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* [[Internet Backdraft]]:
** Fan support for a female Shepard was so great that [[BioWare]] decided to give her default appearance a redesign, held a contest and asked fans to pick one out of six possible designs. When the blonde Shepard started winning by a huge margin, accusations started flying around that the entire contest was a "beauty pageant" and people were accused of automatically picking the cliched Barbie-lookalike. [[Unfortunate Implications|All this stemming from hair color]]. To wit, her face is identical to two of other options and the rest ''very'' similar, two of the extolled "diverse" options both had loose hanging hair, and all of them had plenty of eye make-up. The controversy seems to completely extend from her hair color. Referenced here in [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/8/3/ Penny Arcade]. The fact that the original default model (i.e. the one a lot of FemShep players used) wasn't even an option was also a factor.
** According to the marketing director, many people picked her for her hairstyle, and not hair color, and a second [https://web.archive.org/web/20111220195841/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/112376-BioWare-Pits-Blonde-Against-Brunette-in-New-FemShep-Poll contest] was created determine her hair color with the red headed FemShep the runaway winner.
** And ''now'' current internet squabbling is over whether the default FemShep in the game actually looks at all like she did in the voted for concept art.
** A piece of tie in media, a Bishoujo representation of Liara in her doctor's uniform, took a lot of flack. This, has resulted in the final model [http://www.destructoid.com/this-liara-t-soni-figurine-remodel-looks-better-right--213798.phtml being more modest]... well, ''[http://gomakemeasandwich.wordpress.com/2011/10/05/open-letter-to-bioware-part-2-i-am-a-female-who-wants-to-give-you-money-for-your-games-please-stop-treating-me-like-shit/ slightly]''.
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