Louis Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/03/26/everton-ladies-toni-duggan-strip-womens-football_n_2958916.html Everton Ladies Star Toni Duggan Happy To Be The Female David Beckham Of Women's Football Everton Ladies forward Toni Duggan has revealed she'd strip off for magazines as it's "a good way of advertising the sport and healthy eating”. Speaking to The Huffington Post UK after Everton's FA WSL derby game against Liverpool Ladies on Saturday, the 21-year-old called for more to be done to show women footballers as personalities and role models to young women. "David Beckham has made a living out of getting his kit off and through advertising products and his looks, so I don’t see why there’s a reason women can’t do it as well," Duggan said. She explained: "Personally I’m interested in doing things like that, but the other girls have different opinions on it. "The girls don’t want to be portrayed as that as they’re footballers and they’re good at football, that’s what they do and why should they get their kit off to promote it? "But on the other side I feel it’s good because the young girls are used to seeing size 6 girls in magazines who aren’t eating. "So why not open it and see these other girls who do sport?" The women's game is more popular than ever right now, after the London 2012 Olympics showcased the nation's best players as Team GB played in front of over 70,000 in their 1-0 defeat of Brazil at Wembley Stadium. But rising star Duggan thinks more needs to be done to truly put players on the map, including showing their personalities. She called for the media to do more than "maybe just one piece a year, on one player, who [readers will] probably never hear of again." The 21-year-old added: "The media can do a lot for us and I do think it needs to step up a bit more and put us on the map.” [tweet 317049930533453824] [tweet 317050111454769153] [tweet 317050917524492288] Not at all happy about the huffington post & metro article about me apparently saying I would "strip" that is NOT what I said! Nor did I compare myself to a female David Beckham! My words have completely been twisted #MassiveLessonLearnt My point was sports women should be used in magazines more, which is a better advertisement to young girls than size 0 models... #MyOpinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avinalaff Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 A few gazillion Everton fans are a little disappointed Zoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 IMO Twitter is the one twisting her words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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