'Sun-Maid girl' makeover sparks controversy

Yahoo ^ | December 1, 2009 | Brett Michael Dykes

[kingattax]

In the annals of advertising imagery, few brand symbols are more iconic and recognizable than the Sun-Maid raisin girl.

Nevertheless, Sun-Maid recently decided to join Betty Crocker, Aunt Jemima and Mrs. Butterworth's in giving the female face of their product a substantial makeover from a young, early 20th-century girl into a buxom, modern young woman, leading some to say that the newly made-over raisin girl looks like a Barbie Doll in Amish attire.

[Perdogg]

good grief, people must be so bored with thier lives. She has big boobs, who cares? I am sure she has a brazilian too. Just like the young women today.

[domenad]

There’s a reason she’s called the raisin girl, and it ain’t the harvest, Jack.

[Scythian]

[B-Chan]

Thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.
-- Song of Solomon 7:7

[thefactor]

Hot.

Just the right amount of Maryanne from Gilligan's Island.

Not guilty!

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

"Hi, sweetie! Welcome to Raisins!" ;)

[OKSooner]

Wait ‘til they figure out the deal with the girl on the Land O’ Lakes butter cartons. :)

[Rio]

[KarlInOhio]

Although she's selling raisins, I'm thinking about grapefruits.

[BlueLancer]

Moooo?

[Dixie Yooper]

Wait ‘til they figure out the deal with the girl on the Land O’ Lakes butter cartons. :)

She does have nice knees...

[lesko]

Not a big fan of grape turds anyway.

[DJ MacWoW]

She does look like Barbie. And that’s not a compliment.

[Rightly Biased]

Her knees are not her knees indeed!

[jessduntno]

“Barbie Doll in Amish attire.”

The AMISH! Why can’t they leave the AMISH alone!!!

[andy58-in-nh]

Wait ‘til they figure out the deal with the girl on the Land O’ Lakes butter cartons. :)

That only works if you can see her knees. ;-)

[Bad~Rodeo]

Text me tiger...

[Dr. Ursus]

I’d hit it-Tiger Woods

[wita]

Hey all you grape harvesters out there. Anyone want to take a guess as to how much that big bunch of grapes weighs she is holding by her dainty finger tips? I’m guessing 5 to 10 pounds easy.

[rusureitflies?]

yup land ooo...lake. well, you see... you fold it like this and...

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

What happened to the Sun? Give a girl big boobs and nothing else matters.

[ozark hilljilly]

Her “new” look is over a year old. I recall seeing ads last year. I was amazed more at the cheap cheesy CIG animation they used than her buxom appearance.
Slow news day?
Oy Vey.

[DJ MacWoW]

LOL

[Abigail Adams]

Her arms are so skinny she looks unhealthy.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

She does have nice knees...

Maybe you should say she has nice stumps. The picture makes her look like a double amputee. :-)

[squarebarb]

You’re right, she does look like a double amputee. I never noticed it before.

But then, in the interests of my health, I’ve gone to olive oil.

[NewMexLurker]

She does have nice knees...

As I recall from junior high school, you have to make a double fold in the Land O Lakes butter carton to get the full effect. It moves the knees up to where she's holding the box.

[Dixie Yooper]

Maybe you should say she has nice stumps. The picture makes her look like a double amputee.

Fold, learn and appreciate art :O)

[NewMexLurker]

Beat me by six seconds!

[Dixie Yooper]

Beat me by six seconds!

A lifetime on the Freeper Clock!

[Vaduz]

NAACP to release statement in ,3,2,

[MozarkDawg]

Wait ‘til they figure out the deal with the girl on the Land O’ Lakes butter cartons. :)

[Nervous Tick]

Why don’t they go technically accurate (and politically correct) and depict a Central American illegal alien dude holding the harvest?

[GraceG]

She looks more “French” now....

[dfwgator]

I’d hit it-Tiger Woods

I hit Tiger - Elin

[dfwgator]

St Pauli Girl couldn't be reached for comment.

[MozarkDawg]

... leading some to say that the newly made-over raisin girl looks like a Barbie Doll in Amish attire.

Land O' Lakes Barbie

Amish Barbie

[Ole Okie]

The AMISH! Why can’t they leave the AMISH alone!!!

Jess, I'm sure you remember that diversity is our most important product.

But I don't know about the Baptists.

[jessduntno]

“Jess, I’m sure you remember that diversity is our most important product. But I don’t know about the Baptists.”

Baptists...think they can make a decent chair? Noooooooo...

[Richard Kimball]

[dfwgator]

You are a very bad man. LOL!

[elcid1970]

Speaking of boobs, anyone here old enough to remember Psyche, the White Rock girl?

On the bottle label this babe posed naked from the waist up and in magazine ads showed up at tony gatherings equally unattired. Oh, for the days before feminism.

[Scythian]

The original land o lakes girl ...

[wardaddy]

I don’t see a controversy here.

Sambo was not black btw..

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

OOOHHHH I get it now. :-)

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Now I really get it :-)

[elcid1970]

Wow.

I’d like to sing “Indian Love Call” with her!

:^)

[NewMexLurker]

Doesn’t seem like much now, but it was pretty hot stuff for an 7th grader back in 1969.

[Dixie Yooper]

Doesn’t seem like much now, but it was pretty hot stuff for an 7th grader back in 1969.

No wonder I only beat you by six seconds...we're the same age!