Allow me to start with a disclaimer. I'm really not a fan of beauty pageants, so if you find anything anti-pageant offensive, don't continue reading! :)
This is what I would do:
1. Put up with the boring dress-in-pretty-clothes and perform-weird-things-pretending-that-they-are-talents-that-just-objectify-you-further. I would deal with all of the make-up and other stuff that I frankly hate, just so that I could get to the question period.
2. The dreaded question period. Yes, the one filled with hilarious answers that make lovely youtube videos that will provide humour for ages to come. In this question period, I would, first of all, answer their question semi-intelligently (unless it was an idiotic question like "Would you rather be water or fire?" - yes, that was on a video montage of pageant fails). Then, after that, I would go into an impassioned speech criticizing pageants. Why? Let's see. It's total objectification of women. They can pretend that they're looking for an intelligent and talented woman to win, but, really, they're highlighting the idea that beauty is the most important aspect of a woman. Seriously? Are we still doing that now? Come on! It's so sickening. Do we really want to teach those values to our society? I know I don't. And, if we want any more proof that this is just about physical appearance, look at the categories! I'm fairly certain that there's a swimsuit category. I even saw a few clips of these poor women having to answer their questions while still dressed in swimsuits. So, yes, this just sounds like an excuse to get women 90% naked on television for people to gawk at.
I'm pretty sure they would fire me from pageants forever, but I can't say that I'd mind. I think it would be worth it just to make the point that what they're doing is wrong.
-Laura
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