Jaw dropping…. That is one way you can describe the Belikin calendar
for the New Year, thanks to some very provocative photos of young Belizean women
chosen for the 2010 publication. It’s racier than it’s been in previous
years, so much so that we can’t show you some of the pictures. Of course,
the publishers of the calendar are selling beer, not bibles, and the calendar
enthusiasts are mostly men who aren’t likely to be put off by the revealing
pictures. But still management declined to speak to us about the revealing spread.
We did however get to speak to two of the models nineteen year olds
Miss March, Michelle Swift and Miss October Samantha Gillett who had not yet
seen the calendar until just before they were interviewed and like us were surprised
about what they saw. We must note that both the young women’s photos are
among the ones we can show you.
Michelle Swift, Miss March
“It wasn’t really something I was thinking about a long long
time. I had a cousin who actually did it and her sister is actually on the calendar
and at the time I really thought it was something neat. I really liked the girls 
on the calendar, the way they represented themselves and I thought that when
I got a couple age older I would try at least to see if I could make the calendar.”
Samantha Gillett, Miss October
“I like modelling and I have seen the other models taking calendar
pictures and it is something I like so I investigated about it and I chose to
be on it.”
Jacqueline Godwin,
“Your picture is not one considered as provocative but there are some
pictures here almost bordering on pornography. How do you feel to be one of
the models among these questionable photos that have been taken for next year’s
calendar?”
Michelle Swift,
“Well actually I guess it is their choice. They are the ones putting
themselves out there in that kind of position. The other girls who decided to
be more conservative, I believe it is their decision as well. What you want
people to think of you, you will eventually put out. So if you want people to
think that of you then it is fine, that is your decision.”
Samantha Gillett,
“Well about that I think that is their choices because some of the
other girls took pictures but none of them did it topless or something like
that so I think it is their choices.”
Earlier this evening at six the Belikin calendar 2010 was launched
at Palm Island where the models were present. Miss March Michelle Swift is a
student of the University of Belize and Miss October Samantha Gillett is a student
of Orange Walk Technical High. The photos were taken by Jeremy Spooner and Richard
Holder.
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