VEGANGELICA

AwwSugar! What is it that makes you feel disappointed in Miss Puerto Rico? Is it that she isn't representative of the ethnic diversity of Puerto Rico? Or is her personality not so pleasant for some reason? Or is it just that you don't think she's very attractive?

Really, all the contestants look quite beautiful in their own way, I feel. The whole business of ranking of women (and men) based on beauty has always struck me as rather perverse...like a modern slave auction. Check their teeth! But I 'spose it's "all in good fun," or so the contestants and supporters say. Kind of kinky.

But I think it should be a contest where no make-up is allowed. Seeing these people when they aren't putting on a facade would make it more interesting. Maybe a contest like this: "Okay, 5 minutes after you wake up, we will have the beauty contest!" Heh heh.

Despite that being my opinion of beauty contests, I do feel Miss Indonesia looks very elegant and friendly here, in a posed and poised way:



Quite a bit different than her old look! One benefit of beauty contests, I feel, is that they support women's freedom to choose how they want to appear. Yet the downside is that contests pressure them to appear a certain way (usually high heels, lots of make-up, etc.), plus think excessively about their appearance.

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