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Kate Upton's Mercedez-Benz commercial, in which football players washing a car watch her twirl her hair and then she says "you missed a spot," is getting complaints from Parents Television Council for "selling sexual objectification" instead of cars. Well, sure. But why this Kate Upton gig? And why this commercial of a girl who washes a car and then says, "You missed a spot?" [Fashionologie]