被嫌胖？英國選美冠軍霸氣棄賽，做自己！

The winner of Miss UK 2017 has given up her crown after she was told to lose weight to compete at an international level.
今年，英國小姐冠軍得主在得知必須要減肥才能參加世界小姐選拔後放棄了冠軍頭銜。

Zoiey Smale, 28, from Nottinghamshire, was crowned Miss UK in June and was preparing to compete at Miss United Continents in Ecuador in September.
瑞伊·斯梅爾（Zoiey Smale）來自英國諾丁漢郡，今年28歲，6月榮獲英國小姐桂冠，本來正在籌備9月將在厄瓜多爾舉辦的世界小姐比賽。

But she dropped out after the UK head of Miss United Continents told her the international directors of the contest wanted her to “lose as much weight as she could” to become a serious contender, the size 10 model claimed in an interview with The Independent.
瑞伊在接受《獨立報》（The Independent）訪談時說，籌備期間世界小姐英國分賽區負責人告訴瑞伊，國際賽事的評委團希望她“儘可能再瘦一些”，這樣纔算嚴肅對待比賽，瑞伊因此選擇退出。

Smale responded by giving up her title and taking a hiatus from beauty contests, and has pledged to use her experience to combat body shaming.
瑞伊退出了選美比賽，放棄了冠軍頭銜，還以身作則對抗形體歧視。

"I can't represent a company that thinks it's OK to body shame women because they don't have the right measurements," she went on. "I was asked to submit every measurement on my body, which I didn't do. My measurements should be irrelevant.
她說：“我無法代表一個因爲女性三圍不標準就侮辱女性的組織參賽。我不得不上報三圍尺碼，但是我拒絕這樣做，三圍和比賽有什麼關係。”

“For a person to tell me to change myself to fit in with a company make me feel sick,” she added. “How are people allowed to dictate what I put in my body? Beauty is not determined by the size you are on a clothes tag. So I gave up my title.”
“要我改變自己來迎合組織的人非常噁心。他們有什麼資格來命令我如何對待我的身體？美並不是由穿在身上的衣服尺碼決定的。因此我放棄了冠軍頭銜。”

While pageants are often criticised for objectifying women, Smale stresses that “some pageants promote charity work and body positivity.”
選美通常因爲具象化女性而受到指責，但是瑞伊強調“有些選美比賽能夠促進公益和對人體的美感。”

“On the flip side there are other competitions that I have heard of where girls are used as escorts for rich men who sponsor competitions. They go out to 'sponsor' dinners in cocktail dresses and are told to mingle," claims Smale.
“我聽說過另外一些比賽，女孩子被當作贊助大款的女伴。這些女孩穿着短裙出現在晚宴上，必須進行社交。”