Monday 26 January 2015

Miss Universe 2015

On Sunday night, a woman who has dominion over our universe was crowned in Doral, Florida. It was the Miss Universe pageant. There were hockey sticks on dresses, an ambassador for child prostitution, and a big upset.
Here's what you may have missed.

Who won?

(Getty Images)
(Getty Images)
Miss Colombia (Paulina Vega). Miss USA (Nia Sanchez) finished in second. Miss Colombia is now in control of our universe.
But as always, the real reason to watch was everything that happened before the winner was crowned.

Miss Canada dressed up like this...

Miss Canada/Getty Images
Miss Canada (Getty Images)
The national costume is meant to be an embodiment of the country's pride and culture, hence Canada's hockey stick peacock costume. Somehow, however, Miss Canada (Chanel Beckenlehner) didn't win the international costume competition.
Miss Indonesia (Elvira Devinamira)'s extravagant, 44 lb. outfit took home the title.
Miss Indonesia (Getty Images)
Miss Indonesia (Getty Images)

No African countries made the top 15

Granted, this a beauty competition. It doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things. There are no lives being saved here. That said, people were upset (and rightfully) at the message that was sent when no African country made it into the top 15 — the top 15 is essentially the first cut of the televised portion of the show, meaning there were no African countries represented for nearly three-quarters of the night.

The winner of Miss Congeniality was...

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(Getty Images)
Miss Nigeria (Queen Celestine). But since no African countries made the cut, the only time we got to really see her on television was when she accepted her award.

The judges asked Miss USA about global terrorists

Miss USA made the top five, the part where the contestants are asked a question and are judged for their answer. And the question she received was completely bizarre.
"If you had 30 seconds to deliver a message to global terrorists, what would you say?" judge Manny Pacquiao asked.
Is it really fair that we are asking a woman who is devoting a portion of her life to be judged in a bikini something that's usually reserved for presidents and prime ministers to answer?
What exactly is a global terrorist? Are global terrorists watching Miss Universe? And what kind of speaking terms does this question assume? Is this message to global terrorists out of the blue? Is it formal, or is it candid? At what occasion will this message be played?
Miss USA cobbled together some word salad about hope, love and inspiration — the best she could when faced with a strange question. "As Miss USA I can always spread a message of hope and love and peace," Sanchez said.

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