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Last night Miranda Kerr walked the David Jones runway for the Spring/Summer fashion launch. She wore this:

Jennifer Hawkins at the Myer Spring/Summer 2012 Fashion Launch in Sydney

She looks pretty awesome. There’s no question about that.

But as news websites everywhere gush over the shade of her lipstick, the cut of the white swimsuit and the presence or otherwise of her wedding ring… we were thinking something else: How come she doesn’t get camel toe?

It’s not that we’re shallow. Oh no. We have also discussed many other things on Mamamia today including this, this and this.

This particular swimsuit appears to be very tight. Which is generally the case for all bathing suits/bikinis/swimmers/budgie smugglers/togs/whatever you like to call the thing you wear when you head to the beach. But this one is also white. And it’s being modelled in front of a few thousand of people all of whom have cameras. Hundreds of whom have powerful magnifying lenses.

The intricacies of how lingerie and swimsuit models keeps that area smooth as she strides down the runway, is worth some brief consideration in an otherwise busy day filled with issues that are actually important.

And we think this might be the answer:

Introducing The Smooth Groove. Named as such because it smooths the groooooooove.

Check out these crotch changing before-and-after pics:

cameltoe Just quietly: how do models deal with THIS?

Is this the solution?

The SmoothGroove . was born because one British woman was frustrated at the lack of “camel toe solutions” on the market and decided to design her own. (Does it remind anyone else of a shoe horn? Just us?)

Smooth groove Just quietly: how do models deal with THIS?

The Smooth Groove.

According to the company’s website “a staggering 55% of women, irrespective of age, size or weight, experience camel toe at some point in their lives”. That’s a pretty staggering percentage indeed.

Is this more proof that marketers are having a laugh at us or is the Smooth Groove filling an, um, niche?

 

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61 Comments so far

  1. cindymyers

    I would never wear that. I think its a joke thing. I love showing my cameltoe when Im in my gym clothes. I see guys checking it out all the time. LOL.

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  2. Swimmer

    Why would models use that? Camel toe is just as natural as cleavage or butt, which are areas that many women even enhance. If you start hiding your camel toe then you might as well minimize your breasts and butt so no one can see them either.

    I am a woman, and I have a crotch as intended for women. If it shows then it shows. I am not embarrassed of it any more than I’m embarrassed of having breasts and a butt.

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  3. Steph

    It’s a box for your box.

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  4. Anon

    The design on The Smooth Groove looks like a fat penis. The head of the penis at the top of the pic. Can you see it??

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  5. ash

    Models do not use that. I’ve been a model for over ten years and done countless David Jones shows. We just don’t use that.

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  6. Anon

    I think if you have some public hair you don’t get camel toe (as there is some natural thatching/ padding).

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  7. another fab single woman

    Legendary costume designer Edith Head once said, “Your dresses should be tight enough to show you’re a woman and loose enough to show you’re a lady.”

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  8. Anonymous

    Maybe her vagina is so toned and taut she does not get camel toe!

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    • another fab single woman

      You mean vulva, yes? The vagina is the inside passageway!

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      • Molly Ringwald, no not that one

        Oh, sweet Jesus, here we go again with vagina vs vulva. I think we all knew what Anon was talking about, sheez.

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        • Anon

          Yes, let it go another single woman!

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          • another fab single woman

            Uh, yeah OK good idea. An anonymous person told me to pack up my opinion on an open forum, I’m gonna do THAT! *laughing HARD*

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            • Aon

              LET IT GO!

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      • dion

        i prefer to call them my please hole. or my sperm depository

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  9. Missy

    Reminds me of the ‘camel toe cup.’ Google it…. This could be good for girls who walk around in ‘mumblers’ even outside the gym. They are called this because: “You can see the lips move, but you can’t hear what they’re saying.”

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  10. Missy

    Hahaha… reminds me of the ‘camel toe cup.’ Google it.

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  11. Maxie

    Pity someone hadn’t handed out a few SmoothGrooves to our female Olympians, particularly the cyclists. Definite need for a redesign of those outfits. Lots of the other countries had a dark colour on the bottom half, we had yellow. Sort of highlighted the body shapes.

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    • TG

      Oh, give them a break! Anna just won gold for Australia. Those girls, yellow bottoms or otherwise, are sexy, fit, confident women, and are great role models.

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      • Anonymous

        It doesn’t matter what colour – cyclists pants will almost always give the appearance of a camel toe due to the padding. Being a cyclist, I would much prefer the false camel toe than the real effects of not wearing the padding!!

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    • savannahofaus

      Because yes, the way our female athletes look is the most important thing.

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  12. TotesAnon

    As my boyfriend pointed out (he got a bit jealous of me looking at photos of Miranda Kerr in a swimsuit and all of a sudden got interested!) – its clearly built into the fabric design of the swimsuit so that it sits that way.

    I have to agree- swimsuits are built amazingly nowadays, doubt anyone needs such a gadget for such an expensive swimsuit!

    P.s I also think this looks like an advertisement for SmoothGroove. And if it isn’t- they should be sending a box of samples your way for excellent product placement!

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  13. Laura

    Ah… Mamamia, you need to research a bit more.. she has a camel toe in this picture of her on DJs facebook page
    http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=515037598510531&set=a.515037078510583.136146.233154863365474&type=1&theater

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  14. TeeMac

    Classic post. I love that you go ‘there’.

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  15. @8footerz

    Having grown up in the cameltoed 70s with everything from tight jeans to tight bikinis & no bra etc.. i am dismayed at how women now hide their breast shape, live in fear of pokie nipples & heaven forbid have a front bottom to admire = wtf? No wonder there is so much surgery & body image issues nowadays with all this sensationalised garbage dumped on womankind !

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  16. Jamie

    Hooray! Now we can all shove a miniaturised shoehorn into our knickers and pretend we don’t have a vagina!

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  17. Anonymous

    Well, given that Miranda is so ‘perfect’ at everything else (‘I gave birth naturally without pain relief, I’m such a hero’), I’d say it’s highly unlikely she would ever get camel toe and would therefore not need to use this. No doubt she will tell all about it and atribute it to two tablespoons of coconut oil a day, some noni juice and an organic diet. Oh and the use of overpriced Kora products.

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  18. AJ

    It does happen to models

    http://www.okmagazine.com/photos/hot-shots/miranda-kerr-dazzles-david-jones-fashion-show-sydney?page=6

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    • tara

      Oh wow. Proof that she’s not wearing a smoothgroove, right there.

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    • AnonyMum

      Hahahahaha! That’s hilarious :)

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  19. savannahofaus

    “Camel toe solutions” is really not a phrase I expected to hear today. Or, in fact, ever.

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  20. hellburger

    LOVE Jessica Gomes’ outfit – anyone know who the designer is?

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  21. Nadia

    This looks like an advertisement for smooth groove to me.

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  22. jamilarizvi

    Hi everyone,

    Our spam filter has gone into serious overdrive today and it driving us a little batty. We’re finding and restoring your comments as soon as we can and we WILL get to them all, I promise. Please be patient if your comment doesn’t appear immediately the way it usually would.

    Jamila

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    • amyspeak

      Thanks for letting us know Jamila – I thought I was going mad for a minute there!

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  23. laurie

    Wow camel toe so its finally come to this? Took me a while to work out what you meant…thanks for the photo now I know…Is it the brazilians? Is this a new phenomenon? Does having pubic hair mean this doesn’t happen?

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  24. Margs

    Miranda looks amazing. I just hoovered a lemon curd cup cake and lots of icing from the bowl. Can you do that then look as good as Miranda in a white swimsuit?

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    • Ellie

      Nope, and I choose the cupcake!!

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  25. Noelle

    We’re still doing the fake tan thing, aren’t we?

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  26. Anonymous

    I don’t get camel toe when I wear a one piece, I don’t know why Miranda would when she only has to wear it for a minute or two.

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  27. Shazza

    We don’t squeeze mens bits into a mould when on the catwalk so why are we hiding womens? Just asking.

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    • Cg

      After the olympics I reckon there’s someone out there who’s about to make a bucket load out of mad-restraints!

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  28. Margs

    Miranda looks amazing. I just hoovered a delicious lemon curd cup cake and lots of icing from a bowl. Can you do that then look as good as Miranda in a white bathing suit?

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  29. Betty Boop

    Ewwww, I can’t imagine wearing that ‘shoehorn’ in my pants.

    Miranda Kerr doesn’t have camel toe because what she’s wearing doesn’t have a seam along the groove. Simple.

    Best solution to avoid camel toe is to purchase pants that actually fit properly and don’t have a seam that pulls tight right along the groove.

    Or was this post just an ‘advertorial’ for SmothGroove?

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  30. maggie

    I have this problem when ever I wear a swim suit! It is partly the reason I now don’t go swimming anymore, at all, or own a bathing suit.

    - Sorry is this is a double up, my other post seemed not to work!

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  31. Miss White

    I’ve often wondered this myself. The mind boggles

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  32. anonimouse

    Lol .. it took me a moment or three to work out what camel toe was.

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  33. Angelina Ballerina

    Duct tape could work too.
    It would serve the double purpose of freshening up your Brazilian when removed.

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    • nadezh

      Thank you for that mental image and for helping me discover the ability to wince and laugh simultaneously.

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    • Donsie

      Duct tape, that’s hilarious.

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  34. Haven Maven

    My money is on her having a plastic mound, like Ken :P

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  35. Sweets

    My big tip: having pubic hair will ensure you avoid instances of camel toe!

    Hence I never have that problem :D

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  36. Sweets

    My big tip is: having pubic hair avoids camel toe! Hence I never have that problem :D

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  37. h5mao

    Wow

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  38. Mia

    These girls must have a seriously good laser/waxing situation going on. Imagine that level of bikini line scrutiny.
    *shudders*

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  39. anon

    Just looking at all the photos here, Sarah De Bono has star quality !

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