupid. You don't understand the belief system, and you're not qualified to pass judgement on those who do understand it, so until you fully understand the religion and it's application of its tennats, stop telling us what we believe, and how we fail to live up to that belief.
Children, all of you.
It doesn't matter what her intent was, it's just one of those things that happened in her past that will have an impact on her future. Life isn't fair, it isn't always nice, and there are people starving in parts of the world, worried if they'll have something to feed their children tonight. Why don't we all redirect our energies to actually liv
Byron
December 23rd, 2007 3:37 PM
She would already be dead if she insulted islam in any way whatsoever.
Byron
December 23rd, 2007 3:33 PM
If she had done this with ANY OTHER religion, she would have lost her title immediately, and would have been branded a racist, intolerant, etc etc.
But for some reason many people (as shown by many of the posts here also!) have no problem attacking Christianity.
Disgusting.
john
December 23rd, 2007 3:33 PM
luv u jesus french style
Aaron
December 23rd, 2007 3:14 PM
This is stupid,
The only thing worse is when Muslims throw hissy fits and riots over cartoons and teddy bears. The stupid girl is trying to ge attention and she did that.
People get attention for being stupid and rude. She should have named a teddy bear Mohammad. NOW that is radical!
mfl
December 23rd, 2007 2:19 PM
do it to me kill me that looks cool that is to cool
all u guys are dumb heads
RIVIERE
December 23rd, 2007 2:06 PM
Valerie is not not only the face of modern France but a powerful symbol for the island nations of the Indian Ocean region but it just goes to show the despise of contient french for other second class french citizens based all over the outre mer region...
Volubrjotr
December 23rd, 2007 1:47 PM
Mocking Christ..She needs to get over herself and DO SOMETHING constructive as Miss France...
Right Now She IS Miss TRASH!
Beauty Queen
December 23rd, 2007 1:25 PM
That cross makes her look fat.
Dave
December 23rd, 2007 12:49 PM
MY GOD! Get a life people, its only a picture. I am sure that there are more important things in this world than her posing on a cross.
December 24th, 2007 1:59 AM
WTF, thats nothing.
Americans lauging at europeans getting riled up over allegidly racy photos, whuda thunk it.
December 24th, 2007 1:59 AM
I think the photoshop work was performed to remove a shadow cast by the device that held the top of the cross out of the water. In other words, the top part of the cross that is cropped out of the frame of the pic, probably had something attached like a rope or cable to support her and the weight of the cross. The shadow from this rope or cable cast onto the bottom of the pool was erased with the clone tool. Messy job in doing so I might add. No one has said that the pic is a fake. Just that the clean up wasn't very professional.
December 24th, 2007 1:42 AM
mike montanna is correct. the photo is altered. You can see the patching work in the water to her right where it erases the top of the cross. Why would they do that ?
December 24th, 2007 1:38 AM
I would like to nail her on that cross.
December 24th, 2007 1:18 AM
The whore should be shot.
December 23rd, 2007 9:49 PM
To show that Christian is both loving and forgiving and different from other 'shallow' faiths, please do not crucify her like we crucified Jesus 2000 years ago.
December 23rd, 2007 9:48 PM
The photo is doctored. Look at the shadow on the bottom of the pool. There is no shadow from the upper part of the cross.
December 23rd, 2007 8:46 PM
She is disrespecting Chrisianity. Nobody can deny the fact that if she had shot a photo that disrespected Islam... the World would be calling for her death by beheading.
December 23rd, 2007 7:53 PM
She got what she wanted: her picture on Fox News, and a whole forum discussing her stupid picture. If it hadn't been for that I would not have known the difference between her and a tomato stake in my veggie garden.
Jenny
December 23rd, 2007 6:47 PM
Yeah, big deal. so many REAL problems in the world. who cares? only the french would moan about something like this. it's not in bad taste. Just idiots reading too far into something (as usual).
December 23rd, 2007 6:29 PM
She's too skinny and needs some meat on those bones. She should resign her crown just for looking positively malnourished!
December 23rd, 2007 6:14 PM
A girl with such bad judgement and lack of sensitivity should not be representing anything. If this were any other faith, or if she were making fun of sexual orientation or race, there would be no question that it is offensive. Just because we don't issue fatwahs or take to the streets in riot, doesn't mean we aren't deeply offended.
December 23rd, 2007 6:09 PM
And her point of these photos is....what? That she's just another attention seeking weirdo. She crusified herself over these stupid photos. Besides...of all the women in France, this is the best they could come up with?
December 23rd, 2007 6:09 PM
How very, very sad that she chose to defile something christians know to be the the price
Christ paid for our salvation. If she only knew how much Jesus loves her and would forgive her instantly, perhaps she would understand what she did is disgusting. It's amazing how many people think it's alright to belittle something that is so holy to many people. I only hope she comes to know Jesus the way true christians do and change her ways. I by no means hate her I'm very saddened by what she chose to do. She's old enough to know better. It's never too late to turn to Jesus while you're still alive!!! Merry Christmas
December 23rd, 2007 5:25 PM
She should have posed on two dinosaur bones in the shape of a cross, that would have really confused all the religious nuts.
December 23rd, 2007 4:11 PM
The rhetoric here is ridiculous. Children arguing... "he touched me," "she touched me first" kind of thing.
It's childish and shows quite clearly how infantile are both sides of this argument. Plain fact, it's a photo in poor taste, and second... people who are not christian accusing people who are of not living up to their beliefs is stupid. You don't understand the belief system, and you're not qualified to pass judgement on those who do understand it, so until you fully understand the religion and it's application of its tennats, stop telling us what we believe, and how we fail to live up to that belief.
Children, all of you.
It doesn't matter what her intent was, it's just one of those things that happened in her past that will have an impact on her future. Life isn't fair, it isn't always nice, and there are people starving in parts of the world, worried if they'll have something to feed their children tonight. Why don't we all redirect our energies to actually liv
December 23rd, 2007 3:37 PM
She would already be dead if she insulted islam in any way whatsoever.
December 23rd, 2007 3:33 PM
If she had done this with ANY OTHER religion, she would have lost her title immediately, and would have been branded a racist, intolerant, etc etc.
But for some reason many people (as shown by many of the posts here also!) have no problem attacking Christianity.
Disgusting.
December 23rd, 2007 3:33 PM
luv u jesus french style
December 23rd, 2007 3:14 PM
This is stupid,
The only thing worse is when Muslims throw hissy fits and riots over cartoons and teddy bears. The stupid girl is trying to ge attention and she did that.
People get attention for being stupid and rude. She should have named a teddy bear Mohammad. NOW that is radical!
December 23rd, 2007 2:19 PM
do it to me kill me that looks cool that is to cool
all u guys are dumb heads
December 23rd, 2007 2:06 PM
Valerie is not not only the face of modern France but a powerful symbol for the island nations of the Indian Ocean region but it just goes to show the despise of contient french for other second class french citizens based all over the outre mer region...
December 23rd, 2007 1:47 PM
Mocking Christ..She needs to get over herself and DO SOMETHING constructive as Miss France...
Right Now She IS Miss TRASH!
December 23rd, 2007 1:25 PM
That cross makes her look fat.
December 23rd, 2007 12:49 PM
MY GOD! Get a life people, its only a picture. I am sure that there are more important things in this world than her posing on a cross.