What are they thinking? They should have their own contest someplace else, like Baghdad or Kabul or Austin. Let my queens be. Let them strut their modified bods, sing fourth rate versions of Celine Dion songs, and speak inarticulately of rainbows and hand holding and world peace. Ah, peace. I'm not down with V.O.D., I'm up with P-E-A-C-E. Peace! That's what it's all about. And hot ass. Is that so wrong? Peace and hot ass! Hot South American ass, as they are always strong contestants in the competition. I still dream of Ninibeth Leal, Miss Venzuela, 1991. Oh, how I am filled with dreams of her beauty and funny American accent. The Miss World pageant must not be moved! The beauty pageant united will never be defeated! We shall overcome, my dawgs and dawgettes! So violence, put away your guns! Oppression, put away your intolerance! Death, put away your bikini, black is not back, and especially not on the stage of Miss World!
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Article comments
1 - Anne
First, three things: it's scary how Islamofacsists think, make no mistake. I'm also frightened by the left-leaning people who sympathize with these terrorists. And I want to look good and feel good about myself, make no mistake. It's a matter of self-respect.
So, on with my point: heaven forbid you be a homely woman. Maybe you'll never look like a beauty pageant winner, because that's just not who you are. But this doesn't make you any less of a person. Maybe you're just striving to achieve your own goals in life, to pursue what's true to you even if it differs from the norm. But if you have a brain, you'll be spared the morons who think that a woman must be attractive in a narrowly defined way.
And by the way, I'm all for handsomeness pageants. Cheesecake cuts both ways.
2 - Eric Olsen
Right on, on all counts Anne: I think thee aren't beauty pageants for men because women get to choose men (in our culture) in the real world and pageants give the satisfaction of reversing the process. In addition a male contest based upon beauty is too "faggy" unless it is under the pretense of body building or something "manly" like that.
3 - Anne
Yes, that's what the "Mr. Universe" contests seem to be about really. I'm glad you understand where I'm coming from. :)