Koucchan said: Makes me wonder if such contacts exists in real life.
Can you imagine how big the eyes of those big-eyed cam whores will get?!
Apparently they are real and are called "circle lenses." Going by this New York Times article from 2010 they're illegal to be sold in the US without a prescription, but of course still being sold without it and gaining popularity at the time of the article.
Well even if it wasn't as appealing, the characters did describe her as "creepy." Though she really didn't give off that much of a creepy vibe in the anime as she did in the manga.