# What's the deal with over-made-up female news anchors?

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**Created:** [December 16, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-over-made-up-female-news-anchors/335912 "2005-12-16T14:37:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-over-made-up-female-news-anchors/335912/1 "2005-12-16T14:37:10Z")

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Is it me, or does the amount of makeup female newscasters wear today seem ridiculous? Does anyone actually find this attractive?

Adam

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-over-made-up-female-news-anchors/335912/2 "2005-12-16T15:04:06Z")

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I don’t find it attractive, but then I don’t regard it as a prerequisite for news anchors that they look attractive. If that’s the way they want to decorate themselves, it’s their face. If it’s imposed on them by network brass, that sucks.

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**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-over-made-up-female-news-anchors/335912/3 "2005-12-16T15:24:17Z")

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I wrote about this ridiculous trend many months ago. The worst is the trowled-on applications of lip gloss. I read somewhere that the male networks execs like to hire what are essentially “trophy wives” as anchors. Good for ratings.

While we’re at it, what’s with all the man-jawed, shovel-jawed women in the media and on television in general? A well-defined jawline is great, but the networks seem to be one-uping Ahnold and Morticia.