Beauty Contest, is it all that necessary?
Published December 16, 2004
Miss Peru, 20 year old Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia, was crowned Miss World 2004 on December 5 in China, among 107 contenstants from all over the world. That may be a good news to many people across the world, but for many reasons that could also be depressing news for other women.
The question is, "Is the holding of yearly beauty contest a necessary thing to do?" What is beauty? Is it the mind, from the heart or the face? I'm not jealous because a woman has been crowned the most beautiful woman in the world. But the significance of this question is the way women feel.
To me, there are so many women physically disfigured through some sort of illness or naturally born with deformity or handicap, who may feel somehow psychologically depressed or rejected in the society when they watch things like "Beauty Contests".
Scientists have come out with modern inventions in technology but no one has created a human and put breath in him yet. So why should a panel of judges sit down to classify one as beautiful and the other ugly? However a woman looks, society must accept and give her the respect she needs.
In my own opinion "Beauty Contest" is meaningless. The late Princess Diana was one of the most prettiest women who ever lived, but according to newspapers but she was a woman suffering in silence before her untimely death. If beauty had played an all-important role in her life, and had given her all the happiness she was looking for from her wayward husband, Prince Charles, she might be alive today.
- Beauty Contest, is it all that necessary?
- Published: December 16, 2004
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- Writer: Joel Savage
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Not just beauty contests. The focus on physical perfection lies in all the elements of modern culture.
Anyway, those who feel depressed by watching such shows are victims of inferiority complex, the reasons for which are much more comprehensive than just their physical appearance. People with inferiority complex would feel bad about themselves regardless of what they see on TV or elsewhere.
It's sad, but life goes on...
good point Animesh - I tend to look at things like this as an opportunity for those involved rather than a negative for those who aren't, but it's good to be reminded there are other ways of looking at things
Besides the eye candy, I think the elaborate structure and conventions of rituals like beauty contests are fascinating and actually quite funny
It seems to me that whenever I do stumble across one of these pageants on TV they judges never seem to pick the same winner as I do. So it is in the eye of the beholder.
Dear Blogcritics, thanks for your comments on the above subject. I do simply write most of the time, when I feel to do so, without expecting any encouraging and interesting comments like yours. Thanks. Joel.
"Personality" contests MY FOOT.
Do you think "personality" resides only in those with a pretty exterior?
If they are indeed personality contests, there should also be women with a large figure, or those with a less flawless complexion, etc. etc.
They are more like "Lets see who can pile on most make-up to look flawless and come up with sufficienlty convincing statements of aiming for 'World Peace' and all that c-r-a-p"
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very provocative questions and humane thoughts, Joel, and your writing in English has improved immensely. Thanks and highest regards!