Award fails to panda to critics

“Outrage!” “Scandal!” “Travesty!” “Misogyny!” These were just some of the reactions to the BBC’s decision to include a panda in its list of nominees for 2011 “woman” face of the year.

Pippa Middleton (more accustomed to being in derriere of the year lists) and Adele (more familiar to voice of the year awards) were just two of the remaining eleven nominees.

Among those to express their disgust that a panda should be included in the list were John Prescott and MP Stella Creasy. The MP tweeted, "No offence to sweetie – sure a lovely panda and best in class etc, but clue is in title ‘women’ not 'female of the species' of the year ..."

Well, we at CoverGirl have determined that if you’re not ever likely to be eligible for womans car insurance, you probably should be considered ineligible for being awarded a woman of the year trophy, but then we listened to what the BBC had to say on the issue: "Including Sweetie (Tian Tian) as one of the annual headline makers was a light-hearted addition to the list, and this isn't the first time it has featured a non-human.”

So perhaps we’re not going to take the award’s list quite as seriously as we’d planned. Instead we’ll just say, “Well done, Sweetie… and nice mascara…”

Labels: Adele, BBC, nominees, panda, Pippa Middleton, woman of the year, womans car insurance