Miss Pacific Islands is NOT a beauty pageant
The Miss Pacific Islands is not a beauty pageant. It really does
serve a useful purpose for the young women who have chosen this platform
to liberate them from not being heard, seen, respected or simply just
to celebrate their culture and femininity.
There are often contentious perspectives about beauty pageants and how they propagate dangerous standards of beauty and femininity.
There are often contentious perspectives about beauty pageants and how they propagate dangerous standards of beauty and femininity.
However, think a minute: the young women who enter the pageants are
exercising their freedom of choice; FREEDOM to try something daring;
FREEDOM to subject themselves to your opinions and that is: BRAVERY!
Pageants are not for the faint hearted. Many of the women who have entered, have become leaders in their chosen fields. Every reigning Miss Pacific Islands and Miss Samoa I have interviewed, have spoken about the Character Building as they journeyed, from strength to strength.
Pageants are not for the faint hearted. Many of the women who have entered, have become leaders in their chosen fields. Every reigning Miss Pacific Islands and Miss Samoa I have interviewed, have spoken about the Character Building as they journeyed, from strength to strength.
Photo credit: Ronna Lee
After getting to know all of them first hand, I can tell you what they all have in common. They are all GOD-FEARING-INTELLIGENT-SASHAFIERCE-AINT NOBODY GOT TIME FOR NONSENSE AMAZING AMBASSADORS.
Yes, they all won the ovarian lottery with their beauty but what’s wrong with celebrating that too? As you can see, there is no one way to be beautiful in the Pacific.
Yes they are slim but hey, Pacific people are not naturally obese and we want to promote healthy living and combat the epidemic rise in NCDs spreading across our PI nations like bacteria on an open petri-dish.
These young ladies have chosen their paths, let’s celebrate them. I know it’s often said that pageants objectify women but remember, that is also an embodiment of your personal thoughts and values about pageants and perhaps derivative of one perspective you have CHOSEN to side with. We can do some serious damage to our ignorance by reading up a bit on both sides.
Photo credit: Ronna Lee
If these young ladies have chosen to enter the Pageant, they do so
at their free will to celebrate their Pacific History and Embrace their
Future.
Peace on Mother Earth.
Peace on Mother Earth.
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