(2) BAI LING vs. (15) HILARY DUFF
I don't know whether to feel sorry for Hilary Duff that she drew Bai Ling in the first round, or pleased for her. La Ling is an incredibly formidable opponent, who only escaped a top seed because the body of work she's best known for is in fact her physique -- that omnipresence on the red carpet has yet to be matched by any achievements on her resume. But let's not write off Hilary altogether. Bai Ling is Bai Ling, but Hilary's hardly devoid of sins. Why, just last month -- on Groundhog Day, no less -- she performed in this:
Punxsutawney Phil saw a heck of a lot more than just his shadow that day. He may never come above ground again, in part because he's probably so offended that Hilary had already worn this at least once before, with different accessories -- like rethinking the under-bra and the shoes might make it more palatable. Hilary's also always been a big fan of formal shorts, thought leggings and a beret would make good bedfellows, and managed to make Rob Schneider look well-dressed.
But is it enough to compete with this?
Apparently, one of Bai Ling's many personalities is Kid Rock.
If you want to refresh your memory on all her others, there is a lengthy and informative archive at your disposal -- and even if you remember these outfits as clearly as if they were in your own closets, you might want to take a stroll down memory lane anyway. It's better than Prozac.
(3) TARA REID vs. (14) ASHLEY OLSEN
We once encouraged Tara Reid to please "sack up, ho," and as expected, she did not listen. I swear, it's only a matter of time before VH-1 gives her a dating show. If you liked A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila, you'll LOVE A Keg Stand Of Passion With Tara Reid.
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In addition to her usual woozy and unshowered appearance, I believe that's a polterpouch in her pelvic region. Maybe that's what happens when you lose a boatload of weight after six
months of "bad room service" while she was "working." Also, we've posed this question before, but it bears repeating: Didn't she have those sandbags taken care of rather famously, to the tune of an Us Weekly cover about how she'd been Damaged By Plastic Surgery and gotten over Her Private Pain with yet MORE surgery to undo the first batch? So what's up with her still having the Pam Anderson bazongas? I mean, they're not as bad as they were in this horrendous dress -- or even in this godawful thing, or as when we christened her Nips Akimbo, Child of Chestal Tragedy -- but they're definitely not as petite as they were before the silicone shenanigans.
Ashley is considerably more sophisticated in her choices than Tara, but that doesn't mean she's not perplexing at times.
I stared at this dress a long time, wondering if it's a cream sheath with peekaboo slits layered over a white tee; it is not. It's one whole dress. One very confusing, whole dress. But Ashley's always fancied herself a bit bold like that, as evidenced by these boots, or this fancy tube-top-inspired gown, or perhaps this biker-inspired ensemble that I have decided was an homage to John Stamos' Uncle Jesse.
It boils down to it's the pitfalls of high fashion vs. falling into the pit of despair. Have at it.
(6) CATE BLANCHETT vs. (11) DANIEL DAY-LEWIS
For some reason, the concept of this matchup makes me giggle incessantly. I imagine them stepping up to the table in a giant arm-wrestling arena, a la Over The Top -- which I totally saw in theaters, by the way -- and commencing a deeply physical duel for the ages. Of course, Daniel Day-Lewis would have to go Method for a while beforehand, probably under the sensitive tutelage of Sylvester Stallone, and we don't have time for that. Plus, he's apparently too busy training for his starring role in His Beef Stew Was Cold: The Dinty Moore Story.
Hey, at least he no longer looks homeless, and took off the Sherlock Holmes suit. Seriously, the guy is a marvelous actor, but does he have to be so crazy and scruffy all the time? Do he and Johnny Depp have each other on speed-dial?
Cate Blanchett is, I think, what Ashley Olsen aspires to be: a fascinating, unpredictable lady with high-fashion tastes. But, Cate is writ large, and ergo her mistakes tend to be proportionally bigger.
We're starting to wonder if she even looks at the outfit until five seconds before she's supposed to walk outside in it. Cate is the master of wearing completely regal, pleasant facial expressions atop wonky, weird clothes. If Katie Holmes is becoming the Queen of Fug or Fab, then Cate Blanchett rules the Scrolldown: gorgeous face, bizarre gown, putrid sash. And lest we forget, she didn't always have such a refined palate; some of Cate's past fugs are just flat-out wretched. Drop by her archive for plenty more proof.
(7) KELLY CLARKSON vs. (10) ASHLEE SIMPSON
Both of these girls went through, and are still in some semblance of, a punk phase. Kelly's came at the occasional expense of her crotch:
She also flirted with a Goth tribute to "Like A Virgin," tried out a Stevie Nicks Earth-mother vibe for a while, and wore a crocheted bodysuit so heinous it almost pains me to bring it back to your attention. It's one of those outfits I had completely driven out of my mind until now, and when I saw it again, I actually gasped in horror and had to turn on Ocean's Eleven for some soothing, medicinal hotties on parade. Kelly's poor singing voice is probably furious with her. As Paula Abdul would say, it's just not connecting with the audience, and also, gelato unicorns don't talk to gerbils on stilts unless there's a rainbow involved.
Meanwhile, not even Ashlee's rhinoplasty could save her from looking ridiculous in arm-warmers. What's the point of renovating your face if you're going to degrade it with elbow sweaters? And let's not forget that pre-surgery, she was running around borrowing from Avril Lavigne, turning herself into her sister for a brief period. When the Joe Simpson Machine spat her out the other side of that disordered mess, she eschewed shampoo and hairbrushes for a while and then disguised herself as an unremarkable Fall-Out Boy roadie whose main function is as Pete Wentz's eyeliner wrangler.
Both have seriously fugged it up on the road to self-discovery. You get to decide whose journey has been more pocked with tragic potholes.
This is the only one where I almost voted as the madness was seeded; only exception was Danield out-fugged Cate, in my opinion. She's hit a few out of the fugpark, to be sure, but can rock metallics every once in a while. Danny Day Lewis? fugs it each and every time to me. Black tuxedo, brown shoes: 'nuff said.
We are occupying all of our spring break, where we could be out poolside, voting for the fug madness polls!
Easy decisions in this bracket.
Bai Ling FTW! I have her taking this entire thing.
Ashlee v. Kelly: Pieces of Me still burns my eardrums and I will never forgive her for that.
Daniel v. Cate: Daniel looks awful. I can understand what Cate was going for in her fugs. Daniel not so much.
Tara v. Olsen 1: Did anyone watch Taradise??? Fugliness ahoy!
First off, great job ladies. This took a ton of work (and not to mention, coding), and it really shows.
Second, from the cursory views I've taken of the results (and from my own voting patterns), it seems the results are swinging in the favor of which celebrity we dislike more.
And I don't think that's a bad thing. Does thinking that make me a bad person?
Thank goodness this round was not as difficult as the Cher bracket -- I thought my brain would explode with that one (whew)!
Cate can really pull off anything. She is SOOOO PRETTYYYYYY. So is Daniel, actually, but still, fug on anyone else somehow looks fab on her. It's like she has a superpower.
I can't believe Kelly is beating Ashlee right now! She doesn't even have her own archive! Nor plastic surgery, nor Pete Wentz in her immediate vicinity. These are all points deducted, in my view.
Finally, Tara, dude, sack UP, ho. Whoa.
Bai Ling vs. Hilary Duff? PLEEZE. No contest.
What we really want to see is Bai go up against someone worthy of her like Sevigny or … dare we hope … our favorite “Little Engine That Could” … COURTNEY “FUGGING” PELDON!!
(This game is turning out to be better than a female mud wrestling festival. Which I believe some of our current contestants may actually be familiar with based on several of their fashion choices.)
It's gotten to the point where when I see a picture of Tara Reid, I just want to look away because it physically pains me to watch people embarrass themselves; which is also why I can't watch the audition shows of American Idol. I think Bai Ling is going to take this Fug Madness: she simply owns every Fug she sports with full inexplicable confidence.
Bai for the win! If only every day was as good as a "Bai made an appearance last night and look what she was wearing" day
Cate and Daniel... how I love you both, and how I don't want either of you to be best known for your Fugs. But ultimately, it's no contest in my book. Cate may sometimes miss, but her hits are so much more prevalent and they send that ball WAY out of the ballpark! Daniel? Well, Daniel's a fantastic actor. Let's just leave it there, shall we?
It's not fair, really, some of Cate Blanchett's fuggings would have looked terrible on anyone else. She just gets away with things because she's Cate Blanchett. Remember that line from Men In Black: "I make this look good"? That's Cate.
It really toasts my cookie that ling and Sevigny won't see each other in the championship. The fashion-bafflement would be epic.
Kelly Clarkson needs more votes. The crochet bodysuit. THE CROCHET BODYSUIT.
Cate v. Daniel- tricky but the "just flat-out wretched" link for Cate sealed it for me... I think that is actually a JUMPSUIT! I do believe there is an inseam creeping up her crotch there... I think that it might be the ugliest garment I have ever seen.
Bai Ling? Come on People! She does this for effect. I think she KNOWS what she is doing. There really is no excuse for Hilary Duff. That's just wrong.
I got an "Unable to display poll" on Cate & Daniel. My vote would have been for Daniel.
Yay! Bai Ling!
Poor, poor Tara. She makes me sad.
1. Poor Tara Reid... I feel like her sartorial/mammarial choices are a result of years of poor self-esteem. Ashley Olsen has been richer/more powerful than all of us since she exited the womb, and this is how she chooses to convey it? Ugh.
2. His Beef Stew Was Cold: The Dinty Moore Story? Almost embarrassed myself laughing at work.
3. Kelly Clarkson's "Since You've Been Gone" is my secret favorite song ever. But that's not the point. She justly fought her record label and won her way into the hearts of, well, everyone. Also, I doubt she dresses herself- I'm sure they have clothes wranglers appointed to her, whether she likes it or not. Ashlee Simpson, it's been well documented, cannot sing nor dress herself appropriately. Perhaps I'm unfairly biased. I don't care. Kelly forever!
I think we're breaking poor Twiigs.com -- but keep trying; the polls are showing up for me, so hopefully it was just a momentary glitch.
If it disrupts things severely, we'll extend the voting.
Bai Ling vs. Chloe Sevigny I'd pay to see that match up heh
Kelly wins by nature of that truly hideous bodysuit. My retinas are so badly seared, I think I need surgery.
Cate can wear anything IMHO and make it fabulous. Daniel Day Lewis SHOULD be able to do the same thing, but fails miserably.
Bai Ling is like C.Pel to me- not a real celebrity who hams it up for attention. That doesn't really seem fair but Hilary Duff actually looks cute most of the time so I had to vote for BL anyway.
Oh, Kelly. Has all the potential in the world to be the CUTEST GIRL EVER and just doesn't take it. Ashley shouldn't be cute being a Simpson and all, but is, and that is just infuriating.
Cate Blanchett may dress...bizzarly....but somehow, she always pulls it off. I love her insane fashion choices.
If the poll won't display, refresh the page. That worked for me.
Ashlee Simpson's fashion disasters are just so deriviative. She's relly just poorly imitating past fugs; this doesn't require nearly as much fugging genius as looking awful all by yourself, like Kelly Clarkson does.
Daniel Day Lewis doesn't appear as often as Cate. But when he does, he hits it out of the park. Every. Effing. Time.
I need to bleach my brain every time I see the Sherlock Holmes suit.
The reason most of us are aware Bai Ling exists is because of go_fug_yourself. I recognized her in Vegas @the holidays because of the exposure here and ,of course, the exposure of her outfit. "Winning" her bracket may be the career boost she so desperately is seeking.
Um, I sort of like the tube-top-inspired gown of la Olsen's. Anyone? Also, what the hell kind of shoes is Cate Blanchett wearing with that Batik-meets-Baroque frock? They're seriously grandma-of-the-bride.
has anyone told tara reid that getting implants DOES NOT equal never wearing a bra again????
I like Kelly Clarkson because she is a genuinely talented (not to mention gorgeous) person, but I had to vote for her because she does dress dreadfully. She doesn't seem capable of dressing for her body type consistently. Ashlee irks me to no end, but her fashion lows aren't quite as low as Kelly's, in my opinion.
this is so fugalicious! my only problem is that i don't know whether to vote for people i love (Cate, HBC) to help them win this incredible honour, or to vote for the skanks like Tara and Bai. I'd hate for them to think that if they win this, it means the public actually cares about them.
I actually like Cate Blanchett's dress in that picture. Is that wrong? *looks around furtively; bites nails*
MUST HAVE Chloe and Bai in the finals. It's a contest of epic proportions!
Daniel Day-Lewis has not worn an unfug outfit in public since he won his Oscar... in 1990.
Tara Reid is just one drink away from being Brigitte Nielsen. Her breasts should be considered a cautionary tale for every blonde bimbo wannabe of questionable talent. Glimpse your future, Heidi Montag!
Bai Ling takes the entire bracket. Word.
RZ, there's a problem with causality, though. We might be voting for the celebrities we dislike, but maybe we dislike them because of their fugousity? I actually really like both Kelly Clarkson (and loathe Ashlee Simpson) and Daniel Day Lewis, but they have earned their chance to go forward over their competition by their sheer excellence in bad dressing. I really don't understand Daniel Day Lewis at all--he seems to don things found in the theater closet at a rural high school. Is he indigent and we just don't know about it?
For Tara, I wish for some unrealistic Nora Roberts style ending because hanging (literally) around LA isn't working for her either personally or professionally. Time to move to Montana, find a wholesome rancher, and write a movie script about her youth in this wicked Until then, she's a contender for the fug Hall of Shame. So orange, so tacky, so washed-and-put-away-wet-more-then-once.
I love Cate but man oh man......as the girls stated ,I guess her regal face completely hid the fact that she wears the looniest things......a few that I actually want to see in person, because I have NO idea how they are made or held together.....actually when I think of Cate I can't really picture anything BUT her face......
I think she and daniel day-lewis would make a lovely mountaintop lumberjack family together in these outfits.
Bai Ling perks up my day!
She gives me so much mirth I really wish her well!
*whispers*
Sarah, I do too.
Bai ling needs to win this whole thing. If she does I will personally send her a shirt
Tara's chest makes me tired. *sigh* I need a drink. And with that crocheted get-up Kelly was sporting, you'd think she'd be singing "Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves!" Can you make that a double, bartender?
I actually think DDL's fug is totally sexy. I think I need help.
How are Hilary Duff and Cate Blanchett on here, haha, they're not THAT bad, especially compared to Bai Ling and Daniel Day-Lewis, ick!
And neither Ashley Simpson nor Kelly Clarkson can dress. I loathe Ashlee, but she is ARGUABLY better then Kelly.
Bai Vs. Hilary. Well, DUH. Bai shuts out Hilary.
Tara Vs. Ashley. Tara just has way, WAY too much of that stinky skank vibe not to win.
Cat Vs. D-Day. Have to give it to Cate, because she just seems more classy, while Lewis has more of a bpohemian vibe. I mean, seriously, the dude went off to be a shoe cobbler for five years. Cate takes it.
Kelly Vs. Ashley. Ashley still tries to do that emo-punk thing occasionally, so she wins.
Had to go with Hillary on this one. BL's insanity is too calculated. La Duff thinks she can pull s#*t off and misses the mark horribly.
C'mon people! Bai Ling may wear some crazy stuff but at least she has some semblance of style! Hilary Duff just looks plain awful and boring most of the time. I guess Bai Ling makes for a more interesting semi-final but seriously, The Duffster looks like a hobo half of the time. She is the True Fugger of the two.
-Bai Ling is a slut who can't spell.
-Tara Reid is a mess. Imagine her at age 40. Ew.
-I suspect Daniel Day Lewis is an LSD addict.
Those were easy. The hard one was the last one.
-Kelly Clarkson is like a kid sister who needs someone to help her pick out clothes.
-Asslee Simpson needs to get a personality.
This is good, clean fun and all, but you KNOW it'll come down to a cage match to the death between Bai Ling and Cloe Sevigny. Sevigny's a scrapper, but Bai will win it all!!
OK ladies (and few gentlemen who may be lurking) You are all crazy if you don't think Bai Ling will be the ultimate winner here. I have her and Peldon in the final showdown. It's going to be the fugliest fug fest you've ever seen!! Although, in filling out the brackets on paper, I had to think long and hard about a Bai/Chlöe matchup. But Bai "batshit crazy" look trumps Chlöe's fashion retardation anyday.
Bai Ling shouldn't even be in the brackets. She should be the Lifetime Achievement Winner and donned the High Princess of FUG.
Bai Ling Vs. Hillary Duff? Really? Is this even a contest? Bai, Bai, Bai. She's got to take it all. No one - not even Bjork - is as fashionably unstable and yet grotesquely brilliant in her sense of fug.
I'm wondering who wins if it's Bai Ling vs. Courtney Peldon? 2 fugs battling it out like that may mean the end of existence...
Nips Akimbo FTW!
oh my god. how could it not be bai ling!
Also, I'm probably totally biased because I absolutely LOVE Hilary Duff. And this is the first time I'm actually letting people now... kind of a closet fan (for good reasons: stuff by duff, for example. come on, hilary, you can do better than that). But she's so cute! Sure, she's made some fashion mistakes, but omg she's so cute! And she kind of even went through an "angsty" phase! aww
Go Bai Ling, go! She's my favourite frequent fug offender, and I'm voting for her the whole way through this shebang.
Go Bai, all 6965869267.13 personalities of yours!
Hil's only excuse is that she was dressed up for a performance. Loonie Ling dresses like that daily! And someone needs to hire Kelly Clarkson a new stylist. Skin tight jeans and cut up shirts don't work on the chubby girls.
i'm so sad la duff won't make it to the next round - she's like a princess of fug. give her another year and she'll move up.
Nooo, not my Kelly! It's a sad, sad world indeed where Asslee (which I originally just typed as "Assless," hee) Simpson can't out-fug someone who's as talented and cute as Kelly (although the crochet body-stocking is a fug of massive proportions, I will grant you).
Kelly wears clothes that don't flatter her figure. Ashley dresses like she's Pete Wentz's twin instead of his girlfriend. I say the greater crime is flirting with class after years of aping Avril Lavigne, only to abandon that glimmer of hope to choose yet another faux punk for wardrobe inspiration.
I think Bai Ling dresses the way she does just to mess with our heads.
It is kind of like rule #34. (If you can think of it, then it exists on the internet and there is probably porn of it.)
Someone will see an outfit she wears, shudders and says, "well.. at least she isn't wearing cellophane hot pants and a tube top made out of loose change."
The next thing you know... she wears that outfit.
Bai Ling is psychic.
Bai Ling and Chloe Sevigny should have some kind of catwalk throwdown, modeling the most famously fugged outfits of other bracket contenders. Imagine Bai in K.Cla's crochet bodysuit or Chloe in Kate Bosworth's gorilla fur. It would be STUNNING.
Cate is kinda the woman who knows what she's doing and therefore isn't afraid to risk. Sometimes she misses, sometimes she does a great job in looking well... NOT boring.
Anyway, the woman has the best cheekbones in the world. DUH.
Bai vs. Hilary = no contest.
If anyone out-fugs Bai Ling in this competition I'll eat my furry leg-warmers AND my Chinese New Year Band-Aids.
And how Kelly Clarkson's fug isn't wiping the floor with Ashlee Simpson's fug I'll never understand. I adore Kelly's superior voice, pretty face and film debut/retirement, but that bodysuit is ASKING FOR IT.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it impossible for Chloe and Bai to end up in the finals, since they're in the same bracket? I do eventually think they'll go head to head in the Final 4, though. It will be epic.
Bai Ling deserves her very own bracket. I really want a screen saver of some of her worst offenses, but she's so close to an NSFW.
Blanchett and Day-Lewis are both amazing in looks and talent, but Danny appears to use 16th personal hygeine, so he takes that match on dirt alone.
Clarkson v. Simpson was a real squeaker. Simpson is awful and a hose-beast besides, but Clarkson, although really nice and talented . . . well, the crocheted bodysuit was truly dire. Still, Simpson's lack of talent pushed her over the top. Clarkson may need a stylist, but she can sing.
Ugh. Preview is my friend if I'd let her be. Day-Lewis uses 16th CENTURY personal hygeine. 16th CENTURY.
At least Bai has a consistency of style. Hillary has no style, to go along with her talent. (What work has she had done besides her teeth, anyway?) So I voted for HiDu, even though Bai deserves the all-around.
Yes, Kelly has that "bodysuit" but at least she has talent, whereas Ashlee has...a handy last name?
1) Bai Ling - I love her and her wacky ways...she may well be THE winner of this whole thing, I feel I've said that 4 times now...but really the girl is amazingly fug, and since she is also in amazing shape a lot of it kinda works on her.
2)Tara - I can't believe 100% of the votes aren't for her...what a mess. I asume the 10% that voted for Ashley actually have her confused with Mary-Kate in their minds. Also, that white dress right above the poll is really unique and flattering in my opinion, not at all fug
3) Daniel Day Lewis - cause he's over-rated as an actor and under-rated as a fugger. Plus Cate is just too pretty to realistically move on in this competition
4) Ashlee Simpleton, even the way she spells Ashlee is fugly. Her outfits are either copies of somebody else or are just whatever was at Hot Topic and Saks hat week.
Also guys, come one you know if Kelly Clarkson had Ashlee Simpson's body (or Bai Lings body...cause wow) she wouldn't even be considered for this tournament. True her biggest problem is not understanding her body, but as far as stage outfits go hers are no where near somebody like Beyonce, and off stage she usually just looks cute and normal
Hilary is by far worse than Bai. I feel like Bai(how the hell do you say that?!?! Like "bye" or "bay" or...b-dawg?!?!) is just having fun with it, while Hilary is ACTUALLY TRYING.
I certainly don't mind getting to vote for Tara twice- Ashley is certainly fugly, but there's a certain sense of demure, dragged down sadness to it, as though she's just trying to make it through the day and this is what she found and chose to cover up with, whereas Tara seems to be drawing attention to her fug, seems to be proud of it, making her ten times worse- but I feel you should know that at least on my browser, after I vote in the last poll, the first three become available for voting again.
Also, I've stood silently by as you've bashed leggings and uggs for a long time now. Understandably, in LA there is no excuse, but us poor girls up in Montreal would like to be able to wear skirts in the winter, and tights don't cut it in -20... or -40... weather. They're necessary fashion innovations for us up here, and I suspect that we just look so good prancing around in the winter in them, that they've been removed from their native habitat and implanted in your world of excessive heat.
My goodness, the beef stew comment on Daniel Day Lewis made me giggle to no end! All hail Fug Madness!!
Oh, DDL, I will never stop longing for the Age of Innocence...
I can't vote for Cate. On balance – and even on her "bad" days – looking at her gives me more happy-thoughts than pain. Occasional missteps are the price you pay for edginess and daring choices, no? I'm ok with that.
On the other hand, every time I see Daniel Day Lewis I want to give him a shower and a haircut, a well-fitted suit, a stiff drink and an Oscar.
I'm just sad it can't be a Bai Ling vs Chloe final. Poor Hilary Duff didn't stand a chance, really. I don't give a fig about basketball, but Fug Madness is fab! my poor co-workers now know the names of the fugliest dressed women (and men) on the planet!
TOO MUCH BAI LING ON ONE PAGE!!!!! It's like she has some type of Fashion Tourette Syndrome...
This bracket is actually making me relieved, considering what a hard time I had deciding who got the Joy of Fug down to a tee in Cher's group.
I'm seriously thinking Bai Ling might take the whole thing. She's got the many fashion sins of EACH of her personalities in the competition, while her opponents (mostly) have only one personality on the run. Poor Hilary Duff fails again at making herself relevant.
Kelly Clarkson is a sweetheart but I seriously don't know what's up with her constantly unfortunate cohice of clothing. She's got my vote, there.
Now, Ashley Olsen and Cate Blanchett are like Posh to me: They could be wearing something I would never *dare* to put on, yet they somehow make the outfit work. I don't know if it's the attitude, I don't know if the fug just burned my brain and I let it go, but I'm not voting for them.
D. Day-Lew has never, ever dressed right unless it was for a film role. On his own, he brings male fugliness to new and unparalleled heights. D. Day-Lew knows fug.
Bai Ling. No f*cking contest. This girl is going all the way. ALL. THE. WAY
Clarkson gets the nod over Assica because not only does she bring the fug but she brings it several sizes too small. Assica cannot compete. She is just an amateur next to Kells.
I think Bai Ling has a good chance of winning everything. She is super-fug. I voted for Cate over Daniel because she has such a bigger body of work to consider. And Ashlee Simpson because she just looks skanky while I love Kelly so much that I don't mind the slightly strange things she wears - she generally looks smarter than Ashlee.
I would love to see Bai Ling and Posh in the finals.
Alien vs. Alien.
I adore Cate Blanchett - if I could get a Cate Blanchett body suit (and squeeze in it) I would. She can where whatever she likes (yes, even the denim bodybag)and I will still love her. I did have a problem with the too small boob bits on the black dress with the HUGE yellowy green bow, but Daniel, who is a lovely man, cannot dress to save his life. He really looks like my uncle in every sense.
I wish Ashley Simpson would bury herself in Cate's bodybag and disappear forever. I do not like her. She is like a dead fly in a glass of champagne.
Bai Ling 4Evah! But only on this site.
Tara Reid will always outfug an Olsen thanks to her chesticles, and please, don't ever ask me to fug dear Cate again.
It's too bad HilDuff had to go up against Bai Ling because she has an impressive array of hideous choices up there, but there's no way she can compete with Bai's catalog of fug.
First of all, this is SO MUCH fun! I'm enjoying every click of the mouse as I vote.
Daniel Day-Lewis is a hot mess. By which I mean he's hot. And a mess. Is Pee-Wee Herman his fashion idol? Meanwhile, while La Blanchett slips up every once in a while, she's gorgeous and talented; when she slips up it seems to be more out of her reach exceeding her grasp than the ghastly cluelessness of so many starlets.
And Bai Ling. OMGWTFPOLARBEAR. She never, ever, fails to disappoint. I hope she wins every crown and is anointed Empress of Fug.
OOOOH Charo Bracket...too easy!
This could possibly be the best thing to ever happen to an entire work-month!
Thanks Bitches!
Oh, and? "His Beef Stew was Cold: The Dinty Moore Story" FTW!
I printed out the brackets, and wrote out the entire tournament as if I were the only one voting. Bai won. :)
I didnt really need to stop and consider for very long when choosing until I came to Kelly Clarkson and A-Simpson. Arggh! I so wanted to pick Jessica's little sister but looking through the last few fug posts on Clarkson forced me to pick her!
WHY??? Kelly is so down-to-earth and hasnt written a story for US Weekly on why her insecurity and the pressures of Hollywood have forced her to a) get plastic surgery b) develop an eating disorder c) do lots of drugs or d) have babies with her skeezy back-up dancers!
I love Kelly but to be true to the nature of this competition I had to vote for her. My soul feels so dirty.
I can't see ANYONE beating Bai Ling.
I am not sure I've ever MADE harder decisions...I mean, to have to put into quantitative measure the level of fug in an entire body of work...for instance, Bai - I mean - Is she really fug? Because, frankly, I think that woman picks 'fug' as it is the only thing that makes her famous - making her choices thoughtfully provocative in order to get people to discuss her and print her picture vs. actually a heinous display of zero fashion sense...whereas Tara Reid...I think that woman actually looks in the mirror and thinks "DAMN, my a** looks GOOD." So...the question becomes, do you vote on someone who dresses SO f-ing fugly or someone who dresses SO f-ing fugly without knowing it??? God, I can't handle this kind of pressure.
Bai Ling fugs them all, I think. I"m with Rachel 2: Empress of Fug.
Bai L - to - the - mother - f*cking - ing. 'Nuff said about that.
See, now DD Lewis suffers from not only dressing like he shops with HBC, but he also looks unwashed and contagious. Bad combo.
As much as I'd like to see both Olsen twins move on, Tara so drunk/medicated that she didn't notice the cold breeze on her nipple slip makes her the clear winner in this match up. That and the wonky abs from one too many liposuctions without a tummy tuck.
Finally, I had to vote for Kelly over Ashlee for two reasons. One, Kelly has the uncanny ability to consistently pick outfits that make her ass look three times as wide as it actually is (paging Stacy London, stat!), and second, if Ashlee moved on when Jennifer didn't, daddy would have to get involved to break up the sibling slap-fest. Violence is NOT the answer, people!
I have to say that I think Bai will sweep through and triumph, but also that maybe it is a little fair to all of the amateur fuggers out there to have a professional in the competition. That's kind of like letting the '92 Bulls play in March Madness.
I feel like with Ashley Olsen I'm not SUPPOSED to get it. Like her fashion is just on a higher plane than my mere mortal understanding. She probably leaves the house knowing that only heads of fashion houses REALLY get her. It feels intentional.
But Tara Reid leaves the house thinking, "Everyone is going to look at me and think HOT!" When everyone is really thinking, "She looks drunk. And high. And where are her pants?"
I vote Tara Reid.
But I still think Bai Ling's personalities could take it all.
bai ling rocks my socks, but posh rocks the fug! actually there is a match up i would be willing to see, two worthy queen of fugs battling it out for the ultimate prize!! bai ling has the personalities, posh has the tits.....GAME ON!
Bai Ling is sort of the Coldplay to PeePee's U2 -- she was actually a guest star on Lost last season and [inhales deeply] she was good -- and in a way I'd love to watch these two Hollywood weirdos battle it out. Lohan and Hilton, C. Savigny -- life will throw something else at them in a decade or two, but for Ling and Price -- well, I get the feeling that THIS IS IT.
Cate Blanchet is an occasionally bad dresser; DDay Lewis is just absolutely crazy, and I can't get those brown suede shoes he wore to the Oscars out of my mind. I voted for him.
Is it really fair to match anyone up against Bai except another one of her personalities? You could make an entire bracket of the crazy things she calls clothes! It would be a Baicket!
I love the idea of Baicket! (Maybe next year's tournamenet could pit people against their own worst conconcations?)
Blanchetts bets Daniel Day Lewis because her risks often work. His, umm, don't.
I never thought I'd vote for Kelly over Ashlee, but now that you mention it, Ashlee's choices have tended to be poor in concept but executed in a moderately flattering way. Kelly's bad choices are widely off the mark.
Baicket all the way lol...alll the waaay
Curse you, Fug Girls! Now I'm going to have Kenny Loggins stuck in my head all night.
Please tell me I'm not the only one old enough to have that happen.
Poor Hilary Duff, she doesn't stand a chance against Bai Ling! And who exactly voted for Hilary, anyway?? Craziness.
Tara gets the fug until she figures out what to do with those breasts. Same for ScarJo earlier.
I didn't fug Kelly because she still has her OWN face and body. Yes, she's made some HORRIBLE clothing mistakes, but what is more horrible than having your face carved up in your twenties?
Bai Ling! I was so sure of Chloe yesterday, but BAI LING!! Oh dear. I'm dizzy.
Well, Daniel Day Lewis v Cate Blanchett gets my vote for Most Talented bracket in Fug Madness 2008. But I had to go with him despite genuinely admiring them both. His sartorial kookiness seems self-conscious, like Johnny Depp ramped up a notch, whereas I feel Cate's occasional failures come from her sense of fashion bravery.
Oh and I also dig Cate's dress here! I know it's all Heidi-meets-cowgirl or whatever - and is that a red SHRUG she's wearing (shudder) - but she still looks so fresh and pretty in it. Sigh. I do love her. Really, if the Fug Girls wanted to make this fairer they should have put that whimsical schoolboy uniform outfit from a few years back on this page. Worst thing she's ever worn in public by a country mile. Even Daniel would have drawn a line at it.
LA LING V. VICKY B.
This shit's gonna be epic!
Also, I do wish you'd bring back commenting on entries. The fangirls in Ashlica's (that sounds kinda dirty <<;) first link made me el oh el.
It pains me to say anything negative about my girl Kelly, but day-um, she does bring the fug pretty much most of the time. Simpson the Younger is less consistent. So I had to give the "win" to Kellbell. Ouch.
I hope y'all realize that Kelly's coming for you. She's a BAMF. She will hit you with her microphone stand.
DDL looked pretty hot from the ankles up at the Oscars, but the man knows how to accessorize for crazy, so he dressed Rebecca in that positively INSANE red ribbon dress with the giant door knocker on it that made her look like a matronly nutter. Anyhoo, I adore his whimsical porkpie hat. I'm pretty sure he does not own a mirror at all, which makes him completely HARDCORE FUG. He might be an especially HOT vampire. Cate, OTOH, looks in the mirror and says "I think I can bloody well pull this off if I played Elizabeth "No Eyebrows" II twice, and got nommed for impersonating Bob "Bad Hair Life" Dylan." Yes, that's definitely what she says. So Cate's got fashion hubris, and hubris always, always, eventually gets you tangled up in fug. And that is why DDL must win.
did hilary even have a chance against bai?
and while cate is crazy, its a good crazy, and she looks amazing half the time.
As I mentioned before, I love the intentionally fashion crazy, but Bai Ling's getups seem to be more about getting attention than a love of clothing, like Eva Green.
I hadn't thought of it before, but I want to see a movie with Blanchett and Day-Lewis. They could just stare at each other for two hours and try on different accents. Could you imagine the red carpet?!
Truthfully, I think it's unfair to combine all of Bai Ling's personalities into one seeded incarnation. Because when you do that, then sticking her up against the proto-Hannah Montana is just sandblasting a soup cracker.
Oh Kelly -
You had me at the crocheted jumpsuit.
"I will not make the same mistakes that you did . . . Because of you."
There should be a little gold statuette for the winner.
And regardless of who wins, the statuette should be of Bai.
And let me just tell you that I am BOTHERED by Ashlee Simpson. She's gets a nose job and all of a sudden people FORGET that ridiculous JIG she performed on SNL after her cringe-tastic lip-syncing episode?! No no no no NO. She is still the homely, poorly-dressed, fugly Simpson sister. Leave Kelly Clarkson out of this.
(Is it just me, or is the dress that Cate Blanchett is wearing up there look kinda pretty? Hmm? Did I just lose all credibility by admitting that?)
Oh yay! I've read through the posts, and *audible sigh* I'm not the only one who like's Cate Blanchett's dress. PHEW! I fear straying from Jessica and Heather's convictions...
I'm starting to wonder if Bai Ling wasn't created just for this blog as I have no idea what's she's been in or done, but she keeps popping up in these fugaliscious wonders.
She needs to pull an "Oprah" and take herself out of consideration b/c it's just not fair to the others.
She works TOO HARD to have to be a simple competitor.
If the Rachel Zoe's of the world were to take over, I'd search out this "Bai Ling" and put her in that underground bunker (w/ all the seeds of every plant in case of mass destruction) just so the survivors would have something to blog about on their stone tablets.
Otherwise, life is just too depressing to contemplate.
I think if we can be sure of anything in this crazy mixed-up world it's that Bai Ling is batshit crazy. Hilarious to look at, but totally off her rocker. I blame Spencer (seriously, make the shirt. I want it).
(6) Between Daniel and his wife there's plenty of fugly to beat out Cate.
Could DDL actually pull it off against Bai Ling for the bracket? I wonder . . . . Yes, as noted several times above, La Ling is simply batshit crazy. But DDL has some very serious FUG going on. I mean like the kind that makes you shudder just a wee bit.
Bai Ling vs Chloe. There can only be one...
It's difficult to justify voting for Reid personally, as it's not her *clothing* but her rack that's making her fugly. True, she put it in that way, but it's an element that would take surgery to correct. I can't figure out how one would go about dressing them tastefully even if one tried.
Ashley, on the other hand, has no such excuse.
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Had to vote on Daniel-Day Lewis. Sorry. He wore an outfit that I am sure I've seen on my 82 year old grandfather. Recently. It's too much.
Look, people, Bai Ling is doing all this ON PURPOSE! For what purpose, I'm not sure, but still. The other misguided souls in the tourney are actually trying to look good. Mischa FTW! It's the unintentional fug that should take it all.
And yes, I also like Cate's dress, except the trim which looks like it came off my grandmother's curtains.
The winner HAS to be Bai Ling. She operates in a parallel universe.
Is it embarrassing to admit I would totally wear that dress Cate is wearing up there? My husband might crawl under a rock if I walked out of the house in it, but I would parade around with a Cate-ish expression and feel gorgeous.
Hope this commenting thing works out! Cate Blanchett is totally pulling that dress off.
I had to vote for Daniel Day if only for the moment when I was watching the Oscars and complaining about how he had been showing up at all the awards shows in tuxedos that belong at the rodeo seen in Borat and my husband pointed out that it was, in all likelihood, the same tuxedo each time.
I, for one, am not voting for the people I dislike the most as someone earlier pointed out (although it is nice when it works out that way). I did NOT vote for Ashless Simpson, even though I find her wretched. Instead, poor Kelly, who I LOVE LOVE LOVE, got my vote. I think she is so fab, but dear Christ, she needs a new stylist.
I honestly thought that Hilary would upset Bai (is Bai her first name or is it Bai Ling Smith or something??) because Bai is crazy on purpose where Hilary is actually trying to look good. She loses points for that.
I'm embarrassed to admit that I, too, would wear the Cate dress. Even though it looks like she made it from an Oriental rug. It's like when you order something from the catalog because, gosh, the model looked really good in it, so likely YOU will, too. Not.
Cate Blanchett eats fugly for breakfast. She bathes in it, and she looks gorgeous at the same time. Mr. Day-Lewis is unforgivable. My grandfather dresses better, and that is very sad. And Kelly needs to stop wearing things that make her look twenty pounds heavier. My eyes burn.
wow, ashley simpson and kelly singer lady, that was tough, they are both boring. obviously I just wanted to add...
Kelly IS awesome. I love her so much. I did hear she REFUSES to have a stylist, which in a way is cool and in other way...explains some stuff.
Comments for this entry are closed, as the voting is now closed! Onward and upward! You guys have been so f'ing funny this week. Thank you!