Spring Break
Pageant contestant meets expectation
Marwa Younis
Issue date: 9/17/07 Section: Forum
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Do contestants have any sincere interest in feeding the children of Africa? Some may, but it is sad to know these girls are being coached and trained to respond to the final question using a number of buzz words.
It is evident in the way they carry themselves when answering the question.
Her answer reveals a lot about the process of the beauty pageant. When someone is passionate about something it is clear. But the space in Miss South Carolina's eyes did not convince me.
I don't think she is stupid. All contestants need a cause to join a pageant. Do the majority of them really care? There are many ways to fight for a cause; a beauty pageant does not count as one of them. It is designed to be self-serving.
So, the question took her for a spin, and she bombed miserably.
I feel sad for girls who were never trained to think on their own, but instead follow a specific protocol of words and beauty pageant jargon. She tried, and she bombed.
I still applaud her for showing her face the very next morning on the Today Show taking another stab at answering the question rather successfully.
myounis@unews.com
It is evident in the way they carry themselves when answering the question.
Her answer reveals a lot about the process of the beauty pageant. When someone is passionate about something it is clear. But the space in Miss South Carolina's eyes did not convince me.
I don't think she is stupid. All contestants need a cause to join a pageant. Do the majority of them really care? There are many ways to fight for a cause; a beauty pageant does not count as one of them. It is designed to be self-serving.
So, the question took her for a spin, and she bombed miserably.
I feel sad for girls who were never trained to think on their own, but instead follow a specific protocol of words and beauty pageant jargon. She tried, and she bombed.
I still applaud her for showing her face the very next morning on the Today Show taking another stab at answering the question rather successfully.
myounis@unews.com
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