My thoughts on…Miss Universe 2007
As we all know, (especially the women), the Miss Universe 2007 pageant took place Sunday night. I tell you, normally in Jamaica everyone would be buzzing with excitement over the pageant. Nowadays, it seems as if people couldn’t care less. I guess it seems as if the euphoria for Lisa Hanna’s win has finally died down. I myself have stopped my habit of watching beauty pageants such as these, as well as Victoria’s Secret’s fashion shows. Why you may ask? Why would you deprive yourself of the indescribable pleasure of gazing at some of the most beautiful women on Earth? Because I won’t be able to get any of them, that’s why, and with that fact in mind, watching them is like torture. And don’t say, “Leon, yes you can. All you need to do is try hard enough.” Please. You’ll need to make seven figures a year just to get a shot at their numbers, worse they’ve gotten nominated to this level.
Anyway, enough about my unrealized fantasies. I didn’t catch much of it to be honest. My dad was channel surfing and saw the competition. I think we caught the semi-finals. We were eagerly searching for Miss Jamaica, but she was nowhere to be found. During the selection process, Miss Brazil was chosen, and dad said, “Why do they always choose those coolie girls?” You’ll have to forgive my father. He isn’t the most politically correct man. But he does have a point. Most Miss Universe winners tend to have the same look. Long, flowing hair, slender physiques, straight noses, legs for miles and other European features. Against such expectations, I wonder if Misses Jamaica and Tanzania really stood a chance or were destined to fail from the start, being no more than passing quirks.
This pageant was more eventful than most (I heard), as Miss USA slipped and fell and was jeered by the Mexicans, (couldn’t they have left the immigration debate out of it?) Miss Sweden declined on the grounds that it “debases women.” Most feminists aren’t hot, so she probably wouldn’t have won anyway. And Miss Mexico had some brutal images of some longtime religious uprising. Surprisingly, they were found to be in bad taste. Congrats to Miss Japan, 20-year old Riyo Mori. As a child, her grandma wanted her to win the crown before she turned 20. Glad to see both their dreams realized. Gives you a little motivation to pursue your own. Hope you represent your country and the title well.
All of them looked like clones of one another..the biggest sham was Miss Angola, cuz only maybe 1% of Angolians look like her….
I didn’t see Miss Ja either! unfair.
i hate pageants as well…the women seem too fake.
The only think that interested me was that Miss Japan won and Miss USA almost killed herself.
I mentioned this on another blog but maybe Jamaica should go back to their old way of choosing beauty queens. This might sound politically incorrect but Jamaica had it’s successes when the ‘brownings’ represented. I appreciate that the sponsors want to appear inclusive but they have to accept the realities of what the rest of the world perceives as beauty.
@ Crankyputz… Miss Angola wasn’t a sham. It doesn’t really matter that only 1% of Angolans look like that. If she is Angolan, she is Angolan. If she is beautiful, she is beautiful! that is all that matters. Why do people feel that the beauty pageant delegate has to look like the rest of the country she represents? Where is it written that this must be so?
@ Anonymous : If Jamaica just picks the most beautiful girl, eventually they will have women in the top ten. It doesn’t matter if the woman is a browning or if she’s black. If the girl is the most beautiful, then pick her. Thats it.
@ Leon : What do you mean, you can’t get any of them? Leon, do you really believe that you couldn’t chat to Zahra Redwood? If not, why not? She is just another girl, (albeit a rather pretty one) you know! The only thing stopping you is whether or not you are on your game. Some men are intimidated by beautiful women, but if they were able to get past that, they could well get the girls! I don’t think she will be that focussed upon money when looking for a man. I know her father and I would be surprised if she was raised that way.
I looked at the whole thing.I knew Miss Tanzania was not making the final 5 after that disater of a evening gown.Still kudos to her for g etting that far.And yeah Miss Angola definitely shoulda be in the final