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Miss Venezuela contest will no longer publish their contestant's measurements

Miss Venezuela contest will no longer publish their contestant's measurements

"A woman’s beauty isn’t 90, 60, 90… It is measured by each one’s talent," said last year's winner Gabriela Isler
Updated 01 Aug, 2019

For the first time in its history, the Miss Venezuela contest will not publish the 24 contestants’ waist, bust and hip measurements, organisers said, as pageants face criticism for their primary focus on physical appearance.

The event, which will take place in Caracas on Thursday, has been running since 1952 and has an enviable record on the international stage, having produced seven Miss Universe winners and six in Miss World.

Traditionally, the contestants’ vital statistics have been publicised with a 90-centimeter (36- inch) bust, 60-centiment waist and 90-centimeter hips long are considered the ideal.

This year, contestants will still parade on stage in swimsuits and evening gowns, but organisers say they want to fight stereotypes about what an ideal woman looks like and hence will not reveal their measurements.

“A woman’s beauty isn’t 90, 60, 90… It is measured by each one’s talent,” said Gabriela Isler, the pageant’s spokesperson and Venezuela’s last Miss Universe winner in 2013.

At past pageants, presenters would tell the audience the exact size of each contestant, many of whom underwent cosmetic surgery and followed strict diets in a bid to achieve the supposedly ideal physique.

Miss Venezuela is normally big business in the crisis-wracked Latin American country, but it is suffering from the same difficulties as the rest of the population.

One of those is frequent blackouts, the latest of which hit the country on July 22.

Isler revealed that the pageant did not have enough money to put in place contingency measures in case of a power outage on Thursday.

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M. Saeed Aug 01, 2019 06:19pm
Total beauty comprise three basic virtues. They are, TRUTH, AESTHETICS and GOODNESS, of a person, with each consideration having score marks in percentage with a maximum of 100 marks.
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Gordon D. Walker Aug 01, 2019 09:59pm
All women are beautiful. End these so-called contests... Gordon D. Walker Canada
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Sajjad Memon Aug 02, 2019 01:09am
Whats wrong with this world. These competitions were fine and transparent when it talked about these stats. This is a height of hypocrisy when we say women 's beauty should be measured by its talent and by that scale, we actually dont need this competition at all.
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A True Indian Aug 02, 2019 02:02am
Why not isn't all about public interest?
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Baig Aug 02, 2019 10:44am
"This year, contestants will still parade on stage in swimsuits and evening gowns, but organisers say they want to fight stereotypes …. will not reveal their measurements"..what a joke? If you really feel that a woman should not be judged on her body's physical appeal then why have them parading almost naked?? This is what feminism should be about. These "beauty" shows and pageants use women in the worst possible way in the name of empowerment. All that talk of women being equal in talent and intelligence and not sexualizing women goes down the drain the moment girls get on stage in those scanty outfits. Unfortunately those same influential women (actresses, models, fashion celebrities) who stand up for harassment victims and support #MeToo condone such objectification in the name of empowerment only because it serves their own interests. No one talks about the fact that this objectification of women in the media is one of the major causes of harassment.
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ahmad Aug 02, 2019 11:08am
The very concept of this competition is problematic. You can't 'purify' it by adding a few PC tags.
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