The roach brooch is the height of fashion I must admit that watching America’s Next Top Model is a sick and guilty pleasure, and listening to the whiny, dim-bulb contestants makes me feel like a Rhodes scholar by comparison. But for once I felt sorry for the models—in a recent episode, they were forced to wear living insects as jewelry. Yes, decorated, crystal-adorned, leashed bugs as a fashion accessory. They weren’t even cute, like ladybugs, or sweet and harmless, like praying mantises. They were Madagascar hissing cockroaches designed by Jared Gold, a Salt Lake City designer whose claim to fame is living brooches. To date, he has not heard from PETA. “What we do to them doesn’t affect their life at all,” he says. “It’s not like we’re torturing them.” —Posted by Celeste Ward Photo: Monty Brinton/UPN

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The roaches never scatter because these idiot cunts can't think enough, to be as smart as a dumb Mexican.

Posted by: tom lout | Mar 28, 2006 12:50:31 AM

I never thought I'd say this.

Ever.

But... poor roaches.

Posted by: Raid | Mar 30, 2006 8:03:38 PM

i think this is uterly discusting not only is it discusting it's a heath hazard and Anjolina Jolie has one on he son this is so nasty

Posted by: shannon | Apr 25, 2006 5:07:11 PM

THATS JUST PLAIN NASTY..

Posted by: TT | May 11, 2006 8:32:05 AM

I have two hisser boys myself, and my thoughts on the roach brooch can be summed up rather simply: Hamlet and Laertes are fine the way they are. WITHOUT the jewels.

Posted by: A.r. | Aug 6, 2007 2:03:25 PM

I cannot understand as sign to your RSS

Posted by: Bracelet | Jul 5, 2009 6:14:05 PM

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