Woman UK – 22 July 2019

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Sam Carlisle says what you’re thinking

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heBBChasreleaseditslatestpay

figuresandheraldedthefactthere

aremoretop-earningwomenthan

everbefore.Thetop 12 earners

wereallmalelastyear,but

ClaudiaWinklemanis noweighth,

whileZoeBallis atnumbernine.

Ofcourse,MatchoftheDay’s

ownGaryLinekeris stillatthe

topofthelist.Thebig-eared

crispsalesmangets£1.75m

a yeartotalkballswith

AlanShearer(atnumber

sixwith£440,000)and

IanWright(£209,000).

It’sfantasticthatthe

ridiculousgenderpay

gapatthecorporation

is graduallybeginning

toclose– andClaudia

andZoebothwork

seriouslyhard

fortheirwages.

Buttome,the

mostinteresting

figureonthe

listis Vanessa

Feltz– whohas

managedto

risetotenth

highestpaid,

forherRadio

2 and Radio

Mermaidmayhem

There’suproaronsocialmediabecauseDisneyhas

castyoungblacksingerHalleBaileyastheLittle

Mermaidin itsliveactionversionofthecartoon

classic.RedheadsargueArielis theirginger

Princess,blackfansarguerepresentationofdark

skinis rarein Disneyfilms.Caneveryonejust

relaxaboutthisdecision?I hatetobreak

it to you all, but mermaids AREN’T REAL!

Safetyrecall

AftertheGrenfellTowerfire,didn’t

weallbecomea littlemorerisk

averse?Whirlpooladmits800,000

potentiallylethaltumbledryers

couldstillbein usein UKhomes.

Ministersissuedanunprecedented

recallnoticelastmonthfor

500,000machinesbelievedtobe

a firerisk.ButWhirlpooltoldMPs

thatthetruefigurefordangerous

dryersmaybe300,000higher.

WhirlpoolalsomakesHotpoint,

IndesitandCredamachines.If you

haveoneofthesedryers,please

remembertocheckthatit’ssafe.

Festivalfashionfail

Thefestivalseasonis in fullswing

andsoarethedaftoutfits.Sienna

Millermightlooknormalin this

get-up.Nowfactorin

theabilitytogoto

theloowithout

drapingthe

sleevesin

something.

I doubtvery

muchthat

thisbillowy

whitejumpsuit

willlasta full

hour.

Londonshows,earning£359,000.This

is verysignificantasVanessahasmade

a successofherselfonherownterms.

She’snotthearchetypalfemale

presenter– slim,shinyhairedand

giddy– either.She’slargerthan

life,whipsmartandopinionated.

Vanessahasa journalistic

background.She’salsoa good

fiveyearsolderthanmostof

theothertop-10women.

Mencangetawaywith

ageanda bellyonthe

telly,womencan’t.The

sadtruthis,Vanessa

willprobablynever

begivena topTV

presentingjob

becauseofher

ageandlooks,

despite

havinghad

gastricband

surgeryto

helpreduce

herweight.

I’dloveto

beproved

wrong– but

untilthat

happens,we’re

notgoingto

close this divide.

ButshameBBCTVhighearnershavetolook

more glamorous than their male colleagues

Women are making

the big bucks tooÉ

I FEELLIKEI’MIN

THEMINORITYAS

I’VENOTHADANY

PLASTICSURGERY!’

RealitystarLucyMecklenburgh

stands out for the right reasons

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