HOWEVER fair in face and figure he might be, no 16-year-old boy should be encouraged to become a public sex symbol (Citizen, June 24).

If Leon Galston must publicise his physique let him use it positively, not only as a mere photographed model but also as a televised or video-taped athlete.

He might perform creditably in some new dynamic sport - for instance, as a dance wrestler or as a body boxer.

In this way, Leon would avoid becoming a mere pin-up or page-three boy and might instead help to popularise sport among healthy people.

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