Just to clarify, she's being named woman of the year by the Hasty Pudding, not the university at large. Which means she'll be in skits with theatrical men in drag, not speaking at commencement.

Yeah one time I saw a photo of Paris Hilton wearing the EXACT SAME H&M dress and Steve Madden shoes that I had worn the night before, and it made me realize two things:

1: I can't ever wear that outfit ever again and 2: the design of that dress and those shoes were probably ripped off from some fancyass designer, because I doubt Paris would ever shop at H&M or Steve Madden like a disgusting poor person, even though I consider Steve Madden to be "high end." Guess that shows where I stand.

Oh, and Harvard: wtf?!

Firstly, Jessica looks so much better than Paris in that dress.

Secondly, thank god it's not a prestigious award. I nearly chocked on my mint when I read the headline.

The National Lampoon is a satirical campus magazine. It's hardly an honor to win as much as it is recognition for being outrageous. I wouldn't worry too much, except for the fact that it's getting more media coverage, and the less we can hear about Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie, the more we can hear about women who are actually make a positive difference!

Carmen Electra wore that dress recently too. And according to readers of OK! Magazine, 81% believe she looked better in it than Paris did. I can picture you burning that dress right now, Jessica!

Oh, don't burn the dress. Send it my way because as a usually-broke actress, I need some duds in which to be seen on the town. ;)

Ha! That's happened to me before, too. I recently saw a photo of Britney Spears wearing a shirt that I own.

Jessica, you look wayyyy better in the dress than Paris, she doesn't have any boobs to fill it out.

good god, ann is tall! I'm 5'11" and whenever I wear heels and take pictures with my friends the picture ends up looking something like that. Yay for hot tall women!

I'm sad for humanity.

I think this makes me even sadder for humanity than the Whopper Freakout commercials. It's close though.

And yeah, I agree with JenTheFem, you look way better than Paris in that dress. Possibly because she's a mutant.

she doesn't have any boobs to fill it out.

Because, clearly, larger-breasted women are way better looking than smaller-breasted women. Come on. Paris Hilton is awful for a lot of reasons, so why don't we choose one of those instead of attacking her looks or the contents of her bra. Kthnx.

Liza, don't be sad for humanity over this one! This TV station doesn't do great reporting- as I mentioned up top, this is the Hasty Pudding's Woman of the Year. Not the (Harvard) Lampoon's, or the University's. Along with the ceremony for Man of the Year and a small parade (which I can't remember ever seeing during my four years there), the event gets a tiny amount of coverage in the (ugh) Crimson, probably a couple blips in entertainment "news," and very little attention from anyone else.

Amen, kissmypineapple!

I'm pro-curves and all that, but feminism is also for thin and flat women like me. It takes courage and self-acceptance to be OK with that and realize our value (and womanhood) are not in scale with our cup size.

I think it is kinda sad that people are debating who looks better in the dress -- but I would prefer Jessica being named woman of the year.

kissmypineapple, as a big busted gal, am I not allowed to look better in certain styles than you do because my curves aren't as feminist-y as your body type? It's a preference for the dress style, not a comment on femininity.

I can't wear a ton of stuff really well because of my curves. I'm sure you'd look a ton better in some of those clothes.

Hi all, I'm a Harvard student, and I'd be hugely surprised if this were really true. The Pudding usually announces its MOY and WOY in an official press conference around this time, and Hilton just doesn't seem to fit the bill for usual WOY fare (consider classy and talented broads like ScarJo, Catherine Zeta-Jones, etc.). It's probably a rumor stirred up by the Lampoon - the Lampoon loves to invite celebs over and give them silly awards or some such, and Paris Hilton seems much more up their alley. Then again, I may eat my words. Just saying it would really shock me.

Since there seems to be confusion, this is most certainly the Lampoon, not Pudding.

Also, I find the comments pitting Jessica and Paris against one another based on their appearance in the dress to be in poor taste. As previous posters have stated, Hilton's appearance in a dress is hardly where we should be placing our focus (media outlets like E! and TMZ do enough of that for us). Break the cycle and start looking at action, not looks.

Since there seems to be confusion, this is most certainly the Lampoon, not Pudding.

Also, I find the comments pitting Jessica and Paris against one another based on their appearance in the dress to be in poor taste. As previous posters have stated, Hilton's appearance in a dress is hardly where we should be placing our focus (media outlets like E! and TMZ do enough of that for us). Break the cycle and start looking at action, not looks.

sorry but again to clarify, Pudding is the name of the award "Hastiest Pudding" but it's given by the Lampoon

mk - The parade for the Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year is super-short and it happens on a weekday afternoon in February; I don't remember it ever being well-attended when I was a student. (I was in it every year, because I was in the band, but it's just the band and people from the Pudding, really.)

Past Women of the Year include Jamie Lee Curtis, Goldie Hawn and Halle Berry, but I have no idea how they choose their honorees. There's a roast; it's hardly a serious honor. I'm kind of with daftgiraffe; the hits you get on google for this are suspect at best. The Hasty Pudding's website doesn't list the 08 honorees yet, the student paper at Harvard has nothing on this, and if it's a Lampoon prank, they're not announcing it on their site either.

While it's possible that this announcement is a Lampoon prank, the Harvard Lampoon does not give out the annual Hasty Pudding awards; those are given out by the Hasty Pudding. More about them, if you're so inclined, at www.hastypudding.org.

Ummm...how did we get onto the plight of all small-boobed women? I think we're just talking about one dress.

Besides, 90% of clothes out there are made for you flat-chesters. Let us have this one. Jeebus.

I don't see why Paris Hilton gets so much grief from women. She seems to have converted several bad situations like her being jailed into profitable ones for her. She hasn't fallen into drugs or craziness like what happens to a lot of celebrities. She is unashamed about her sexuality. She has power. Okay, well, I think I see why people hate her.

I think her bimbo persona is just something put on for the masses and she's pretty smart underneath it.

Add to that she manages to do it all without even being particularly good looking.

I second what kissmypineapple said.

This is going a bit off-topic, but I get so sick of women being lamented for their weight. If you're overweight, then you're lazy, if you're skinny, then well, you must be an anorexic.
Personally, I could care less if she doesn't look as good in the dress as Jessica.

Liza, it's not about the plight of small-chested women everywhere, nor is anybody saying it is. The point is that people are comparing Paris and Jessica's looks as if it matters and that's not okay. The point is that someone suggested Paris looked bad because she has small breasts. That's also not okay.

Since when is feminism about whether you have big tits or not? Since when is it about who looks better in a dress?

Big breasts, small breasts, or no breasts, it doesn't matter. We shouldn't be ridiculing Paris Hilton for not having large breasts. We should be ridiculing her for making racist statements and driving under the influence if we must ridicule her at all, or better yet, we should ignore her.

Nekkid said: Since when is feminism about whether you have big tits or not? Since when is it about who looks better in a dress?

And since when is it about being completely humorless, and completely unsuited to a) noticing 2 people are wearing the same dress and b)commenting that the person you like better looks better?

Talk about innocent conversation gone wrong. I can't stand this eat-your-own kind of stuff because really, it's Paris Hilton, a person who has made her entire persona a Brand.

and this comment: The point is that someone suggested Paris looked bad because she has small breasts.

Not from what I read. IN A DRESS, body styles can make it more or less flattering. Come on, there's so much out there to fight together against, misreading a comment or two above ain't the best use of time, IMO.

Lilianna28 and Liza, you both completely missed my point. Nowhere did I say, "WAAAH, you big breasted girls are soooo mean! It's sure is tough for us flat girls!" If the original comment had said, "Besides, her boobs are too big for that dress; it looks trashy." I still would have said that we shouldn't be criticizing women on the contents of their bras. I don't care what your body-type preferences are; they don't have business being used as the basis for a character attack on a feminist website. You want to pick at body flaws? TMZ is waiting for you.

kissmypineapple, that's fine. You're missing the point of my post (and the one above), so we've just missed each other. I'm a feminist who thinks Jessica looked better in the dress.

Paris may be dumb enough to think she really is being honored. I saw the announcement elsewhere and thought it was pretty funny. She doesn't have much sense of humor about herself, at least as witnessed on her appearance last year on Letterman's show, when he mercilessly focussed on her jail time after she said she didn't want to talk about it. She probably figures there is no such thing as BAD publicity.

Besides, 90% of clothes out there are made for you flat-chesters. Let us have this one. Jeebus.

And the 10% of clothing that's too big to fit the bust of "you flat-chesters" is hanging in my closet. Nearly every woman has trouble finding clothes that fit perfectly. Don't pretend that someone like me has privilege over you when it comes to buying clothes, because it's completely false. Find a tailor and make the clothes fit you.

"You want to pick at body flaws? TMZ is waiting for you."

Oh yeah, my size 18/20 ass is going to pick at flaws for TMZ. Riiiiiiiight. Because I neeeeeeeeever say anything on this site to promote size acceptance. (you did get the sarcasm in that, no?)

My responding to "Because, clearly, larger-breasted women are way better looking than smaller-breasted women" is not something to be attacked.

Go to a store and look around. The majority of styles out there are cut for flat chests, minimal curves, thin legs, etc. People who fit that mold have a MUCH easier time finding clothes that are cute and cheap (ever notice it's the small sizes that are always left on the sale racks? Ever wonder why?) than those of us with big boobs, tummies, and hips. Look at the fashion industry and tell me who the fit models are.

"Since when is feminism about whether you have big tits or not? Since when is it about who looks better in a dress?"

I never said it was. But now that you bring it up, isn't feminism about equality? And shouldn't my DDDs have an equal share of the clothing out there?

Come on, lighten up people. Nothing I said was incendiary. Maybe it's because I'm in New York with all the tiny boutiques that only carry sizes 0-8, but when I go out shopping I only come home with accessories and handbags, unless we pass a Lane Bryant or an Old Navy. And there are only 2 LBs in Manhattan.