You gotta love a country that embraces acceptance in a big way. Faced with a lawsuit brought by a Miss Spain contestant who was disqualified due to pregnancy, Miss Spain pageant organizers did an about-face and changed the rules to allow not only contestants who are pregnant or already mothers, but also transsexual contestants as well.
BWAHAHAHAHA! Sorry, I was just imagining the apoplexy that would be caused if the same thing happened with the Miss America pageant. I think it's an excellent idea myself, and I might actually watch it if there were pregnant or transsexual contestants. The whole pageant-thing is so creepily outdated anyway. Why not have fun and be inclusive at the same time?
So, I don't know, is there more to the story? Are we left to simply draw our own conclusions? I'd love to know how serious Miss Spain is about pregnant contestants, or contestants who are mothers with real bodies, let alone the whole transsexual business that seems to have been thrown in more for political reasons than through real acceptance. This could be a vehicle to help change social stereotypes about female beauty, and in my Happy Bubble Land, it will be. I'd love to be right about that.
[image source: dailywaste.com]
