Virgin Mobile's Boob-Flashing Spot Gets Covered Up

Actresses are in their 20s but look younger

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Check out this dreck—a Virgin Mobile commercial from South Africa that was just banned for appearing to sexualize young girls. The ad shows four girls flashing their breasts at a rock star on a red carpet. Three of the girls soon pull their shirts down, but a fourth is stuck in place, as she is apparently a wind-up toy who has stopped turning. "We know what running out of airtime feels like," says the idiot copy.

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