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May 25, 2007
Why bother?
With Sweden out of this thing, is there even really a point? Won't this be more like the Vice Miss Universe Pageant?
This year's Miss Universe pageant is missing one of its most noted contestants: Miss Sweden, a statuesque blonde whose country is one of the few to win the crown three times.
Isabel Lestapier Winqvist, 20, has dropped out because Swedes say the Miss Universe competition, airing live Monday night from Mexico City's National Auditorium, is degrading to women and weighed down by scandals.
"We're taking a big beating by being linked to it," said Panos Papadopoulos, the organizer of the Miss Sweden contest, which scrapped its swimsuit competition and allowed women to apply for the position like any other job after heavy criticism from feminists.
entry no. 859
Posted by oz115 at May 25, 2007 04:43 PM
Comments
Pick your words a little more carefully, Tim. "Vice" brings up unpleasant images of Dick Cheney in a swimsuit competition, which is about as cold of a shower as I can imagine.
Posted by: Pete at May 26, 2007 10:59 AM