Parents beware - there is a site that is increasing in popularity that is encouraging girls as young as 9 to embrace plastic surgery and extreme dieting in the search for the perfect figure. The game already has over 200.000 registered members in the U.S, and 1.2 million subscribers on a French version of the site, with its members being mostly girls aged from 9 to 16.The Miss Bimbo internet game allows girls to create virtual characters and purchase breast enlargement surgery and to keep them “waif thin” with diet pills.

Here is how the site tries to entice young girls into the game:

Welcome to Miss Bimbo. Enter the exciting world of the first ever, virtual fashion game !

Become the most famous, beautiful, sought after bimbo across the globe!

  • Find your own cool place to live.
  • Find a fun job to pay for your needs and all the clothes a Bimbo could possibly want.
  • Shop for the latest fashions and become the trendsetting bimbo in town !
  • Become a socialite and skyrocket to the top of fame and popularity.
  • Date that famous hottie you’ve had your eye on and show the Bimbo world the social starlet you are !
  • Even resort to meds or plastic surgery. Stop at nothing to become the reigning bimbo !
  • Tackle your 104 tasks as quick as possible to become the rising star bimbo !!

Are you ready to become the hottest of hot Bimbos !?!

In today’s world, where Paris Hilton attracts raving fans for her “bimbo like” behavior,” it is not surprising an entrepreneur decided to go after this market. And for some young girls who understand that this is just a game and can see the irony at play here, participating in this game may be OK. However, for many girls, they are in a very impressionable stage of their life. If they see the characters they have created as a way to feel accepted in the virtual world, and to be more successful in this virtual world, you use meds and plastic surgery to succeed, the leap from virtual reality to reality is often not that far off for many young people today.

Parents beware. This is not a site that is going to benefit your daughter in any positive manner. Even if your child can see it as a joke or a game, there are much more entertaining ways to spend their time. We have added this site to the do not visit list at Better Parenting University - we hope you consider doing the same at your home.

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