"A Glance at Beauty from the Inside"
[Part Two]
I beg to differ however, as I merely seek to portray a rounded "...Glance of Beauty from the Inside", avoiding at all costs, the dangers of a single story.
In essence, you may be strangely disapointed to not encounter any 'dirty laundry' but rather, the bitter-sweetness of 'Chinese Laundry'!
If, on the other hand, you are here for the journey, then by all means-stay for the ride!
Bueaty pageants, like other aspects of life, are not perfect beds of roses. The industry and those who parttake in it, be it directly or indirectly, are not without their flaws.
Let us take a glance of the flawless beauties who are numbered as finalists. To begin, it is no myth that competing ladies in a pageant can be genuinely loving and empowering to their fellow pageant sisters. Notwithstanding this, there are always spurs of events and circumstances that tip the scale.
At some point in time, warranted or not, some finalists become suspicious of foul play. They feel as though, the covered eyes of Lady Justice are in support of the seemingly bias comments, affiliations or industrial expectations.
When the mind has given birth to these thoughts, there are only two pacifiers on the table. One either settles with the belief that it is indeed so, or like a donkey on a 'hill and gully' plot of land, see the thoughts as pesky flies and shake them off. Baby, you get to choose your pacifier!
Flawlessly too, some finalists in their pursuit of the crown, smartly fit the mole and take on the shape of the quintessential bueaty queen. This, like a drug, can be used as directed or may lead to an overdose. There is a sweeping generalization that may well be true of majoriy of beauty queens. Kings and queens of critiques, share the gist that many beauty queens are rehearsed, cookie cutting, 'world peace', superficial gems.
A disservice to self then, as an aspiring queen is to settle, be easily silenced, submissive to the opinions of crown makers and rehersing pure attributes such as empathy, charity and good will.
In essence, Chineese Laundry are good for balance and make for a comfy stance but to walk on eggshells to the crown will sore many feet and numb many toes. It is thus, good advice when one hears "just be yourself". Keep a firm grip on your opinions and sense of self. That way, if the cown wasn't made to fit your head, you wouldnt have lost yourself to eggshells, there is no yolk in that!
Beauty is realative and comments on who is beautiful differ with varying people. To some, the most beautiful lady is the one who have been their friend or is family. To others, their pick for the beauty will be based on socialization or commercialized descriptions. The univeres hepls too, as different energies resonate with different people and a certain energy may be labelled as beautiful. It is all a gamble with the 'mirror mirror on the wall'.
In a different vein, there are many persons who tilt their heads from the happenings of beauty pageants on the grounds of religion, moreso Christianity.
As a country that is often classified as a Christian nation, young women and girls who partake in pageants usually rule out the support of sanctimonius citizens. Their conversations with the pageant world usually sparks around, "how is the church handling it?" With reference to the teasing walks in bikinis, the false lashes and colourful faces, the activites on sabbath etc, the provocative jewelry and outfits too. Suddenly, it is clearer that the world is coming to an end. While those women 'fret' for the crown, the church 'fret' for the souls of the women.
Likewise, theorists beam at the constant manifestations of their theories. Capitalists with the Marxists views, point fingers at which finalists, sponsors, organizers and other support systems make up the bourgeoise or prolatariat. Feminists, sigh at the seemimgly exploitation of women and their bodies as they fulfil the prophecies of being delicate submissive beings fattening an industry that keeps them subservient.
These provoking, brow knitting sentences are the metaphoric paint and brushes of an artist. Whether one likes the painting on the canvas is up to him/her.
Beauty is as vast as the universe. Beauty is as wide as the world. Beauty is as different as the continents. Beauty is as global as technology. Beauty is as grand as a coronation.
We never see it all at once nor do we ever have a consensus on what it is. Beauty on the inside is as mysterious as it is on the outside. Some will love one, some will love both and others, none at all.
Lady Justice standing tall, who's the fairest of them all?
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