Wednesday, June 06, 2018

It's rather a relief, I think

I've never really been a fan of beauty pageants, but when the "Miss America" pageant went to two piece swimsuits, I had to wonder what the next step would be, as going to the bikini was obviously predicated to get more "sex appeal" into the pageant. 


Well, thankfully, the next step is not one that would make the late Hugh Hefner blush, as I'd admittedly feared, but rather the opposite direction, to eliminate the swimsuit competition and modify the evening gown competition.  This leaves the obvious question, however, of why people would bother watching 50 young ladies say "I'm a fourth year freshman at UCLA, and I want to be a veterinarian because I love children."


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Update: come to think of it, this is kinda appropriate too.  Enjoy



7 comments:

Gino said...

when i read this news my first response was " then whats the point of televising it? do it over the radio."

Jim Peet said...

They should all take the GRE exam and the top score wins

Jim Peet said...

I haven't watched the pageant for over 40 years ... maybe 50

Bike Bubba said...

Or maybe do proofs on a chalkboard wearing denim jumpers? Latin declensions and conjugations, or Python coding?

Actually, that might be funny and worth watching. I think I also haven't watched pageants (except for little blips on the news) for nearly 40 years, which is saying something since I haven't hit 50 yet.

elspeth said...

Does anyone but the families and friends of the contestants even watch that drivel anymore?

Bike Bubba said...

Elspeth: ask the advertisers, no? Hey, if people watch "Dancing with the Stars", the "Oscars", the "Grammys", and "CNN", there's gotta be an audience somewhere out there. :^)

elspeth said...

Point taken.