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Subject: Hot Takes

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Date Posted: Sun June 23, 2024 14:39:36

1. The finalists all deserved to be there. I was alongside the head scratchers when they announced the top 16 when my picks didn’t make it or I couldn’t even remember some of the girls. However, these thoughts dissipated as they re-competed. Almost all had strong ss walks and those who didn’t made up for it with their incredible talent. Was there more talented girls who didn’t make the cut? Yes. Does that take away from the talent of those who made it? No.

2. Pageantry is the game of getting a group of strangers to fall in love with you after less than 15 minutes of face time. With that, biases tend to result in the majority of women in the top having a similar look. While this does bring out bigger issues such as racism, homophobia, and other incredibly harmful prejudices, unfortunately bias will always hold a firm place in pageantry.

3. “____ was robbed!” No they weren’t. To be robbed of something it needs to belong to you in the first place. Every contestant put in months or years of preparation to be able to perform on that stage. Every girl deserved a spot on that stage to demonstrate that, but the virtue of hard work alone does not guarantee anyone a finalist spot.

4. “The results weren’t fair.” Pageantry is subjective and not fair. If you want a “fair” and equal sport, try soccer.

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[> Subject: AGREE 110% and thank goodness someone said it.
Author: No name [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Sun June 23, 2024 14:42:42 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: ^^^
Author: No name [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Tue June 25, 2024 18:42:29 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: THANK YOU!!! This is spot on. Honestly everyone’s always upset after a pageant and I think some people view this system as more similar to MAO than what it’s turned out to be
Author: No name [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Sun June 23, 2024 14:46:44 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: There’s no shortage of beautiful, talent, intelligent young women in pageantry and unfortunately there can only be one “winner”
Author: No name [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Sun June 23, 2024 16:00:25 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: This was a super strong group this year. I could’ve seen so many girls in top 16 and it still would’ve made sense! Just the way the chips fall sometimes
Author: No name [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Sun June 23, 2024 16:32:22 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: This 100%
Author: No name [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Sun June 23, 2024 22:57:43 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: I wish we had a “like” option here lol. Crazy that it has to be spelled out for anyone, but this here does that well. Only thing I might add: Different day. Different judges . Different outcome.
Author: No name [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Mon June 24, 2024 15:41:47 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Same. I know it’s hard not to take the results of a pageant personally especially when someone you love is competing, but it is a subjective sport formed on 5 peoples opinion. It doesn’t mean it’s rigged just because the judges didn’t give high scores to the girl you fell in love with on stage
Author: No name [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Mon June 24, 2024 20:13:38 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: I enjoyed the show, I didnt have to listen to 50 onstage questions about platforms or Community Initiatives. Just the top five 5. Miss Swimsuit and felt it was done very nicely but talent and gown were so much fun to watch.
Author: Winner was the Best. She was well prepared. [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Mon June 24, 2024 16:00:57 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Yes! I loved only listening to the top 5 answer on stage questions! Made the time fly and I actually listened to their answers instead of tuning out the 10th girl to answer an on stage question with the same voice inflections
Author: No name [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Mon June 24, 2024 20:15:16 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: The talents this year were super entertaining!
Author: No name [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Mon June 24, 2024 21:30:39 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]