Gabe Newell Was Second Place in Victoria's Secret Contest

John Funk

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Gabe Newell Was Second Place in Victoria's Secret Contest



Voters showed an appreciation for the voluptuous form of Valve's Gabe Newell in the Victoria's Secret "Love Your Body By Victoria" contest, propelling him to the No.2 place before his entry was deemed ineligible.

Somehow I imagine that Victoria's Secret didn't quite have these results in mind when it launched its "Love Your Body by Victoria [http://www.bodybyvictoria.com/#/Home]" contest to send an amateur model (and Victoria's Secret connoisseur) to New York City for three days. But then again, it was its own fault for running a contest on the Internet:

Amidst all the buxom, underwear-clad would-be models on the site, one leading entry stood out from the rest - Valve managing director Gabe Newell [http://www.bodybyvictoria.com/#/Gallery/7656] certainly had a, uh, larger presence than any of the others on the list. In fact, with a whopping current vote total of 31827, he stood at second place in the popular vote.

As the TIME Person of the Year polls [http://kotaku.com/5345547/gabe-newell-was-victorias-secrets-no-2-body]) back in April.

"I love my body. I don't let anyone get me down about it," reads the quote on Newell's entry. "If someone says a hurtful comment, I just push it back." Classy, guys. Real classy.

Though Newell's page (and presumably moot's as well) still exist and have not had their vote totals wiped, the contest runners presumably caught onto the shenanigans, deemed Newell (who was clearly not wearing a bra at all, much less a Victoria's Secret design) ineligible, and removed him from the active entries.

Sorry, Gabe. Better luck next time.

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Uncompetative

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I wonder how long it will take someone to Photoshop a picture of him modeling Victoria Secret lingerie.

Who knows he may wear a Sports Bra as it is, to reduce painful chafing.
 

scnj

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He lost poker, he's lost this. What's he gonna lose next (apart from a fair chunk of the Left 4 Dead fanbase).
 

Chicago Ted

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This goes against what democracy stands for! Stuffing ballot boxes is a completely legitimate strategy!
 

IrrelevantTangent

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This was just kind of nasty. I know that's what 4chan does and all, but really, guys? Really? This is what you spend your spare time doing? When you could be pooling your collective brainpower to something more useful, like a cure to swine flu? :p
 

War Penguin

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Huh. I like Gabe Newell and it's a shame he didn't win but the thought about him in Victoria's Secret gives me the jibblies.
EDIT: Sorry, Gabe.
 

Kollega

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Believe me,if Newell's entry wasn't pulled,he would have won yet another award which he completely deserves.

Really,that's both funny and kinda disturbing.