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April 07, 2008
Fug Madness 2008: Final Game
We can hardly believe this final game is here! And what a game it is: a beloved, nearly always semi-naked, multiple-personalitied performer/blogger of great awesomeness versus an erstwhile Spice Girl and lover of Beckham, spray tans, high heels, sunglasses and overall ferociousness.
(2) BAI LING vs. (1) VICTORIA "POSH SPICE" BECKHAM
Oh, BAI. Your archive gives us such great joy. Who can forgot this triad of deliciousness? Who can remain hard-hearted when faced with visual evidence of a great love affair with a Chewbacca in high-water pants? Who can look upon this and not feel certain that all is right in the world of fug?
That is what Rock of Love With Bret Michaels would wear if it woke up and realized it was actually a person rather than a television show. This is also rather fetching:
It's like what you'd look like if you decided to dress as a pinata for Halloween, as costumed by Trashy Lingerie. And in many ways, Bai IS a Pinata of Fug: loud; extremely colorful; possibly sweet inside (we don't know!); fun at parties; takes a ton of hits but won't give in; full of surprises; potentially not the classiest addition to an event; possibly dangerous; maybe partially constructed using chicken wire; and spends a lot of time hanging from the rafters.
And then there's Maude. By which we mean Posh, who is just like Maude in scowling expressions and trail-blazing fierceness, if slightly more excessive in her displays of cleavage.
Victoria is taped into that thing masterfully, and is so spit-shined and burnished, she might as well pull a few shifts at Madame Tussaud's when her own wax mannequin needs to take a mental-health day. And she clung to those hair extensions far beyond their expiration date, bless her; I've seen better manes on my old My Little Pony collection, and those poor things have been lying on top of each other in a box for twenty years.
And, akin to Bai, our girl Vicky isn't afraid of animal print.
It's just WRONG when Victoria Beckham wears something that's two parts Bai Ling and two parts Courtney freakin' Peldon. This isn't worthy of one who is so committed to the very priciest fuggery, and Posh is nothing if not prepared to invest in her art. Off the rack is one thing; off the top of the "FETISH SAFETY: WATERPROOF, FIREPROOF" bin at Biff's Ho Palace is another. Not cool, Spicefrau. Not cool.
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Comments
Sharon was robbed :(
Posted by: Lindsay | Apr 7, 2008 9:04:16 AM
I literally cannot decide. Bai is more straight fug, where Posh has more fab fugulosity.
Posted by: Skeggjold | Apr 7, 2008 9:04:35 AM
i almost didn't vote because the final two is so disapointing....however i'm voting for posh ONLY because she's much more in the public eye than bai ling. in fact, if it wasn't for GFY, i don't think most of us would have any idea who bai ling was. she's just attention starved, unlike posh who has more than enough attention and dresses the way she does when she knows people are already looking at her.
Posted by: ana | Apr 7, 2008 9:05:09 AM
I thought about this match-up all weekend, and after much thought, prayer, and several vodka tonics, I had to go with Posh.
Bai is a formidable opponent, don't get me wrong, but Posh OWNS the fug. She WORKS it. She peddles it on others with her Marc Jacobs ads, picking the latest Project Runway winner, and work as a stylist. I mean, we have Posh to thank for single-handedly attaching the fug training wheels to Kate Holmes, for jeebus' sake! She's MAY-JAH.
And, my personal morals do not allow me to vote for someone whom I believe is fug because of a brain chemical imbalance. And Bai between her blog and her petty shoplifting, I'm pretty sure Bai's fug is the physical manifestation of a deep-seated bipolar disorder.
Posted by: Lorraine Bates | Apr 7, 2008 9:05:39 AM
Go Team Bai!
I drew a paperdoll version of one of her outfits to show my support: http://joechip.net/liana/2008/04/06/bai-ling-green-satin-corset-and-plaid-balloon-skirt-via-go-fug-yourself/
Posted by: Liana | Apr 7, 2008 9:05:54 AM
I've gotta go with Bai on this one, if only because Posh does occasionally put together a completely fab outfit that I spend days coveting. Bai Ling, on the other hand, lives in Halloween costume territory 24/7.
Posted by: Susan | Apr 7, 2008 9:05:55 AM
I voted for Bai, for two reasons: 1)I don't want to crush the hopes and dreams of Christian from Project Runway, and 2)negative attention is better than no attention at all, and if we don't give it to Bai, who will?
Posted by: Auntie Em | Apr 7, 2008 9:06:08 AM
Bai Ling is winning by a large margin? oh come on! Go POSH!
Posted by: Leah | Apr 7, 2008 9:06:26 AM
This was such a hard decision! I had to give it to Bai based on the fact that Posh is only 3 bags full of crazy, whereas Bai is about 14 and a half bags full of crazy.
Posted by: Barret | Apr 7, 2008 9:07:03 AM
I refuse to vote here. Chloë Sevigny is the true and deserving winner. This comment shall serve as my write-in. Who's with me?
Posted by: K.Fo | Apr 7, 2008 9:08:00 AM
The thing is - sometimes I really like the way Posh looks -- she actually has some style (if not class)
Bai Ling has the lock on looking fugly, skanky, (nipply) and I have never seen her look normal or non-slutty or non-attention-grabbing.
Posh owns the room; Bai Ling owns the fug...
Posted by: Julia | Apr 7, 2008 9:09:17 AM
I thought Bai would win, but not by such a large margin! It's got to be the blogging that turned her into a Fug Secretariat!
Posted by: Nicole | Apr 7, 2008 9:09:18 AM
Very very hard indeed. Granted, I'm very disappointed the Final Showdown isn't Chloe Sevigny and Courtney Peldon (How did Sharon Stone beat her?!).
Anyways: High Fashion Fug vs. Just Plain Crazy Fug? ... I can't decide. I just can't.
Posted by: Sophie | Apr 7, 2008 9:09:30 AM
I'm with you, K.Fo. Chloë all the way!
Posted by: jess | Apr 7, 2008 9:09:44 AM
gotta go to posh her style really is as bad as the spice girl days!
Posted by: Ellie | Apr 7, 2008 9:10:33 AM
Concrete Tits HAS to win this. Her fug is geniune, Bai Ling's is caused by insanity. You cannot help insanity! Come on sweetlings, do it for our Vic! Do it for The Fug Girl's My Little Pony Collection!!!!!1!SHIFTONE!!
Posted by: the pook | Apr 7, 2008 9:10:41 AM
I have a confession to make - I don't hate Posh's zebra print outfit. It was for an MTV event and, I feel, it wasn't off the mark.
I have to vote Bai, even though something about her has warmed my heart. I still think many of Posh's outfits are much simpler and sleeker than anything La Stone or Bai ever fugged... and there is merit in that. I guess.
Posted by: susan | Apr 7, 2008 9:10:49 AM
I voted for Bai because:
1. her blog is shockingly awesome- in a bad bad way.
2. Posh's arm candy is so pretty- he counteracts a part of her fug.
And whomever was able to knock the Sev out should win this shootin match.
Vodka Red Bull, anyone?
Posted by: mrs o | Apr 7, 2008 9:11:21 AM
Neither of these two even comes close to the fully-ripened and mature fug that is Sharon Stone. That being said, Posh has to beat Bai - there's a huge difference between being fug and just being trashy.
Posted by: Erin | Apr 7, 2008 9:11:41 AM
Bai FTW! I just have to say that it's a sham to have Vix go so far just to end up here. I think both are fugly fabulous and surprisingly beat out many other contenders. America has spoken!
Posted by: shanna | Apr 7, 2008 9:12:39 AM
bai ling is my favorite celebrity
Posted by: josephgelb | Apr 7, 2008 9:12:42 AM
I'm still trying to figure out how Chloe is not in the final two...but I had to go with Bai. She's just so consistently terrible.
Posted by: Karen | Apr 7, 2008 9:12:53 AM
I am heartbroken - the Queen of all fugliness was, IMHO, Chloe and I can't believe she didn't make it to the final. I had to vote for Posh because, in the same vein as Chloe, she seems to truly believe that what she is wearing is stylish. You know that Bai is just wearing her crazy outfits to get attention which is way different from trying to convince the world you are on the cutting edge of fashion. Anyway, long live all the fugly celebrities and thanks to the Go Fug Yourself girls for giving me something to look forward to every day. Chloe, honey, you need to pull up your leg-warmers and make it to the finale next year!
Posted by: Kathy | Apr 7, 2008 9:12:58 AM
"And in many ways, Bai IS a Pinata of Fug: loud; extremely colorful; possibly sweet inside (we don't know!); fun at parties; takes a ton of hits but won't give in; full of surprises; potentially not the classiest addition to an event; possibly dangerous; maybe partially constructed using chicken wire; and spends a lot of time hanging from the rafters."
No one will EVER express it better than that!
You Fug Girls can break down and encapsulate the crazy like no one else. You are AWESOME.
Bai for the win! Because of the entirety of the pinata reference!
Posh is just a sorry, second-rate entrant in comparison.
Posted by: Loob | Apr 7, 2008 9:13:01 AM
I dreamed of a Posh-Lopez matchup but was denied.
You can't give this to Bai, ladies. She's more circus freak than fugly fashion plate.
Posh 4evah!
Posted by: Ellie | Apr 7, 2008 9:13:25 AM
no way does posh win this. bai is fug beyond words. if only because posh is an attempt to be very vogue. bai is crazypants.
Posted by: girl | Apr 7, 2008 9:14:21 AM
i voted for Bai BECAUSE she warms my heart! shel be happy of the attention, whereas posh wud pretend not to care then cry at night:(
Posted by: bluebellbunny | Apr 7, 2008 9:15:10 AM
I still wish Paris Hilton were in the running. It is not only my disdain for her as a person, but also the hideous wardrobe. But these final two are also pretty damn hideous dressers. I voted for Posh because you'd think with the massive amount of money she has, she could afford: 1. better clothes 2. to pay someone to tell her NOT to wear that.
Posted by: trebee | Apr 7, 2008 9:16:04 AM
Bai is SO tempting to vote for because she's just so badly dressed! Like ALL the TIME! But the thing that made me vote for Posh is that she thinks she's a fashion icon or something. Bai influences no one, while Posh is acting like a mentor. It's wrong! Therefore, she gets my vote.
Posted by: Lindsay | Apr 7, 2008 9:16:20 AM
Bai Ling - the teenager. Tries weird fashion ground and looks insane and trashy.
Posh - the finest of the eurotrash. Or "new money".
I hate that look more than cute little teens being "different".
Posted by: Elin | Apr 7, 2008 9:16:47 AM
Bai is going to be in a movie with Helen Mirren. Let me repeat that. Helen Mirren. Okay. I feel like that's one of those cosmic events that, much like a glimpse of a comet, can physically happen in theory but most likely won't be seen in our lifetime.
Posted by: Scottie | Apr 7, 2008 9:17:08 AM
I had to go with Posh b/c I think she actually thinks she looks good b/c it cost money, where as with Bai I think her fug is so she can get her picture taken and be famous.
Posted by: nelli | Apr 7, 2008 9:19:25 AM
i don't understand -- winning is a BAD thing, right?
Posted by: smartastic | Apr 7, 2008 9:20:06 AM
I voted Bai over Paris, but Posh winning the whole thing would be SO HILARIOUS! COME ON, V! You don't come for free! You're a real lay-dee! Zigga zig AH!
Posted by: Karen | Apr 7, 2008 9:20:37 AM
C. Sev gets my vote!
Posted by: dana | Apr 7, 2008 9:21:19 AM
Sharon WAS robbed!
Posted by: Katie | Apr 7, 2008 9:21:38 AM
I feel robbed on a very personal level. How can the world still be spinning if Chloë "I put the ug in fug" Sevigny is not in the finals?!?! I am with K.Fo. if there was ever a need for a write in candidate, then this is the time!
Posted by: AmyNic | Apr 7, 2008 9:22:02 AM
Common Spice is the queen of fug!
Posted by: Petuulia | Apr 7, 2008 9:23:47 AM
This can't be happening! Bai cannon win. Posh is the queen of fug because she ACTUALLY SEEMS TO THINK SHE LOOKS FABULOUS AND THAT EVERYONE WANTS TO BE HER. While Bai Ling is intentionally wacky and over-the-top, Posh is increasingly a fugly parody of herself, taking herself increasingly seriously all the time. She considers herself the ultimate fashionista. DID EVERYONE NOT SEE THE GROTESQUE SOFT-PORN SPREAD (and i do mean *spread*) IN W MAGAZINE? Sorry to yell, but AAAAAAAAAAGH!
Posted by: Anner | Apr 7, 2008 9:23:58 AM
The Sev should still be in, fer sher. These two can't even compare -- Posh still manages to look good while being completely INSANE, and Bai doesn't deserve any kind of award, even this one. Nonetheless, she has my vote. Posh is so badass in her fug that it can hardly be called fug.
Posted by: malie | Apr 7, 2008 9:24:03 AM
I've liked Bai for a long time - before she had her 28 personalities. Red Corner and Anna and the King were great movies and she was fantastic in both. Because I loved the character of Tuptim, and she held her own with Jodie Foster and Chow Yun Fat, she gets my vote.
Posted by: nichole | Apr 7, 2008 9:24:09 AM
I can't vote. I never would have put either of these two in the final game, and I can't award either my support for the prize, because they both own their personal styles too much to consider them a true fug. Maybe next year...
Posted by: XiolaBlue | Apr 7, 2008 9:24:42 AM
Bai Ling all the way. I have never witnessed such a devotion to one's craft. Bai's dedication to fug easily surpasses Daniel Day-Lewis' dedication to a new part/a new pair of shoes, and Ryan Seacrest's dedication to the whole "getting his name out there" thing. Picture each contender in 10 years' time. Posh will have long given up on her nutso wardrobe shenanigans in favour of counting her money all day, and her face will no longer be able to move on its own. Bai Ling, however, can only get fuglier.
Posted by: Oregano | Apr 7, 2008 9:25:05 AM
Posh is a diva of terrifying proportions. I think H&J are spot on when they talk about the quality of veneer in her appearance. She makes J. Lo look unpolished by comparison, and that is indeed scary. Then again, it wasn't always this way for Posh. She was once one of those frumpy/fab, chav-tastic Spice Girls, only discernable as "Posh" instead of "Sporty" because she was wearing a sort of nice black dress and heels. Now she's a designer's waxwork, and the effect is awesome. And partly, that's why I'm not voting for her.
Bai Ling is all weird, all day, and she's all Bai, all day. It's simple as a retarded goatherd, but it works. As this contest has forced us all to articulate in these comment spaces, there is more than one variety of fug. The Fug that has seized runways and red carpets (and Circle K's) across the world is not just about fashion mistakes, or the hipster notion that skinny rich girls should wear retarded outfits because at the end of the day, they don't need to look good, because they are still skinny and rich.
The Tao of Fug as embodied by Ms. Bai Ling is about daring to dress yourself and bring the sartorial noise... no matter how tragic and wrong. I'm pouring one on the ground for Stone, and I'm going with Bai.
Thank you, Ladies and Gents. It's been awesome.
Posted by: Amy E. | Apr 7, 2008 9:25:30 AM
Oh my. I was really torn, until I revisited the red velvet wine bag legwarmers with the caped bikini on Bai. Her fug is so otherworldly. Posh can certainly mix it up, but Bai is so completely MIXED up. She will win this thing nips down, no question.
Posted by: Cecily | Apr 7, 2008 9:26:25 AM
Voted for Posh because despite hotness of her husband, when they're together, I can't look at him for very long because her fugliness induces me to vomit in my mouth, thus forcing me to turn away and robbing me of my happy David moment. (Thank goodness for Intern George.)
Initially thought Bai should beat Posh, but I've concluded she's a nutcase. (Yes, this occurred to me just now.) Posh looks like a waste of skin with too much dollars and not enough sense.
Posted by: be nice | Apr 7, 2008 9:26:26 AM
Chloe was robbed. Her fug is to the moon! But given the contenders, I must go with band-aid girl Bai Ling since Vix occasionally, if ever so rarely, resembles a normal human being.
Posted by: LP | Apr 7, 2008 9:27:19 AM
This is hard! I love me some Bai. LOVE her! Her desperate bids for attention aren't getting her anything but fug recognition, and how tragic is that, in an underdog at the prom, always the second banana way? She's the most creative, yet she's always overlooked (after the onlookers' eyeballs are singed, that is).
Posh is a crazed, almost-a-scientologist attention addict who seems like an immensely shallow, talentless person who just married well. She would be the prom queeen, but then just get brittle and miserable as she ages, because all she ever had were her looks. She's tragic, but not on a Bai Ling scale!
Ok - I have to go with my sweet, insane little underling Bai.
Posted by: Emperor Norton | Apr 7, 2008 9:29:00 AM
Tourjours La Sev!
Posted by: Editrixter | Apr 7, 2008 9:30:15 AM
Toujours La Sev!
Posted by: Editrixter | Apr 7, 2008 9:30:52 AM
"I refuse to vote here. Chloë Sevigny is the true and deserving winner. This comment shall serve as my write-in. Who's with me?"
I'm with you, K!
Bai and Posh can both pull it together at times. I know Bai Ling has a bad case of crazy, but there are actual pictures of her looking nice. Remember the purple prom dress? She had a bunch of good pictures in, okay, like February of last year. But it's possible! Plus I find her kind of endearing in her silliness. She wears band-aids on her legs with messages printed on them! And she's pretty and harmless, so my heart is soft on her today. I was shouting "Do it for the Sev" last week, but I am just too sad now.
And Posh! Bony. Skin a color that no god ever intended. Strap-on basketball boobies. Never ever smiles. But she, too, can look great, and I hear she's actually funny and cool.
Chloe Sefugny looks horrible ALWAYS. I didn't even particularly like that high-waisted orange frock with those gold shoes, although I might have tolerated it on someone less annoying and smug. She even plays a hateful person on Big Love.
The Fuggiest of Them All is Chloe. It has always been Chloe, can ONLY BE CHLOE. I abstain.
Posted by: Jules | Apr 7, 2008 9:31:15 AM
"I've gotta go with Bai on this one, if only because Posh does occasionally put together a completely fab outfit that I spend days coveting. Bai Ling, on the other hand, lives in Halloween costume territory 24/7."
Susan, I couldn't have said it any better myself! Bai FTW!
Posted by: elise | Apr 7, 2008 9:31:31 AM
I had to vote Posh here. Bai may be insane, but she knows the way she dresses is a trip-- look at her up there smiling! And then look at Posh, scowling like her face won't move (perhaps it won't) as though she thinks if she pulls enough of a model-face, the stuff she's wearing will actually BE FASHION. Delusional as Bai may be, Posh is still more so.
Posted by: Maxine of Arc | Apr 7, 2008 9:31:42 AM
"i don't understand -- winning is a BAD thing, right?
Posted by: smartastic | Apr 7, 2008 9:20:06 AM"
It's hard to say with some of these contestants.
Some of them (no need to mention the obvious names ;D ) dress so thoroughly derangedly and flaunt their weirdness out in the world so regularly, that you have to wonder if this award might actually be a huge compliment to them.
Posted by: Loob | Apr 7, 2008 9:32:25 AM
Since Sharon is not here it has to be B-Ling, she is MAJOR Fug. Sorry Vics!
Posted by: KatyMay | Apr 7, 2008 9:33:02 AM
Sorry for the double post. I was too ashamed of the typo.
The Sev truly was robbed. You can tell she thinks about her fug; it's not just cluelessness (Ling) or classlessness (Posh).
Posted by: Editrixter | Apr 7, 2008 9:33:10 AM
Still can't believe Chloe isn't in the final! I think winning this might break poor Posh's heart and I just can't do it to her. So the crazy half naked Bai Ling gets my vote.
Posted by: Jennifer | Apr 7, 2008 9:33:40 AM
This is a tough one. Posh is so fabulously fuggy that she hasn't an equal in all the land...I had to vote for her.
And guys, I just want you to know, I took this vote so much more seriously than I take the presidential race. Cause Fug Madness actually matters.
Posted by: Jen | Apr 7, 2008 9:34:02 AM
Posh. Because she is British and I am ashamed of her.
Posted by: bookmole | Apr 7, 2008 9:34:35 AM
Posh, oh Posh, I worship your Beckham-bonking, whippet-thin, sulky soul of fashion fugliness. And besides: How can ANYONE compete with a woman who has an entire wardrobe of Birken bags?! They're like 10K a pop and Lady Becks has like 20 and one is HOT PINK. That, my fug fan friends, is what it means to truly COMMIT to the fashion moment. Plus, SHE wrote a book about being fabulous even though she's admitted she doesn't even READ books. AND, let us not forget, she had three Beckham spawns and still looks fierce. And, oh yeah, speaking of fierce, her praise made Christian cry in the Project Runway finale. Take THAT, Bai.
Posted by: Jen | Apr 7, 2008 9:35:30 AM
And yes, I too was crushed by the loss of the true fugvaciousnes of the horrific Sev.
But remember fellow mourners ... the Sev is young and wildly self absorbed. She's an evil genius of the fug, and she will not fail to provide us with a year's worth of delectable hideousness! Mark my words, she WILL triumph next year.
Team Chloë FTW 2009!!!
Posted by: Emperor Norton | Apr 7, 2008 9:36:20 AM
Am shocked I am not voting for C. Sev, the High Priestess of Fug. I too have to begrudgingly vote for Bai because Posh can pull off those Roland Mouret frocks and make me worship her style. Bai is also the underdog seed AND is the tasteless fug cousin of Sharon Stone. Kick Posh to the curb Bai Looney-Ling!!
Posted by: Madeline | Apr 7, 2008 9:36:52 AM
I had to vote for Posh. She's so humorless. I feel like Bai Ling at least has some fun with her fugliness.
Posted by: Ferdy | Apr 7, 2008 9:37:02 AM
I enjoy Bai's fug but I never enjoy Posh's. She needs to be punsished - vote 1 posh!
Posted by: Georgia | Apr 7, 2008 9:37:09 AM
I think I am going to go with Posh because Bai seems to dress this way with an eye to getting attention because it all just so horrible. Seems so affected. Whereas Posh is trying to be serious and that somehow seems so much worse. Also, Posh's whole uber-tan, hair extension, shinny Football Wife thing irks me.
Posted by: ET | Apr 7, 2008 9:38:01 AM
I have no desire to see or know anything of Posh, along with Paris, Peldon, and Speidi. Whenever they get fugged, I just wish they'd go away. Chloe Sevigny has a degree of talent and therefore I wish she'd shape up.
Two people on this site give me trills of joy whenever they are the fug dujour: Sharon Stone and Bai Ling. And of the two, I feel like Bai would be more likely to, when hearing that she has won, call up the Fug Girls for a photoshoot in which she wears a patchwork bikini (that's about as much as she'd cover) made of bits of everything she has ever worn on the site, along with a turban. A feathered turban.
In hopes that this will happen, Bai FTW 4EVAH.
Posted by: Rudy | Apr 7, 2008 9:38:33 AM
Bai uses the fug to her own advantage - it keeps her the press. Posh, on the other hand, gets no benefit from dressing horribly, has way more money and so should be able to dress better, and also KNOWS BETTER based on all the times she looks great. So I had to vote Posh - she's fug without a good reason!
Posted by: deanna | Apr 7, 2008 9:39:05 AM
Yes I am also torn over this for many of the very same reasons already expressed above. BUT I think I have found a fug-breaker for my girl Bai. THE BANGS. They are straightened beyond any reasonable straightening, stiff beyond all rational stiffening and consistently mashing her face into the top of her skull. Sometimes she does put the bangs away, you can see that she is actually pretty. But more often than not she comes back with THE BANGS at full effect. THE BANGS take whatever outfit she is working with and pushes it to umpteenth degree of fug. The outfits, the bangs, no contest Bai Ling take is all.
Posted by: acfug | Apr 7, 2008 9:39:17 AM
I gotta vote for Posh: there's something about the tan and the boobs, my GOD, the GLOBULAR BOOBS, the very aggressiveness of her assault on our collective eyeballs. Poor Bai Ling: she might be actually crazy, and I can't hold her accountable (nor any of her many personalities) for her wacko outfits.
Posted by: mimi | Apr 7, 2008 9:39:20 AM
GO TEAM LING!
Posted by: Georgia | Apr 7, 2008 9:39:33 AM
I'm still unclear as to how we're supposed to vote. Vote for the person you like, or the person you dislike? lol
Posted by: Jill | Apr 7, 2008 9:40:31 AM
I had to vote for Posh. Bai is just cheeky and crazy. Posh thinks she's fashionable - which is far scarier.
Posted by: Mrs. Swizzle | Apr 7, 2008 9:41:08 AM
arrrggh! bai i expected, but posh? C. Sev or Rabid Beaver or C. Pled. heck, even Lohan. it's been an awesome trip through the brackets, but posh makes it kinda disappointing, like, when your alma mater gets booted in the final four and you just don't care about the outcome anymore. Bai should take it based on creativity alone. i'm sure posh has a stylist. which, actually, might make her a better choice. i just can't decide!!
Posted by: liz | Apr 7, 2008 9:41:38 AM
See, I think Posh actually thinks she dresses well.
Posted by: Amelia | Apr 7, 2008 9:41:49 AM
Oh, come on people: Bai is playful, ironic, doesn't take herself too seriously, and SMILES. Posh thinks she's the UK's sour-faced gift to America. Celebrity style reflects who they are, and at some point, the concept of "FUG" isn't just about fashion any more, but starts to encompass personal values. On the "Who is a bigger jerk?" scale of things, humorless, self-important Posh wins, hands down.
Posted by: victoria | Apr 7, 2008 9:44:54 AM
Like many of my comrades here, I was truly hoping for a Chlo-Sev win.
She embodies the true essence of fug like no other human being ever photographed and called a fashion 'icon'.
*It was actually hard for me to type 'fashion icon' whilst referring to La Sev*
Since Poor Chloe was robbed earlier, I'll have to go with Posh for this one.
Posh thinks she's stylish. Chloe THINKS SHE is stylist.
Bai doesn't care... she's just crazy. That's not fug, that's just whacky, and I love Bai for it.
So there you have it. Fug does not equal crazy.
Fug equals an irrational assumption that what one is wearing is fashionable and envied by others, when in fact, others are scratching their heads, retching and/or saying aloud 'WTF is she WEARING??'
Therefore, I'm with Posh.
Sadly, as she is a pale, weak substitute for the High Priestess of Fug, Chloe Sevigny.
Posted by: Meh_Whatever | Apr 7, 2008 9:47:11 AM
I personally agree that Sharon should have won. This was her race. But between these two: Bai hands down. I think Posh is just TRYING to be fabulous and trend setting but she needs guidance.
Posted by: KL | Apr 7, 2008 9:47:26 AM
I agree Liz. It's a bit of a bummer. And Posh didn't really have the chops to beat the R.Beav.
Posted by: Loob | Apr 7, 2008 9:48:07 AM
I can't decide! Posh, I just hate. Ew, ew, fug. But the scariest thing of all is that I've now subscribed to Bai Ling's rss feed for her Blog and I've gotten FOND of her! Protective of her! I feel she's a delicate little flower soul with no brain, just like a sweet little kitten who needs my love, I can't fug HER, my little FRIEND --- oh god. What's happened to me? ARGHHHHHHH!
Posted by: Ericka | Apr 7, 2008 9:48:51 AM
I'm with Team Chloe.
See, the thing is, I feel that the whole point of this has been lost. FUG is a bad thing. It is an abbreviation. I feel Posh and especially sweet, crazy, Bai are not deserving of such a title. Posh is harmlessly self-absorbed. Bai is just in love with the world, and sort of left of center. The Sev, on the other hand...
I still don't understand how Chloe is not here right now.
Posted by: ISBN | Apr 7, 2008 9:49:07 AM
YES. Why is Chloe Sev. not here? She IS the rightful winner.
Posted by: Kristi | Apr 7, 2008 9:49:17 AM
I abstain. Chloe gets my write-in vote. Such a disappointing final!
Posted by: Tess | Apr 7, 2008 9:49:52 AM
I have to vote for Bai because she looks so happy with herself - like a little kid who brings you a pile of poo and says, "Look what I found!" I think Bai sleeps in her clothes and whatever sticks when she gets up is what she wears that day. And give the girl credit, she makes the most of her opportunities. (I also secretly wish I could wear some of her kooky to work.)
Posh appears to be manufacturing her fug, e.g. the dress with no side seams. And she doesn't get that it's funny. Sturm und drang instead of fug is fun.
Posted by: Patsky | Apr 7, 2008 9:50:33 AM
This match up is a little disappointing. Both contenders take such an obvious joy in looking like Hooker Barbie at a Super Villain Convention. I was hoping that the final match up would be victims of either I-Actually-Thought-This-Looked-Okay (J. Love Hew)or You-Are-Simply-Not-Cool-Enough-To-Understand-My-Splendour(Sienna Miller). Maybe it's for the best. Either of our final contenders will be tickled pink at a victory and no one has to feel embarassed or publicly ridiculed...and everyone is happy
Posted by: emily | Apr 7, 2008 9:52:00 AM
If there were any justice, Bai and her bracketmate Chloe would be competing in the finals, but Bai should still emerge victorious over Victoria.
Posted by: Amy | Apr 7, 2008 9:52:04 AM
Elin, Bai is no teenager - she's 37.
Posh is a wannabe Bai.
I would've liked to see Bai & Chloe fight it out.
Posted by: mooshki | Apr 7, 2008 9:52:15 AM
Sharon Stone was robbed!
Posted by: Melissa McCauley | Apr 7, 2008 9:52:30 AM
Please. Like this is a contest? Bai consistently goes out in public dressed in the discards from a summer camp costume bin. Say what you will about Posh, but at least the clothing she wears is recognizable as clothing. Bai has accessorized with Band-Aids! What next? Silly string? Tile grout? Tic Tacs? No. Bai for the win.
And I am still 100% in favor of the Sev for Miss Congeniality.
Posted by: drdan | Apr 7, 2008 9:53:30 AM
I am disappointed Jordan didn't make it into the brackets! She'd TROUNCE Posh (whom I love too much to vote for).
Posted by: dvm | Apr 7, 2008 9:53:39 AM
I knew from the start that Bai Ling would win this. I just KNEW it. She is the Queen of the Fug.
And she'll probably be pleased with the award, too.
Posted by: JS | Apr 7, 2008 9:53:57 AM
Part of the problem here is an issue of battle asymmetricality. Now Bai v. Peldon, that would be a fair, and fierce match up of two women who use their insane lack of taste to advance their feeble careers. Chloe and Posh would also have made an interesting match-up as more (Chloe) or less (Posh) legitimate talents who are attempting to widen the recognized boundaries of taste. I call for a rematch!
Posted by: gogolightly | Apr 7, 2008 9:55:12 AM
This was at least as hard as the Bai vs. Paris bracket, but when it comes to choosing between a batsh*t crazy yet ultimately harmless battery-stealer and an untalented whore with a greasy complexion and the worst fake tits Mexico has ever turned out, I go with the crazy.
Posted by: Meg | Apr 7, 2008 9:55:20 AM
I suppose this is what happens with basketball too? All your favourites are eliminated in nail-biting competitions and you find yourself at the finals thinking: "But where the hell is Sharon Stone (or her baskbetball equivalent?)"
I voted Posh because - as mentioned above - everyone keeps telling me she's posh but I have the distinct impression she's a Chav. Bai is in the lead but far less likely to end up a role model for young women.
Posted by: Sam | Apr 7, 2008 9:55:37 AM
Sigh: voted for Bai Ling. But I have to agree that it should have been Chloe Sevigny and Courtney Peldon in the final...
Posted by: Kim | Apr 7, 2008 9:56:44 AM
this one is easy...Bai is batshit fug supreme.
Posted by: Ruth | Apr 7, 2008 9:57:05 AM
Chloe should still be in this. I want to vote for Chloe.
Posted by: Emily | Apr 7, 2008 9:57:35 AM
This is sweet torture indeed, who'd I choose? I am half Brit and half Chinese, I can't stand up for either one on that ground, and both are so deliciously fugly.
Posted by: Jo | Apr 7, 2008 9:59:16 AM
Does anyone know what Bai Ling actually DOES?
Posted by: Kat | Apr 7, 2008 9:59:27 AM
Definitely Bai. I mean, I'm equally terrified of both but Bai has more personalities that could kill me and leave me in a back alley somewhere, covered in neon green glitter and possibly an extra leg with ripped fishnet stockings.
I'm thinking of my safety, here.
Posted by: Rachel | Apr 7, 2008 9:59:48 AM
Thank you, Heather and Jessica, for Fug Madness. Well played!
Posted by: Pia | Apr 7, 2008 10:00:07 AM
I actually shouted out loud, "NO FREAKING WAY!!" when I found out that not only was Sharon Stone knocked out of the competition, but my girl, Chloe, was out as well. The final should have been Sharon vs. Chloe all the way. I am truly disappointed in the final two contenders. The poll isn't working, so maybe that's fate's way of telling me not to vote. Next year, Chloe, it's all yours.
Posted by: Erin | Apr 7, 2008 10:00:31 AM
Does anyone know what Bai Ling actually DOES?
Posted by: Kat | Apr 7, 2008 10:00:32 AM
Bai! Because then if she wins, as per her blog....
"Yes! Let's celebrate of my new movie tonight! Champagne and red wine, vodka and chinese white wine, tequila and joint? Yes all of them! Why not! "
So maybe Bai will celebrate "of winning fug" and invite us. If so, pass me... tequila and joint, please.
Posted by: Susan | Apr 7, 2008 10:00:39 AM
I voted for Bai, based purely on my reactions to her body of work (so to speak).
Whereas Posh usually elicits a "Yeesh" or sometimes an "Oy" from me, Bai never fails to elicit a steady string of reactions more akin to "Holy Sheep Shit, WTF is she WEARING?!?!" and then I need a drink.
Bai for the win, EASY!
Posted by: MzStilletto | Apr 7, 2008 10:01:12 AM
Bai uses band aids for accessories! Do I need to go on???
Posted by: alicia | Apr 7, 2008 10:01:45 AM
If Bai wins, my faith in the fug-readers will be crushed. Though Bai is an able contender, Posh wins on her attitude of pure certainty of her own fabulosity, whereas Bai is more like "heehee, can you believe I wore this?".
Posted by: chellebelle | Apr 7, 2008 10:01:59 AM
What does Bai do? She does fug for a living. Apparently nothing else. I so hope Heather and Jessica do this on tv next year.
Posted by: Ruth | Apr 7, 2008 10:03:41 AM
Bai for the win, because even if Posh's clothes are awful, her shoes are nearly always fantastic. Not so with Bai. Her outfits are all-together-awful.
Posted by: Jenni | Apr 7, 2008 10:04:34 AM
I had to go with Posh. Bai's just crazy, but Posh thinks she's actually a fashion icon. Which is Just. So. Wrong.
Posted by: Jennifer | Apr 7, 2008 10:05:01 AM
And so ends my Fug Madness with my last vote for La Ling. She's a whole lotta crazy and I just can't stand it any longer and have to shout it from the roof tops "OMG WHAT THE FUG IS SHE BLOODY WELL WEARING NOW??!!"
Posh to me is "tacky yet fab yet crazy but doesn't it look kinda awesome?" kinda fug. If I were to sustain a serious head injury, take up boobie torture in the form of TIGHT TIGHT TIGHT dresses and stop eating? I'd probably dress like Posh.
But Bai? Crap-tastic doesn't even remotely describe how Fug she is.
So hats off and golf claps to Bai - she's probably gonna win the whole thing! But it's only noon in the midwest so the sun could still go down on Posh being the Fugliest of them all.
Which wouldn't exactly break my heart cuz honestly - it's a frickin photo finish with these 2!
LOVE THE FUG GIRLS - They bring joy to an otherwise cruel world.
Posted by: carol | Apr 7, 2008 10:05:01 AM
Oh my god, such a choice. But Posh was so maj-ah in her reality show special, and actually can pull off a styled, coiffed look more than once a year. Posh also honest to God believes that what she is doing is high fashion.
Meanwhile, Bai is... Well, I will summarize it to you as this, an average Sunday night with Bai Ling. Bai is sitting in a room full of mirrors having a conversation with all thirteen known personalities (And a few that is not). After ripping a Frederick's of Hollywood corset and duct-taping it on so it is a skirt with the highest slit ever recorded in the history of Bai Ling, she pairs it with ripped fishnet stockings she stole from Britney. However, at this point, Personality #17 begins talking back about Bai's lack of singing success and how she was supposed to be the Chinese version of Britney, and Bai descends into a screaming fit of madness. Hours later, she emerges wearing nothing but the corset-skirt and a white t shirt with sparkling tassels attached over it, and fragments of glass in her hair.
And that is why Bai Ling should win. Well, that and her blog, too.
Posted by: Liz | Apr 7, 2008 10:05:59 AM
Bai, Bai, Vickie!
I showed the finalist's archives to my husband. He saw Posh's first and kept saying, "What's wrong with that?" I refrained from strangling him and showed him Bai's.
Without hesitation, he declared Bai the fuggiest. I voted for her on her own merits, but it's nice to know the SO agrees with me on this!
Posted by: lowly grunt | Apr 7, 2008 10:06:28 AM
Bai is the very reason a site like GFY exists, in turn, she exists only through her recognition on this site. In true tautological fashion, she invented Fug, and Fug invented her. She is the very hub of all the Fugness in the Universe. She gives fug context. Without her, all falls apart- Leggings are relegated back to the 80s, Uggs are universally accepted as heinous footwear, dogs and cats living together... You get the idea. It means the apocalypse of fug. Without her, fug is meaningless.
Posh is a worthy adversary, but in a different contest altogether, where she competes with the likes of Sharon Stone, Beyonce and J. Lo. (hopefully in a glorious thunderdome, glittering with sequins and rhinestones, where they are loudly coached from the sidelines by Lagerfeld, Versace, et al, and their costumes all match- almost.) That kind of fug is an entity unto itself. As is Bai. An entity. And hopefully, High Priestess of the Clan of Fug.
Posted by: Gretchen | Apr 7, 2008 10:07:49 AM
I'm boycotting. If not Chloe, then no one!!
Posted by: Emily | Apr 7, 2008 10:08:53 AM
Bai, Bai, Bai!!! She's fabulous, not least because she once played a renegade princess (aka "Bringer of Chaos") from another dimension on Angel, a dimension of women so hot they needed to be kept in ice baths to keep from immolating our dimension's males with their hotness. So I figure Bai has fug credit in at least two worlds, probably more.
Posted by: bexley | Apr 7, 2008 10:09:42 AM
I disagree with all who feel Chloe deserves the title. With her ego, she would manage to twist it around to prove that her greatness is impossible for mere mortals to understand. I say Bai deserves it, just for the sheer entertainment value she affords. She's kooky, but harmlessly so (or so it seems), and her outfits never fail to make me blink in utter disbelief. Chloe doesn't deserve to win anything in my mind, so I went with the person who has always come through when I needed to be amused.
Posted by: FugNewb | Apr 7, 2008 10:11:52 AM
I am with the Sev. camp. Someone posted a comment admitting that they voted SEVERAL times for Bai over Chloe in the Charo bracket. The fix was in! Cheaters make me sad.
Posted by: T. | Apr 7, 2008 10:11:59 AM
Bai, because at least Posh pulls off her crazy shit.
Posted by: Claire | Apr 7, 2008 10:12:31 AM
Ladies (and gents....I'm sure there are fellas who LOVE the Fug Girls as much as we do!) - if you have a spare minute or 20 - CHECK out Bai Ling's BLOG. It is Crazy with the Volume Turned to Supersonic. And the best laugh I've had in a while.
I laughed so hard I snorted and then proceeded to cough up a lung. I've had to stop reading for fear of my life. But I will return later to read more with a tall glass of water cuz honestly, it is frickin hilarious. I just can't help myself!
Posted by: carol | Apr 7, 2008 10:13:03 AM
Team Chloe all the way! She is the only one at the top doing her thing from a pure fashion stand-point (versus just as attention grabbing), which makes it all the more fug!
Posted by: Gina | Apr 7, 2008 10:13:54 AM
Can we do a write-in vote? I still feel The Sev OWNS this title.
Posted by: susan | Apr 7, 2008 10:14:29 AM
Bai wins because she's more crazy, what-the-hey-is-she-wearing fug, whereas Posh's fug is like, oh it's Posh, she's English, whatever.
Posted by: Carly | Apr 7, 2008 10:14:44 AM
I had to vote for Bai...VB looks good sometimes, and you can tell she really tries. Bai just looks HORRIBLE ALL the time. Truly FUG.
Posted by: liz | Apr 7, 2008 10:14:50 AM
My browser only allows a single vote per match. If others are able to vote again and again, then yeah it's not really a true indicator of the public's Conscience de Fug.
But hey, how cool is it that we take our Fug so seriously!? It has been so much fun and I am so bummed that it's drawing to an end!
I'm with the others that have said they want to start a new one! hehe I have no idea who would battle, and of course Heather and Jessica would probably need a nap first...
Posted by: Loob | Apr 7, 2008 10:15:26 AM
ugh, chloe sevigny should be here
Posted by: maxi | Apr 7, 2008 10:17:05 AM
It should be Chloe Sevigny, her fug was ROBBED!
But I had to go with Bai.
Posh is a formidable contender, but she just can't beat all of Bai's personalities.
Posted by: gwendolen | Apr 7, 2008 10:17:20 AM
Just posting this one for the record as I, too, must abstain.
Chloë's heinousness deserves the win! The Sev FTW in 2009!
Posted by: Sartorial She | Apr 7, 2008 10:18:07 AM
Everyone! Are we forgetting the very obvious fact that El Vickster has multiple personalities as well? It's like she wakes up in the morning and thinks 'you know what, today I'm going to be a hip-hop artist/wild-wild-west star/tennis ball. If I wear a lip ring/leather chaps/a tubular flourescent green boob-mangler then it'll happen and everyone will take me seriously in that role! Hurrah!' I think it's hard to match that level of dedication or delusion to the fug. I may be fighting a losing battle, but I beg of you to reconsider Posh.
Posted by: Meems | Apr 7, 2008 10:18:30 AM
I actually sat down and made up a spreadsheet with the results of previous rounds and tried to estimate who was more ultimately fug. It had statistics and tried to correlate with the difficulty of the opponents (as given by their seed) and... what can I say, I'm a huge dork.
Anyhow, Bai Ling is a full 26.1% more fug than Posh. At least by my reckoning. Our dear spice hasn't got a chance.
Posted by: Abbie | Apr 7, 2008 10:21:24 AM
I agree: Chloe Sevigny write-in vote! She is the fug poster (masthead?) girl.
(I couldn't resists pushing the button for Posh, though. There's something kicking-a-puppy about trashing a b-lister, whereas with Posh, I go with the principle that the bigger your budget, the more you should know better. And fer krssakes, your nickname is Posh not TackyMcTryingTooHardersons.)
Posted by: Alek | Apr 7, 2008 10:21:35 AM
You Chloe fans are going to have to champaign harder for her next year -- she just didn't squeak out the vote. Back the fug gym for some extra work-outs for her!
Posted by: Jessica | Apr 7, 2008 10:21:51 AM
Did I vote FOR Posh? No - I voted AGAINST Bai. (Suck it, you frightful trainwreck!)
Posted by: lelo | Apr 7, 2008 10:22:07 AM
bai bai bai bai bai!
yeah bai is winning!
all hail the queen of fug bai ling!
dear fug girls, next year is there any way we can register our bracket pics on ths website beforehand and then have there be an pool winner?
Posted by: sophia | Apr 7, 2008 10:22:14 AM
Bai all the way. she's not even famous! She just gets publicity for dressing really, really badly.
Posted by: Jolene | Apr 7, 2008 10:24:26 AM
One more vote for Chloe to be awarded some sort of runner-up prize. I can't believe people didn't greenlight her right through based on her own line!!
But I'm okay with Bai going out on top, so she's who I voted for. Posh can be fug, but she's also hot and stylish enough that I don't think she should have been in the finals. I think people are just voting for her because they don't like her. I agree with the earlier posts, I loved her zebra dress! Totally appropriate for the event.
I'd like Bai to win so maybe Heather and Jessica will write and sequel to the post where Bai and William H Macy are posing together. Still the funniest thing I've ever seen on this site.
Posted by: Sarah | Apr 7, 2008 10:25:02 AM
"Part of the problem here is an issue of battle asymmetricality. Now Bai v. Peldon, that would be a fair, and fierce match up of two women who use their insane lack of taste to advance their feeble careers. Chloe and Posh would also have made an interesting match-up as...talents who are attempting to widen the recognized boundaries of taste."
Well said! Couldn't agree more!
Posted by: Sartorial She | Apr 7, 2008 10:25:38 AM
This might sound kind of small for me to say, but if Posh would only SMILE once in a while or look like she might be having even a TEENSY, TINY bit of fun while at these exclusive events, I would've voted for Bai. If Posh didn't look like it was KILLING her to rub elbows with hot celebs, if Posh didn't look so bored all the time while standing next to her hot hubby, if Posh just seemed like she had some human emotion, I would give Bai the "fugliest of them all" honors. At least Bai's having fun, and while it's undeniable that Bai's outfits are completely fugly, it has to be said that if there's anything worse than a fugly outfit, it's a fugly soul. Of course, I don't know Posh...maybe she loves puppies and kittens and is a laugh to be around, but it NEVER comes across in the photos of her. Instead I find myself rolling my eyes at every picture I see of her, wondering what the heck the rest of the world sees in her. She has the means to knock our proverbial socks off with her clothing choices, but she fails to do so. Bai...well...I don't know what "means" she has or how she keeps getting invited to things, but it's not like I'd expect much from her. Posh, on the other hand, is actually revered by fashionistas worldwide, and it boggles my mind!
Okay, yikes, didn't mean to rant...I should get back to work now!
Go, Posh!
Posted by: Stephie D | Apr 7, 2008 10:26:14 AM
It was the look in Posh's eyes that clinched it for me. She is so smug, so satisfied with her own place in the Fashion Hall of Fame. Someone needs to take her down...
If Bai wins I've lost my faith in my co-voters. C'mon ladies!!!
Posted by: Anne | Apr 7, 2008 10:26:21 AM
I had never heard of Bai Ling until a friend pointed me to GFY. Now, I can't get enough of her. Posh is downright dowdy compared to her.
Thanks, Fug Girls, for the hours of enjoyment you provide to catty people everywhere.
Posted by: Melanie | Apr 7, 2008 10:26:35 AM
I decided not to vote at all, because I'm so sad that Peldon didn't get this far :( Bai is just nuts, and Posh is fantastically outrageously and strangely tacky, and therefore I don't think either of them should win. It should've been Peldon or someone else who simply lacks the ability to see that some things are hideous and not incredibly brilliant, even though you thought so when you were five.
Posted by: O. | Apr 7, 2008 10:27:15 AM
It...was SO HARD to do this one (also, I had Great Fear this morning when I couldn't remember if it was time to vote yet. I was afraid maybe I'd missed The Big Day!).
In the end, I had to choose Bai. Much as I hated voting for someone who's barely even a legitimate celebrity, Posh at least is occasionally stylish, and sometimes fugly-stylish. Bai almost never manages even that. Heh.
Posted by: charishawk | Apr 7, 2008 10:27:17 AM
Thank you Fug Girls for allowing us to have a say in What (and Who) Makes Fug.
Posted by: Kathleen | Apr 7, 2008 10:27:48 AM
P.S. Thanks for bringing us Fug Madness, girls. It was awesome!!
Posted by: Charishawk | Apr 7, 2008 10:28:13 AM
I'm so disappointed that The Sev isn't in this running. Bai and Posh are fug for sure, but meh, I don't really care who wins. I voted for Posh because she seems like such a raging bitchface. Who is famous for nothing, and seems to think of herself as some sort of icon and trend-setter. She just annoys me. Bai is amusing, and some of her independent Hong Kong movies are kind of good.
Posted by: amy | Apr 7, 2008 10:28:25 AM
Hail Posh - Queen of the frockless strap! ' nuff said!
Posted by: fiona ambrose | Apr 7, 2008 10:30:12 AM
I vote Bai. The bandaid messages won me over.
Posted by: Mel | Apr 7, 2008 10:30:33 AM
Chloe. It's all Chloe.
Posted by: ED | Apr 7, 2008 10:30:52 AM
Not to cry over spilt milk but Sevigny SHOULD BE HERE.
That's all.
Posted by: crescentaluna | Apr 7, 2008 10:31:16 AM
I agree with gogolightly...we should have a bracket for "crazies" ie: Bai and C. Peldon, and one for "those who think they are style icons but just dress foolishly" ie: Posh and C. Sev.
Since we don't have that (this year, anyway!), I must vote for Bai, as she is the only one who could've beaten the TRUE Queen of Fug...CHLOE! I'm all for Team Chloe!!
But still, this has been MAY-JUH fun! Thanks, Fug Girls!
Posted by: Kathy | Apr 7, 2008 10:31:21 AM
It's got to be Bai. I picture Posh with busy stylists, telling her, "Oh, bitch, I have a dress for you that is so fierce!" So, in my mind, Posh's fug is not entirely self-expression.
Then there's little Bai, coming up with Galaxy-class Fug all by her crazy self and a pair of round-ended scissors. My turban's off to her.
PS. My dream final for next year is Chloe vs. Sharon. Talk about a Death Match.
Posted by: Maureen in Rockport | Apr 7, 2008 10:31:24 AM
Sharon WAS robbed. Sharon darling, you will always be Fug #1 to me.
Posted by: Aimee | Apr 7, 2008 10:33:09 AM
In celebration of her teenage blog and after reading about her crazy-ass conformist upbringing in China, I voted for Bai... Since she beat my Sefugny, I figured she should go all the way. For once in my life, I had a change of heart and voted for the favorite (yet she is simultaneously the underdog in terms of talent). Bai is in a league of her own (perhaps drawing inspiration from Japanese "fruits?"), which made me kind of resentful...but like many of you, I have learned to love and embrace the many shades of Bai. She'll probably interpret the Fug title as a compliment but there ain't nothing wrong with bestowing a little happiness on some poor "actress playing lesbian in another studio film."
Posted by: Sarah | Apr 7, 2008 10:33:41 AM
I usually am pretty into what Posh wears... I mean it's ridiculous, but can you really fault a spice girl for dressing a little crazy? it's like fugging a gap employee for wearing khaki. unfair. Bai Ling... well, I doubt most people have any idea why she's actually famous (myself included)... so whatever the root of her fame may be, it in no way explains or excuses the pain she inflicts on our eyeballs regularly. Bai for the win, Posh, I love you.
This was so awesome.
Posted by: Maz | Apr 7, 2008 10:34:40 AM
I think it should have been Chloe. Bai feels too obvious, but she beats out the slightly less crazy (and more classy, despite the implants) Posh.
Great job on the brackets, fug ladies. Thanks. You made March Madness fun for once.
Posted by: Emily | Apr 7, 2008 10:34:45 AM
Whether 'tis more fug in nature to put one's plastic melon-ball boobs continually and forcefully on display, or to allow one's natural bosoms to roam free in--and sometimes out of--one's clothing: I believe ultimately this is the question. And I have to say that in the battle of fug tacky plastic surgery prominently and persistently showcased trumps apparently natural nips however mischevious they might be; Posh for the win.
Posted by: hm | Apr 7, 2008 10:35:04 AM
I'm with K.Fo. and Jess; the voters are going with sheer superficial fug instead of considering the depth and meaning of the fug that is Posh. Huh, who woulda guessed that the average voter is incapable of rational, thoughtful consideration before they make their choice? Hasn't eight years of Dubya taught me anything??
Posted by: Critter | Apr 7, 2008 10:35:38 AM
Had to vote for Bai, but was largely disappointed some more serious fugs were no longer in the running. Ah well, at least NKOTB is back together now and my life once again has purpose.
Posted by: Tanya | Apr 7, 2008 10:35:44 AM
Wow, I had to really wrestle with this one. Finally, I had to figure that, all other things being equally fugly, what it comes down to is the fact that even though Posh is often fug, it's HIGH CLASS fug. Whereas Bai just always looks like a hooker. Posh often looks like a dominatrix, but that don't mean she's a hooker, nooooo sireee.
Posted by: Pandora | Apr 7, 2008 10:36:51 AM
I must admit that I think Victoria Beckham is kind of fabulous. Posh looks like she has fun with the whole thing. Bai Ling looks like she has crazy with the whole thing (and a slightly better budget with which to Peldon).
I cannot fathom how Chloe Sevigny didn't make it to the end. Maybe the next big Go Fug Yourself could be an all-star game like Survivor.
Posted by: Sarah | Apr 7, 2008 10:36:58 AM
I have never seen Vix have a nipple slip, so I have to go with Bai. Her fug is so great that it is literally trying to escape from her body. Also, I'm surprised that the Little Bo Peep picture with ScarJo hasn't been posted. Since when has Posh ever been a shepherdess?
Posted by: Marissa | Apr 7, 2008 10:37:34 AM
Sigh. Chloë Sevigny is truly deserving of the win.
Posted by: Chi Chi | Apr 7, 2008 10:39:20 AM
COME ON, people, of these two it is POSH all the way -- she thinks she's actually posh, for criminy's sake! She thinks she looks good! Bai does this on purpose, for attention. And I think she's genuinely, certifiably crazy, which makes it a little... I don't know, less satisfying, I guess. I was going to say mean, but I bet she would love it if she won, so I don't suppose it's mean at all. It's the attention she apparently craves. Sigh.
Posted by: lesli | Apr 7, 2008 10:39:28 AM
Few have the talent to be so fabulous and fug at the same time. Posh deserves the crown!
Posted by: Erin | Apr 7, 2008 10:39:51 AM
At first my heart was edging towards Bai. She's fought tough battles to get here and I'm a new fan of her blog and well, she just seems to exude more of the joi de fug than Ms. Posh.
But, this is a serious fug business so I took my time and perused the galleries one more time. It is clear to me that Posh takes this fug/fashion business too seriously and after a while I began to see a malevolent design behind her fug choices...too scary!
I may change my mind after my (liquid) lunch, but so far Little Ho Peep has my vote.
Posted by: bonemot | Apr 7, 2008 10:43:35 AM
See, I'm seeing two champions representing two flavors of fug here: First, there's Bai Ling, representing Nutter Fug, where the person in question really is That Crazy (See also Bai's apprentice and likely heiress to her throne, Courtney Peldon, as well as Olsens 1 and 2.) Then there's Posh Spice, representing Attitude Fug, aka You Peons Just Aren't Cutting-Edge and Cool Enough To See How Magnificent This Outfit Really Is (Chloe Sevigny being another exemplar of this flavor of fug). Can't be bothered with Posh, so I voted for Bai Ling, but it was a tough call -- like trying to choose between ice cream and cheesecake.
Posted by: Kate | Apr 7, 2008 10:44:45 AM
I was going to leave a comment as to why I believe Bai should win, when I read this gem from "LIZ"
"BAI: After ripping a Frederick's of Hollywood corset and duct-taping it on so it is a skirt with the highest slit ever recorded in the history of Bai Ling, she pairs it with ripped fishnet stockings she stole from Britney. However, at this point, Personality #17 begins talking back about Bai's lack of singing success and how she was supposed to be the Chinese version of Britney, and Bai descends into a screaming fit of madness. Hours later, she emerges wearing nothing but the corset-skirt and a white t shirt with sparkling tassels attached over it, and fragments of glass in her hair."
I could not have said it better myself...so I won't.
took the words right out of my head, Liz.
Posted by: Challis | Apr 7, 2008 10:45:43 AM
"Bais of Our Lives" literally made coffee shoot directly from my nose onto my monitor, as did the Netflix belly shirt. BL is a fashion trainwreck, but I am not yet strong enough to avert my eyes. I must drink in the lunacy. Vive le fug!
Posted by: Megan | Apr 7, 2008 10:47:17 AM
For all those who are wanting Sev in the final. While I can't say I disagree with you - so goes the nature of the March/Fug Madness bracket. Sometimes a favorite goes out early. There are no write-ins in bracketology however, so maybe Chloe can come back fuggier than ever for next year and take the whole thing.
Posted by: nichole | Apr 7, 2008 10:47:35 AM
i have to go with bai--i actually have some respect for victoria (posh was always my favorite spice), and i think that bai is probably actually a bit nuts.
Posted by: aWhit | Apr 7, 2008 10:48:22 AM
Gotta go with Bai Ling, for all the times we got to see all the way up to her hoo-hah. And Posh just seems sort of "Beyond the Valley of the Fug".
Posted by: BitterB | Apr 7, 2008 10:50:06 AM
I can't condemn Bai. While her wardrobe is a horror, it seems a true extension of her personality. She should be an action figure-Captain Fugliness. Posh just makes me shake my head.
Posted by: Nat | Apr 7, 2008 10:51:30 AM
I can say that I've seen Posh dressed in things I actually might wear, every now and again. I can't say the same for Bai. Bai ftw!
Posted by: shelly | Apr 7, 2008 10:52:34 AM
this one totally has to go to Bai. Posh just looks like a flamboyant and slightly crazy celeb on the red carpet. Bai always looks like an actual crazy person who happened to wander onto the red carpet.
I think Sharon vs Bai would have been a better match of insane fug.
Posted by: nicole | Apr 7, 2008 10:53:57 AM
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Bai Ling will mark a great leap forward for diversity when she wins this match. No longer will Asian women have to be impeccably dressed and stoic (I'm looking at you, Lucy Liu). You can be just as bat-shit crazy as your Latin, Caucasian and African American counterparts. The dream is indeed not deferred.
Posted by: Brandon | Apr 7, 2008 10:54:03 AM
It should have been Chloe vs. Bai. Or maybe Courtney. Since it's not, it's Bai for the win. I'd have voted for Chloe. Bad clothes and bad judgment.
As for Posh, she occasionally wears something interesting and not fug, and has the best accessory on the planet.I have to give points for Becks, and that some of her fug is when he picks out some of what she wears on occasion. I can appreciate dressing to please your man for special events like birthdays and anniversaries.
Posted by: iambe | Apr 7, 2008 10:54:47 AM
I love Posh -- I really really do. I heart her a lot. However, I had to vote for Bai because as much as I love Posh, she can actually manage to look decent (if not a twinge starved) at times, whereas I have YET to see Bai look anything other than Batsh*t (yes, with a capital 'b') crazy. Sorry Posh, love, that's what you get for pulling it together every now and then.
Posted by: Laura | Apr 7, 2008 10:55:03 AM
God, I had to vote for Bai Ling. Not to say she hasn't earned her top spot, but I did so want to vote Posh all the way. Posh deserves it, in a way more than Bai, simply because Posh has unfettered access to closet after closet of glorious designer duds, yet still manages to look like she was dressed by besotted songbirds from Hell. Plus, her Marc Jacobs photoshoots are simply not to be believed for their MAY-JAH burning assaults upon the eyeballs and boggling of the brains. Maybe I should have voted for her after all - but Bai Ling just works it on such a consistent level with her immense stash of fuggery from the discount bins that she seems to deserve a Great Tiara of Fug to perch upon her little head...this was sooo hard. I LOVED this entire tournament to no end. Thank you, fug ladies, you've added a very special component to my memory bank of fun! Sa-LUTE!
Posted by: Ack! | Apr 7, 2008 10:56:55 AM
Bai has given us so much joy on GFY - how can I deny her this publicity?
Posted by: Nomad | Apr 7, 2008 10:58:03 AM
Fug the one you love. Bai Ling, Tiananmen Democracy Movement hero, she will free the oppressed masses! Or at least her nipples.
Posted by: zorazero | Apr 7, 2008 11:00:28 AM
Ohhhhh I so wanted these two to be the final two, but now that the time has come I can't decide who to vote for D: I'm half convinced Bai is actually an alien, she's so deliciously loopy, but Posh is so unapologetically crazy and attitudey. ): IT'S SUCH A TOUGH DECISION. I think I may have to flip a coin.
Posted by: Rachel | Apr 7, 2008 11:00:38 AM
I am 100% behind the write in candidate--Chloë Sevigny! How the hell did she get knocked out in the first place?
Posted by: Megan | Apr 7, 2008 11:01:24 AM
I voted for Posh because i think that she actually thinks she looks good. while on the other hand i just think bai is just crazy.
Posted by: Amelia | Apr 7, 2008 11:06:05 AM
I too think that C.Sev should be in this final matchup. I have seen Posh look decent once in a while, but Sevigny always looks completely hideous. ALWAYS. That takes a serious talent for fug. So I write her in too (even though I voted for Bai up there).
Posted by: Amy | Apr 7, 2008 11:07:40 AM
What a tough one. I did decide that Bai Ling's right nipple was the tiebreaker. Although I HEART that picture of Posh with the orange basketball boobs.
Posted by: Phoebe Walker | Apr 7, 2008 11:08:54 AM
Thank you so much for doing this. I've loved the whole tournament!
Posted by: Zia Girl | Apr 7, 2008 11:09:00 AM
Bai Ling for the win!
All is right with the Universe!
Posted by: Jen C-B | Apr 7, 2008 11:11:07 AM
Posh should win if only because she's idiotic enough to think she's stylish. Bai Ling is just mental.
Posted by: misterarthur | Apr 7, 2008 11:11:39 AM
I was hoping for a Bai Ling/Courtney Peldon death match. As it is I must vote for Bai. Posh has questionable taste in couture, yes. But Bai includes in her closet velvet drawstring leg warmers and a mini skirt with buttons. (which she strategically left open). I don't think there is a question here.
Posted by: Dan | Apr 7, 2008 11:11:39 AM
I feel that the outcome of this contest will be responsible for increased visibility of one Bai Ling...which is great for fug but rotton for the soul...
Posted by: na | Apr 7, 2008 11:12:17 AM
Voted for Bai. Posh's fug is fun and fabulous, Bai's fug is crazy fug.
Posted by: Vlada | Apr 7, 2008 11:13:20 AM
this was actually really tough for me but i said it once and i'll say it again, go bai go!
and for the record - I Love Fug Madness! thanks for making this so fun! (apparently i turned into a cheerleader)
Posted by: nikkol | Apr 7, 2008 11:14:10 AM
I've said it before and I'll say it again... Bai has a scorching case of Couture Tourette Syndrome... she is clearly the winner!!
Posted by: beachbabe | Apr 7, 2008 11:14:45 AM
i had to go with posh on this one, because posh actually looks like she thinks she looks amazing, while bai ling only does it to get noticed
bai is just an attention craving peasant of fugville
posh is definitely the queen..
in fug academy,bai is fug 101
posh is advanced fug!
Posted by: Mariana | Apr 7, 2008 11:15:28 AM
And if you all have not checked out Ms. Ling's blog - you simply must do so. One of the entries begins, "Morning cat come to seduce you . . .". You just can't make that shiz up.
Posted by: Dan | Apr 7, 2008 11:16:05 AM
I can't believe this is going Bai Ling's way. When are you all going to wake up and realize she's a drag queen?
This should've been Sharon's game.
Posted by: pamela | Apr 7, 2008 11:16:15 AM
How is this even a contest? Bai Ling, hands down. Oh, how I l