Miss Universe Pageant
May 30th 2007 09:28
Okay, so Miss Japan won. That everybody knows. But the rest I had to see for myself - in parts, admittedly - cos I didn’t watch the whole thing.
Because this is the land of Oz, we haven’t sent he pageant til it was on today at the same time as Dr Phil. So it was all new to me; who won and who fell over and who had a shaved head.
And my sister asked me an interesting question, actually. She wondered if I was for or against the universe and America pageants at all. And, after thinking about it, I still wasn’t sure. I mean, good looking women are nice to look at, its kind of the point, but is there goodness in it past that? I THINK there is. As far as I know, winners of said pageants tend to do charity events and actually illicit some good changes or movements or fundraisers for various needy and underprivileged people. So, ultimately, it’s a good thing, I suppose you’d have to say.
And I get when people say it’s a meat-market and its misogynistic and wrong and perverse and all these things. I mean, it’s a contest about attractiveness, it makes sense people would say that about it. But my main defense against that argument is: but the women CHOOSE to participate. They’re not forced or pressured (okay, maybe pressured by their scary mums or something), but as far as we can tell it is their choice that they are in the competition.
And I figure if that’s what they want to do with their lives and that’s how they believe they can help make the world better, then good on them. You go girl, sort of thing.
But, okay, so we’re past the ‘should they, shouldn’t they’ portion of the rant, my next point is that although beautiful and amazing-looking, I’m almost always disappointed by the women that get the highest placings. I mean, I get that it isn’t just looks, and I get that it is ENTIRELY subjective and biased and completely dependant on the judges personal preferences, but it annoys me that their preferences on what is good looking never line up with MY preferences.
I mean, like I said, they’re all attractive women, no one is contesting that. But there is that difference when anybody looks at anybody, between thinking someone is good looking, and actually being attracted to them. You know? That difference? Its like being able to appreciate the symmetry or colour of a beautiful piece of art, but not actually wanting to look at it all day. With art you are ATTRACTED to, you feel you could look at it for ages. It’s the same with members of the opposite sex.
And it’s kind of disappointing, but kind of enlightening, because I’m learning exactly what I find attractive in a woman, like the exact kind of look. And I realized the ladies in all the pageant are entirely too OBVIOUSLY good looking. Like, NOBODY could say they weren’t good looking. And I realized I tend to like women who are more the sort of woman who looks pretty girl-next-doorish, attractive but not a stunner, but then you look at her closer and there’s something in her eyes, or her smile, that just grabs you and that’s it – you’re hooked.
But, you know, that’s a very personal thing. And I did think Miss Japan was attractive and good on her for winning. I also thought Miss Tanzania (which I like to pronounce ‘tan-zane-ee-ah’, just cos it’s fun, like all the people there are so much more zaney than the rest of us and they all have tans) was very pretty. It was interesting to see a contestant with so little hair, mostly cos she was still an attractive woman.
Hmm, interesting.
Oh, and if anyone feels I’m being offensive with this post, please point it out to me, cos I’m not meaning to be at all. I just find the idea of a contest based on something as subjective as ‘What’s your favourite colour?’ to be pretty interesting.
Because this is the land of Oz, we haven’t sent he pageant til it was on today at the same time as Dr Phil. So it was all new to me; who won and who fell over and who had a shaved head.
And my sister asked me an interesting question, actually. She wondered if I was for or against the universe and America pageants at all. And, after thinking about it, I still wasn’t sure. I mean, good looking women are nice to look at, its kind of the point, but is there goodness in it past that? I THINK there is. As far as I know, winners of said pageants tend to do charity events and actually illicit some good changes or movements or fundraisers for various needy and underprivileged people. So, ultimately, it’s a good thing, I suppose you’d have to say.
And I get when people say it’s a meat-market and its misogynistic and wrong and perverse and all these things. I mean, it’s a contest about attractiveness, it makes sense people would say that about it. But my main defense against that argument is: but the women CHOOSE to participate. They’re not forced or pressured (okay, maybe pressured by their scary mums or something), but as far as we can tell it is their choice that they are in the competition.
And I figure if that’s what they want to do with their lives and that’s how they believe they can help make the world better, then good on them. You go girl, sort of thing.
But, okay, so we’re past the ‘should they, shouldn’t they’ portion of the rant, my next point is that although beautiful and amazing-looking, I’m almost always disappointed by the women that get the highest placings. I mean, I get that it isn’t just looks, and I get that it is ENTIRELY subjective and biased and completely dependant on the judges personal preferences, but it annoys me that their preferences on what is good looking never line up with MY preferences.
I mean, like I said, they’re all attractive women, no one is contesting that. But there is that difference when anybody looks at anybody, between thinking someone is good looking, and actually being attracted to them. You know? That difference? Its like being able to appreciate the symmetry or colour of a beautiful piece of art, but not actually wanting to look at it all day. With art you are ATTRACTED to, you feel you could look at it for ages. It’s the same with members of the opposite sex.
And it’s kind of disappointing, but kind of enlightening, because I’m learning exactly what I find attractive in a woman, like the exact kind of look. And I realized the ladies in all the pageant are entirely too OBVIOUSLY good looking. Like, NOBODY could say they weren’t good looking. And I realized I tend to like women who are more the sort of woman who looks pretty girl-next-doorish, attractive but not a stunner, but then you look at her closer and there’s something in her eyes, or her smile, that just grabs you and that’s it – you’re hooked.
But, you know, that’s a very personal thing. And I did think Miss Japan was attractive and good on her for winning. I also thought Miss Tanzania (which I like to pronounce ‘tan-zane-ee-ah’, just cos it’s fun, like all the people there are so much more zaney than the rest of us and they all have tans) was very pretty. It was interesting to see a contestant with so little hair, mostly cos she was still an attractive woman.
Hmm, interesting.
Oh, and if anyone feels I’m being offensive with this post, please point it out to me, cos I’m not meaning to be at all. I just find the idea of a contest based on something as subjective as ‘What’s your favourite colour?’ to be pretty interesting.
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