A town in Argentina has become the first in the country to ban beauty pageants, passing a new ruling which will see the annual contests replaced by awards for those who have contributed the most to their community.
Chivilcoy, a soya farming town of 60,000 people in Buenos Aires province, 100 miles east of the capital, passed the ruling unanimously.
"These beauty contests between girls, teenagers and young women reinforces the idea that women should only be valued and prized for their physical appearance," the text of the new ruling stated.
It said that the pageants, popular across South America, were based on "stereotypes, promoting in many cases an obsession with body shape and a physical ideal which can never be achieved."
The politicians who approved the ban added that such tournaments encouraged eating disorders such as bullemia and anorexia.
"Beauty is not quantifiable. Therefore, to qualify and organise a competition based on this is discriminatory and violent," they said.
They said that from now on, the pageants will be replaced by a competition for women aged 15 to 30, to assess who has contributed the most to their community.culled
*African beauty queens dont have such disorders,lol
Ohhh, odiegwu
ReplyDeleteBetter, what's the essence of this beauty pageant self.
DeleteEverywhere beauty pageant , miss that , miss this ..............
Fucking young girls.
Better for them...
DeleteOk
DeleteBetter biko. Let achievers be recognised.
ReplyDeleteLol cnt happen here not when our politicians sort out for collections of gals ,they can use to celebrate their victory at elections
ReplyDeleteGreat Idea.... I wish it could be banned here too.....
ReplyDeleteWish more pageants has this criterion, am sure those crowned as MBGN & Ms Naija wouldn't come close to winning. Lol
DeleteHmmmmm.
ReplyDeleteHmmmmm..good for them
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Good...
DeleteWe need to do d same here.....
We have so many of dem taking advantages of our dumb youth.
Good for them
ReplyDeleteKudos to them. Infact it should be banned global
ReplyDelete#royco na gbamgbam
N dem dey increase here like say 2mrw nor dey....miss Nig,MBGN,finest girl in Nig,finest face in nig, even Most beautiful Gill on SDKB.... Its all good
ReplyDeleteN dem dey increase here like say 2mrw nor dey....miss Nig,MBGN,finest girl in Nig,finest face in nig, even Most beautiful Girl on SDKB.... Its all good
ReplyDeleteLoooolz@abigail
DeleteYour face reach make them ban the thing sef...chaaaiii!...
DeleteAfrican beauty queens have Aristo disorders.
ReplyDelete*choking on my oreo* looool,aristo disorder.
DeleteYou will be surprised Stella.. Some pple in Nigeria actually suffer from bullemia
ReplyDeleteWhat is bullemia? If u write exam n fail now, u will say d lecturer failed u.
DeleteLol.now d competition will be to do more for ur community.its a good development
ReplyDeletenice move, very thoughtful of them.
ReplyDeleteafrican beauty queens have such disorders, ask agbani darego...anorexia personified.
And you are her doctor right?
DeleteJus look at their faces
ReplyDeleteI wonder what some guys c in skinny women(no pun) no arse,no breasts,...if I were a guy, my woman would be like cherokee
ReplyDeleteYes I do watch.
DeleteFor what it's worth, they are right. But this can't be tried in any community in Nigeria. Nobody go gree cz even the pagent organizers use it as a means of free fucking. In other news, I wish everyone an extraordinary Merry Christmas. Thank God for being us this far. I'm soooo excited, God is just too awesome
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ReplyDeletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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I still prefer the bikini's biko.....
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Ok now,
ReplyDeleteWho will be the most beautiful girl in SDK ? !
Naija take a cue!
ReplyDeleteLove the concept! Look at our Nigeria with a 1001 Beauty pageants. It seems like the next hustle, if I gather enough cash, I go start one call am, "Ms D-korkus Nigeria International", charge N5k for application...smh
ReplyDeleteEven thought it's a good reason. I still like the pageantry.
ReplyDeleteGreat! Wish they can do same in Nig
ReplyDeleteThat's a good development. I like that
ReplyDeleteHahahahahahahah,lovely initiatives buh such venture can never yield fruits in our very own 9ja
ReplyDelete*faithful BV enemuwe thelma*
Great initiative.Less of beauty and more of brains.So bad that Major towns and cities wont emulate this cos of the commercialism in beauty contest.
ReplyDeleteThat's very good. All these beauty pageants that does not add any value to the society but instead increases the level of moral decadence.
ReplyDeleteI pray nig buy this kind of idea
ReplyDeleteNice step/move. Nigeria shld copy this and not the other way round.
ReplyDeletewhat a great initiative.if oyibo get this kind brain; then is really great.I hope some of our celebs; am not calling names; wey dey like bonko fish go learn.African women need flesh for their body at the right places. not one drying up from head to toe; all in the name of fashion. which kind fashion go make you dey like bone wey person don eat finish
ReplyDeleteNa wa oo..
ReplyDeleteWelfare b4 beauty abeg wetin.....ama ndi ana eze.
ReplyDeleteGOOD OH ,THIS SOUTH AMERICANS THEY ARE SO POSSESSED WITH BEAUTY THINGS.
ReplyDeleteThis is very good, while some beauty queens have brain, most are just plain stupid like they are portrayed in the movies.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean you this blackberry girl. Bcos you are fat of you have a fat ass doesn't mean girls who are slim are not adorable. We slim girls rock well. Our stature, shape, size can be accepted in any part of the world. All clothes we wear tend to fit us, we are always happy people. The beef u big or fat girls have for these slim girls these days is too much. Is it our fault that we can still retain our shapes and not be careless like u fat girls, even after birth we don't become obese we become normal sizes and our husbands still get attracted to us. I am not a fan of starving urself to be slim but if u are lucky to be slim and that's your nature pls love it cos its happiness on its own a lot of girls are looking to shared their weights. Thank you
ReplyDeleteAnonymous,hope u r d type of slim girls dat have places som1 can hide...not d type without curves, those ones no make am...I av weakness for flat tummy n long legs,even if u r ugly u'l still get a 2nd look(afterall d uglier d tighter,d tighter d better)
DeleteNigerians have turned beauty pageant to something else.
ReplyDeleteAnd to all of you that are condemning beauty pageants. The bible even showed us that there was a beauty contest in the bible in the time of Esther. I think all of you who are condemning it are never qualified for any of the pageants that's why you all are beefing. If you have won any pageant or your sister has won any I bet you won't be here condemning it. They win lots of money, cars and beautify themselves more. At least they achieve stuffs from it. It's just mere beef because you all wish you were in their shoes cos they look pretty even after winning. Lots of enjoyment, travelling round the world and all. What have you all achieved since you were born. Stop the hate, if u want to be a beauty queen go get the form and stop hating.
ReplyDeletefor your mind u don make sense
DeleteGreat idea, now if only it will be accepted and promoted globally.
ReplyDeleteI hope this new development will be mirrored by other countries.
ReplyDeleteI must confess that the outrageous number of beauty contests these days have me flummoxed.
ReplyDeleteFor Christ's sake, there should be something other than the over-hyped appreciation of a woman's physique.
*'em slim gals trying to give me low self-esteem, mtcheew*
Recognition is a good course atleast that will encourage them to contribute something meaningful to their community .Unlike all these participants dont even know its objective....
ReplyDeleteThe thing tire me too sef
ReplyDeleteThat is what it is meant to be in the first place.
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