Wonder Woman Dropped as UN Envoy

"The United Nations said Tuesday it has decided to end the use of the DC Comic's heroine Wonder Woman in a campaign to promote empowerment for women and girls.

Although the UN did not give any specific reasons for the sudden decision to end the role, some 45,000 people have signed an online petition - started by UN staffers - asking UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to abandon using the fictional character for the campaign...

In the petition protesters argued that 'although the original creators may have intended Wonder Woman to represent a strong and independent "warrior" woman with a feminist message, the reality is that the character's current iteration is that of a large breasted, white woman of impossible proportions.'

The protest also took issue with Wonder Woman's skimpy outfit, arguing that the world might not embrace a scantily clad character in a thigh-baring body suit with an American flag motif and knee high boots...

A carefully choreographed ceremony was marred by some 50 UN staffers protesting by the visitors' entrance to the UN, who then went inside the Economic and Social Council chamber and silently turned their back to the stage during the opening speech, some with their fists in the air..."