Says who? Well, in essence, Donald Trump says who.
The winner of the 2008 Miss Universe Pageant was Miss Venezuela (Dayana Mendoza), making this crown number FIVE for the country that is dabbling with Communist practices and endangering its relationship with Capitalist nations across the world.
Miss Venezuela takes this year's crown
Latinas Make it to the top three
This post, however, will not delve into Venezuela’s politics–I’ll save that one for a later juncture. I would however like to note that I was sorely disappointed with the outcome of the pageant.
At the outset, I’m not going to engage in a feminist rant about how beauty pageants are superficial and unethical. Everyone is, as far as I’m concerned, capable of discerning the fact that these women do anything and everything to look a particular way. This is their job. The average woman does NOT look like this and many of the women that compete in this thing go through extensive dieting/exercise and cosmetic treatments/plastic surgery over a very long period of time. And quite frankly, despite all these efforts, many of them are ugly and/or tacky anyway. By that same token, it may be said that many of them are physically (I repeat, PHYSICALLY) very beautiful. For all we know, these girls could be skanky bitches who sniff coke to get by on their day-to-day.
May I also remind you that with the billions of people living in the world do you honestly think these organizations executed a fair and equal search for candidates? No. They looked amongst the upper middle to disgustingly wealthy class in search of a candidate willing to commit themselves to becoming the ideal candidate.
All of this being said, I thought that the top three finalists were physically good choices–leaving the key differentiator the responses they gave to the final questions posed to them. I was unimpressed with Miss Venezuela’s answer and it’s probably because her English was so horrible. You would think between all the training they undergo, their respective countries could provide them with English tutoring. You don’t have to read or write it for God’s sake…just speak and understand the damn thing!
Miss Universe 2007 (Riyo Mori, Miss Japan), was probably the most impressive part of the entire spectacle. She was the first winner in a long time (I think) who was of an ethnic ancestry/appearance NOT rooted in Europe. In coming out to present the crown she wore a woman’s tuxedo, high heels, and pulled back hair–homegirl was making a statement. I respect that. Especially since the world has come to define a woman’s beauty as having features rooted in European ancestry. Latinas are just able to add the Mestizo/Mulatto spices in the mix, making us look a bit different than our more Anglo-featured competition.
And as for Miss USA busting her ass on stage (again), I think it’s ironically representive of our national fuck-ups in political and foreign affairs in the last 2+ years. And yo, what’s with Jerry Springer and Scary Spice hosting the pageant? Real classy, Trump. Next time, let’s not forget to invite Steve (Springer’s bald, on-air security guard) and Scary Spice’s bastard child…in a stroller. How about more notable, respectable and succesful individuals hosting? J.K. Rowling? Lance Armstrong? Steven Speilberg? Come on ya’ll…make an effort! On second thought, scratch that—I’m not to sure I’d want to host this crap either.
