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Date Posted: Monday, November 30, 07:18:48am
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Lalla, I agree with you to a certain extent. I think there are at least two potential theories regarding how Keneisha ended up in the semis in the first place in Miss World 2004:
So the lines were open to the world to vote for the girl that they wanted to see in the semifinals, that is disregarding the four or five girls who advanced automatically through the fast track events. For Keneisha to advance to the semifinals, she had to have garnered at least the 6th highest number of votes among the remaining 10. The reason I say this is because the delegates with the 5 highest tally of votes advanced to the finals. This means that considering the semifinals, the public voted her in, meaning the voting system worked in her favour!
Theory 2: the rope that acted as her life line in the semis was responsible for her exclusion from the finals. So she got into the semifinals because the worldwide public loved her but other factors came into play. Philippines got into the semifinals because they are notorious for being pageant fanatics. If they messed up the whole Miss Photogenic thing at Miss Universe, how come they didn't secure a final spot for their girl?
The voting thing doesn't hold water for me, for a number of reasons. First and foremost, to think that Julia would leave this whole thing up to the public is ludicrous. Julia picks the winner! These pageants are contrived to the max! Keneisha got into the semis based on international votes, who per se voted for her? Trinis in Trinidad and abroad? Fellow Caribbean countries? Other non white nations? I also don't buy the crap that the votes were determined using a population ratio. Come on, don't you think that after excelling in every single fast track event, her omission from the semis would make a mockery of Miss World? Keneisha was the most consistent performer that year, end of! There is nothing anybody could say that will make me believe Keneisha got in because of votes. Puerto Rico is also notorious for hypervoting, they did not make the semifinals. What about Mexico, their mouths have been watering for the crown forever? While they advanced automatically with Miss Model, not enough votes? What about pageantcental Venezuela? What about India with the second largest population? C'mon, this voting thing had a purpose. At that time, circa 2003 and thereafter, text voting and the like were extremely popular in the UK. It was a way of making the public feel empowered- that the decision was in their hands, when in essence, it was a ploy to extort as much money as possible from the voters...and then the results don't reflect the voting pattern. I don't buy it. I can definitely see Philippines getting in because of votes, I can even see USA and Dominican Republic, China by virtue of their population. Nigeria got in because of votes...no no, let's be realistic. Who would have won Continental Queen of Africa if there was no African semifinalists. Do you also really believe for one second that Peru is a huge pageantaholic population or that the world saw her as the type of beauty queen that would make a great Miss World?
In the final analysis, Julia wanted Keneisha in the semis, and rightfully so, but that is where it ended. After considering all these things, I do stand corrected that maybe great dress or not, it may not have made much difference in Keneisha's placement at Miss World 2004. I beg to differ on Miss Universe.
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