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Analysis

Fashion

Compassion
HOTELMargaretteDriscollonthestarsofthecompassionindustry
ROOMS were at a premium in town 10 days ago, but that proved no impediment to Bianca Jagger as she
sailed into the middle of the war zone. "Dark eyes sparkling with fury" (Mail on Sunday), "not afraid to get her
handsdirty"(Daily
Express), BiancaunleashedamajorLatincharmoffensiveontheassembledofficersoftheUN,

commandeering
satellite phones, helicopters, armoured cars and a room at the hotel, which had been so

overcrowdedthatseasonedreliefworkersandjournalistsweresleepingincorridorsand,moredangerously,intheir

cars.

In between
giving worldwide news networks snappy sound bites of her views from the hotel roof ("the most evil

andcruelwarIhaveeverseen"),BiancaJaggertouredahospital,comfortingchildvictims,acquiredatopsecurity

passfromtheUNtoenablehertomeetthecity'smayoranddelivered38tonsofaid.After36hours,sheflewout.

Not so long ago, we were treated to the sight of Iman, the dark, glittering model, in Africa swathed in peasant
robes for
one photograph, sporting jeans and casual shirt for another. The catwalk's "Angel of Africa" wandered
aroundadustytownlookingsoulfullyatthedestitute,spendingeightdaysmakingadocumentaryfortheBBC.

Nobodycandoubtthesincerityofboththesewomen;BiancaJagger,forexample,has,throughyearsofwork,more

than proved
her commitment to human rights. So why is it so oddly disturbing to see such women and they are

legioncarryingouttheircharitablework?Areweguiltyofcynicism?Orisitsomethingaboutthem?

"They" are the Ladies Bountiful of the global village beautiful, monied, internationally mobile, photogenically
caring.There'sglamorousCher,justofftodistributesupplies.There'sthelovelyMarieHelvin,whosponsors"foster

children".CindyCrawfordworrieshergorgeousheadaboutpoliticaloppression.YasminLeBonisconcernedabout

therainforests.

of South America, you can barely move for beautiful people chipping their nail polish on endangered
In parts

hardwoods,and,inAfrica,cuddlinguptowildanimals.TracyWard,theactressandnowMarchionessofWorcester,

startedtryingtosavethetropicalrainforestafterastintonadetectiveTVseries.Asshetellinglyexplained,"Ihad

neverreallyhadthetimeortheknowledge,andsuddenlywhenIhadnoworkIrealisedtherewasaproblem."

But the
women, to give them their due, appear to have more staying power than men. Sting, it was reported last
week, was suffering from disillusion fed up with trying to save the rain forest. (The story was quickly and firmly
deniedinastatementfromSting'soffice.)

Itwasanotherman,BobGeldof,who,aftertheheroiceffortsofLiveAid,coinedthephrase"compassionfatigue".

Asfarasthemorestoicalfemalecelebritiesareconcerned,designerfatiguesaremuchmoretothepoint...

Allthismightsoundlikecarping;itisimpossibletodenythatcelebrityinvolvementdoesdrawpublicattentiontoterrible

situations.Charitieslargeandsmallhavebeenquicktoperceivetheimportanceoftelevisionandnewspapersingettingthe

fundsrollingin,andthereforeofsnappingupthemostinfluentialfaces.Modelsandactresses,usuallyseensteppingoutof

SanLorenzoorMortimer'sinManhattan,translateperfectlysuitablytoggedupinbattlefieldchicontothepagesofthe

tabloids.

is a fine line between helping the aid agencies which are already up and running and simply getting in
But there

theway."Veryoften,whencelebritiesgointothefield,theyfocustheattentionononearea,maybeattheexpense
which are just as needy but don't get the publicity," said David Grubb, executive director of Feed the
of others

Children.

Twohundredyearsago,allthesewomenmighthavebeentrudgingdownthelanefromthemajorhousebearinga

basketofgoodiesforthepoor.Thesedays,theycanjettotheirparticulargoodcauseandwhowoulddenythem

this?pickupmorethanalittlecaringcachetenroute.

By all accounts, professional aid workers often have to bite their lips. I know how it feels. Two years ago,
on a refugee crisis, I stood paralyzed with embarrassment as the aid operation was temporarily
reporting

suspendedtoallowaministerforoverseasdevelopmenttoflyontoamountainforaphotocall,armedwitha
carrier bag full of chocolate bars. Day after day, minor league ministers from other countries were also

helicopteredtoandfro.Theydidhaveanimportantjobtodoinsupervisinggovernmentaid.Butdidtheyhave

tohavetheirphotostaken?

Fashion
compassion has its place, and perhaps it is no bad thingthatsomeoftheladieswholunchhavebecomethe
ladieswholearn.Perhapsifweweremoresuregoon,callmeacynicthattheirconcernwasentirelyforthecause,andin

nowayforthecameras,thatoddlydisturbingfeelingwouldjustfadeaway.