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Topic: Online donors buy breast implants for Calgary woman
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Scott Piatkowski
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posted 26 February 2008 06:45 AM
Ewwwww! quote: A Calgary woman has become the first Canadian to receive enough donations from strangers through a U.S. website to get breast augmentation surgery.Candace Leadley, a 26-year-old single mother, came across a website called My Free Implants while surfing the internet in 2006. The site connects women wanting bigger busts with men willing to donate money to their operations. Candace Leadley found enough benefactors through a U.S. website to cover the $8,500 cost of breast implants. Leadley set up a profile and posted some pictures of herself. Soon, she was chatting online with men from around the world. "I just had guys wanting to talk to me and messaging me," she told CBC News. "I made some pretty good friendships from there and then the donations started coming in." She eventually found enough benefactors who donated $8,500 for her surgery in April that will take her from a size 29A to a 36C. The money will be transferred directly from the website to her surgeon. Leadley, who works as a framer, said she suffers from low self-esteem and felt that getting bigger breasts will make her feel better about herself. ........ Moore said the site made $1 million last year, and could allow him to quit his day job soon.
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From: Kitchener-Waterloo | Registered: Sep 2001
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Summer
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posted 26 February 2008 09:12 AM
She's posting pictures of herself to illicit "donations" from visitors to the site: quote:
Critics of the site call it porn."What the message is, is if you are independent and confident about yourself and about your sexuality, then you should prove it by prostituting yourself without getting paid," said Rebecca Sullivan, a professor at the University of Calgary who specializes in gender and popular culture. Website revenues hit $1 million But co-founder Jay Moore disagrees, calling his site a community service. "Guys can get, you know, soft pornographic stuff on the web for free. It's not like they're going to go to this site to pay for it, so it's really about the people you're meeting and the connections you're making," said Moore from California.
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Will S
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posted 26 February 2008 01:14 PM
quote: Originally posted by Trevormkidd:
Shouldn't breast reduction surgery be covered? I mean it is due to back problems - most other such surgeries would be covered I would think.
I think it probably is in Canada, but American women and men are using this site too, so some private insurance plans might not cover it... if they have insurance at all.
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RosaL
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posted 26 February 2008 01:32 PM
quote: Originally posted by WendyL:
Hey, we have the same last name! Maybe we're related (Apologies to all for off-topic remark) [ 26 February 2008: Message edited by: RosaL ]
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