Tiffany Pisani has gone where no Maltese model has ever gone before. She's only 18 or 19 (depending on which report you read) and without looking abnormally thin, she's made it big time. Surely congratulations and a big well done are in order!

Personally I've always had an issue with being judged (just) for the way I look. I'm not sure whether it's a result of not looking like much, or whether it's a result of a deeper philosophy that goes against anything that rewards merit-free aesthetics.

Designers that use emaciated models have long been blamed for the rise in eating disorders, and though they might defend themselves by saying that some models are ‘naturally' that thin, we all know that this is highly unlikely and that photoshop lies abound.

It's not just the skeletal bodies that send out ridiculous and unattainable messages of beauty, but also the ‘clothes' (or lack of) that models and celebrities prance around in. During the Video Music Awards last month, Lady Gaga, had me struggling to keep my stomach contents at bay when she came out in a dress, hat, shoes and a purse all made out of raw decomposing meat. Her shoes were strapped on with butcher's string, and her hat - a raw filleted steak - was pinned down to her hair with God knows what.

Of course we've come to expect, (and unfortunately accept) these shenanigans from people, who like Gaga, have made a name for herself by being controversial in their overall appearance, but when the so called ‘meaning' of it all, is downright offensive, somebody must speak up.

In the past she wore what I giddily refer to as the ‘frog outfit', designed by Jean de Castelbajac. That time I had somehow found a way to stretch my imagination to get her point (or so I thought). The frog outfit was made out of green material which looked like dead frogs sewed together, and it was supposed to be a commentary on not wearing fur. Although I certainly do not think that wearing dead frogs is quite the solution to not wearing fur, somehow I still managed to squeeze out an iota of morbid understanding for Gaga. But then came the meat dress, a blatant contradiction to the frog dress, which had me reaching for the puke bag.

Ellen DeGeneres (a vegan) interviewed Lady Gaga in her disgusting meat dress and despite her obvious disgust, she gave the beef-clad woman, the opportunity to explain her ‘fashion statement'.

You may watch the full interview here: http://www.alisonbezzina.com/tasteless-meat-lady-gaga/

This is what Gaga had to say for herself:

"Well, it is certainly no disrespect to anyone that is vegan or vegetarian. As you know, I am the most judgment-free human being on the earth, however, it has many interpretations, but for me this evening ... if we don't stand up for what we believe in and if we don't fight for our rights, pretty soon we're going to have as much rights as the meat on our own bones. And I am not a piece of meat."

Gaga also went on to explain that the dress was in fact a political statement in solidarity with the soldiers who were thrown out of the army due to the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy that is about to be rebutted in the US. She said "It is a devastation to me that I know my fans who are gay ... feel like they have governmental oppression on them. That's actually why I wore the meat tonight."

I don't know about you, but there is no way that I can stretch my thinking, and even less, my tolerance, that far, and I'm pretty sure that not many animal lovers, let alone vegans, will buy into her hullabaloo.

Didn't she, or her stylist realise that the meat outfit contradicts her frog dress? How can you be against wearing fur and then go around wearing lumps of decomposing meat? Didn't they realise that you can't possibly get one without removing the other?

I guess the one good thing that came out of this charade was that according to PETA the moment Lady Gaga's interview with Ellen was over, the amount of vegetarian and vegan starter kits that were downloaded from their website shot up tremendously.

Oh and if any of you are still sceptic and wondering if it was really made out of real raw meat, rest assured that it was. According to its designer Franc Fernandez, who if you ask me deserves to be whipped, it was made from real meat from his family butcher!