'I just have a great rack': Oxford University student blasted for 'sexist' attempt to win election to librarian post by boast

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Its a role which conjures the image
of a demure character charged with ensuring a hushed silence in one of
Englands great centres of learning.

So
it is little surprise that Oxford University student Madeline Grants
bid to win an election to become a librarian by claiming I have a great
rack, has provoked such disquiet.

The
English undergraduate has been accused of a sexist attempt to sway
votes when she wrote on her manifesto for Union Librarian: I dont
hack, I just have a great rack.



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'I have a great rack': Madeleine Grant, pictured
here with her mother freelance writer Sally Jones, has been accused of
damaging the perception of women


She also said she was committed to helping members pull and claimed she once had a hugnkiss from Johnny Depp.



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Joke: Madeline said her manifesto was 'only meant to be a light-hearted satire'


The 19-year-old daughter of John, 71,
and mum freelance writer Sally Jones, 57, who live in a £460,000
detached farmhouse in Ashorne, Warwickshire - even claimed she had dated
a shady Japanese businessman for Union ball sponsorship.

Former model Madeline - studying at
the prestigious formerly all girls St Hilda's College, entered herself
into the election for Union Librarian at the elite institution last
month.

But her campaign has been condemned by students who have accused her of damaging the perception of women.
A
union member told student paper Cherwell: Whilst this manifesto is
clearly meant to be humorous, it shows a distinct lack of judgement.


It
is disappointing to see female members of committee campaigning on the
back of gender at all, let alone in a way which promotes the use of
sexuality.

The suggestion that anyone should be
voted in on such a basis is deeply offensive to both male and female
voters and is also very damaging to the perception of the women
associated with the Union.

This
years three successive female presidents are testimony to the fact
that the Union has moved far beyond outdated sexual stereotypes and it
is deeply saddening to see women objectifying themselves in manifestos.

Madeleine,
who has posted numerous pictures of herself posing half-naked on her
Facebook page, said: I hope no-one is offended by my manifesto - it was
only meant to be a light-hearted satire on an organisation which is
often seen very seriously.

In
2010 Madeleine's mother Sally told how her daughter was rejected by
model agency Profile for being 'too fat', despite being just under 9
stone.

She quoted model
booker Sam Cookson as saying: 'It's no good. There's absolutely no
point in you doing London Fashion Week. You're gorgeous, you've got the
'wow' factor and photographers love you, but you've put on weight since
the summer.

'It's quite
natural - most 16 and 17-year-olds' weight fluctuates because of
hormonal changes - but if you're an inch over size 8, you'll be torn to
shreds. Those queeny designers and their scouts would make your life
hell and it could destroy your confidence.'

Oxford Union is no stranger to controversy and debate.






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Controversy: St Hilda's College, Oxford
University where Ms Grant is studying, is now the centre of a storm over
'sexist' attempt to win votes in an election to become a librarian




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Debate: Katie Price outside the Oxford Union debating chamber in Oxford where the glamour model spoke to students





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Vote winner: Madeline Grant, 19, has provoked
accusations of 'a distinct lack of judgement' with her Union Librarian
election manifesto claims


Last
year Katie Price, the topless model turned self-made businesswoman,
followed in the footsteps of prime ministers, world leaders and
international notables to address to the union.


The model formerly known as Jordan, appeared in the hallowed debating chamber before an audience of about 400.

Price told her audience one of her proudest achievements was posing for
Playboy, and that she was not ashamed for her children to know about her
glamour modelling career.

She
said: I come across stupid and thick but I know exactly what Im
doing, she said. I come from nothing. Now I call myself a rich chav...
but Im more serious than what you lot think.

You
lot were students upholding a centuries-old tradition of inviting a
diverse range of people to afford them the chance to meet the real
person behind the famous face, as the union blurb describes it.

Poets
and presidents have spoken here; so has Kermit the Frog.



Few have ever
posed for Playboy.

 

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