Poet Laureate
Miss USA Takes It Off
- Miss Mississippi (Via ABC News/Miss Universe.)
Before I hit puberty and became a feminist, (or at least occasionally outraged by the media's portrayal of the female body), I loved me some Miss USA Pageant: Earnest big-haired hopefuls strutting in swimsuits, promoting world peace, and waiting to be crowned queen in sequin-saturated prom dresses. For a while, life was perfect, but then I got a real girlfriend, and realized the whole thing was kind of a hokey. Well, check out today's news: Miss USA is suddenly getting hot, hot, hotter. Under the approving gaze of pageant owner Donald Trump, Miss USA contenders must now pose in lingerie if they wish to remain competitive. For kicks, check the contestants page. You wanna know how I feel about this?
Well, for one, I think the Victoria's Secret catalogue already handles the genre fairly well. Thank you, Donald Trump, for helping add to the flesh locker that is the Internet. (Do we really need more girls in fishnets pushing “the ladies” up, and sprawled out on a bed with sexed up hair and smudged eye make-up?) However, I do think there’s a counter argument here: Miss USA is a family affair only if string bikinis and high heels are as well.... But, in the end, the only thing I can see happening here is Trump monopolizing media attention a bit more, and Jezebel posting some ranty articles.
What do you think? Twisted, sexism from the surreal Pageant-industrial complex, ignorable media catnip, or a sweet smorgasbord of babes to choose as your desktop wallpaper?
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how about - finally admitting and wallowing in what pageants have always been in the first place (bikinis & heels, etc.)
Submitted by Butwhatifido on 05.11.10 at 06:52.
oh lordy! i don't even know where to start on this one...
Submitted by urbansherpa on 05.11.10 at 10:14.
ew.
Submitted by vonhottie on 05.11.10 at 10:44.
Has anyone even thought a beauty queen was hot since Vanessa Williams?
Submitted by Evangeline on 05.12.10 at 12:21.
Oh, random note, Vanessa williams lives in my friends building! she's hot!
Submitted by urbansherpa on 05.12.10 at 08:28.
I think its all publicity, and from that point of view, pretty genius.
but, yeah, gross. why pretend pageants are wholesome if you're going to put them in lingerie??
Submitted by sandyliz on 05.12.10 at 09:40.
You know, butwhat, I was thinking the same thing. I can't remember the last time I thought a pageant contestant was simply BANG-IN. Not that they're not pretty/beautiful/etc.
But, stepping away from the "Beauty contests are bad bad bad!" shtick, I could see how lingerie posing could rekindle what I assume to be a dying industry. Good business decision, and I think even the most rampant feminist is still in either "it doesn't matter it's all bad and can't get worse" camp, or the "who cares" camp next door.
Submitted by Mr. Mohawk on 05.12.10 at 09:41.
Life in plastic, it's fantastic! They all look like Victoria's Secret Model Barbie. And they all look just alike. Bo-ring!
Submitted by 100Pounds on 05.12.10 at 01:45.
OK, I just went to the page.
You get to RATE THEM IN LINGERIE???
NOW i'm offended. its effing disgusting.
Submitted by sandyliz on 05.12.10 at 04:42.
NUTS I know! But last I checked they were all rated 2/4 or something. Which could be a combination of fierce competition and angry state pride, yet is also clearly a delusion rating system.
Submitted by Mr. Mohawk on 05.12.10 at 04:48.