No, not at her answer. I expected as much from a beauty contestant. I'm appalled because it's 2009 and there is still a beauty pageant on television.
Monday, April 20, 2009
This video is appalling!
Miss California tells Miss USA judge Perez Hilton that she thinks marriage should be between a man and a woman. I am appalled!
No, not at her answer. I expected as much from a beauty contestant. I'm appalled because it's 2009 and there is still a beauty pageant on television.
No, not at her answer. I expected as much from a beauty contestant. I'm appalled because it's 2009 and there is still a beauty pageant on television.
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You are so right! We should really do away with these things. Not just on television, but altogether.
ReplyDeleteAn observation ... I looked at the article and video that you posted, and I think that Miss California looks EXACTLY like the winner. Aside from the obvious implications of the big blond hair, capped teeth and humongous jeweled earrings, their similarities make me wonder whether California's answer didn't have something to do with her losing the pageant.
And if THAT's the case, is that a statement about the urgency of same-sex marriage and gay rights? That even in a platform that represents all that is backwards in this country, you still need to be forward-looking?
I'm sorry ladies but I have to disagree, and here's why: As a former educator, I know that some individuals are not what most people would categorize as "smart." They don't read well, can't grasp concepts easily, and don't excel at anything inside the traditional classroom. As I write this, I'm thinking about a former student of mine, let's call her April, who replied "blue" when I asked her her birthday. Confused, I asked her if she'd heard my question. I said, "April dear, I asked your birthday" and she replied "Miss Kelley dear, I asked your birthday." I am not kidding. I never handed a graded paper back to April without having bled ALL over it. She simply did not perform well in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteBut, April was probably the most beautiful little girl I've ever seen in my life. She had the largest, sage green eyes. And her dark lashes were...let's see here, I'm no expert at guessing measurements but I'd say her lashes were about a city block long! I found it difficult to not just sit in class and stare at her all day. Yes, she was that beautiful.
And whenever April got Fs on her math tests and 10%s on her homework assignments, I found solace in knowing that at least she was pretty, at least she could get a job as a model or as a rich man's wife.
Should only "smart" people have access to wealth and/or a cush lifestyle? Should doctors and lawyers and professors and business owners be the only individuals regarded as special? I don't think so! For those individuals who are not "smart" I strongly feel that they should be allowed to earn millions as models, earn millions as athletes, earn thousands as high-priced escorts, earn millions as we-made-fools-of-ourselves-on-American-Idol-now-we're-rich people.
I know I'm getting a bit long winded here, so here's my last thought on the matter. In a country with so many staggeringly fat people, with so many folks who have leather for skin because they spend their days baking in the sun, it's a hell of an accomplishment to be thin and pretty enough to even enter a beauty contest!
I have to admit that I did not watch the pageant. I also have to admit that I have not extensively followed the aftermath of Miss California's comments as well. However, I have heard little bits of the back and forth between her and the judge. A thought that comes to mind for me questions the issue of judgment. Is Miss USA (or any other pageant-type competitor), supposed to be judged for her opinion, or for how well she expresses it?
ReplyDeleteI’m no beauty pageant connoisseur, but it sounds as though Miss. California was penalized for having an answer contrary to that of one of the judges. So, no matter how eloquently she may have answered the question, her answer would have been less than sufficient unless she voiced that she is pro-same sex marriage.
Is it fair for a judge to deduct points because someone has a different view than theirs? What if the statistician deleted points from Yao Ming every time he scored a basket because he was in disagreement with the policies of China? Or, what if a teacher refuses to give a student a well-deserved “A” on a paper because the student’s position is contrary to the professor? Mind you, the student covered every base regarding qualitative and quantitative research, documented appropriately and was grammatically flawless in the paper’s presentation.
The point is this, the overall objective of the judge in these beauty pageants is to evaluate technical skill (as in speech) and beauty. As the statistician’s job is to document the facts, (2 points is 2 points), the teacher’s job is to evaluate the effectiveness of a student meeting assignment requirements, (the paper was flawlessly written, regardless of the student’s position), beauty pageant judges should evaluate based on technical skill and beauty, not personal biases.