• Optional@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Nawat later apologized for his actions, appearing both tearful and defiant at the same time.

    “If anyone (was) affected and not comfortable it happened, I am so sorry,” he said in front of the contestants. He then turned to them and said, “It’s passed. OK? Are you happy?”

    Goddamn, dude.

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      Ordinarily, I’d answer “no”, but I like it when people don’t meekly take shit from bullies… especially when they’re just expected to shut up and look pretty.

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        Would you have known the pegant was happening if the bullying thing didn’t happen? Would you have even known about the Europe song contest if Ukraine didn’t win? Would you have known about it this year if it wasn’t for Israel being involved? Would you have ever talked about the Oscar’s if Will Smith didn’t slap somebody?

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      Yes. I’m tired of people treating modern beauty pageants like a bimbo contest.

      If you have ever watched any make up tutorial, seen what it takes to learn to walk like a model, learn to perform on a stage, how to be charming and likeable on camera, coordinate a wardrobe, selling your brand and identity, you’ll know that pageantry isn’t just about giving an arbitrary person an award for being born pretty, it’s the outcome of an entire team of people making it happen.

      Women are expected to wear makeup and dress well far more often than men are, with social consequences that can be felt in the workplace and public when they don’t, and yet women’s engagement in the beauty industry are dismissed as frivolous or attention seeking.

      Gender expectations from a young socialize girls to uphold higher standards in beauty and fashion, and yet women are also made to internalize hate for something as ‘silly’ as pagentry. There’s no winning from this.