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MISS WORLD AUSTRALIA STATE OF VICTORIA PRELIMINARY FOR 2018 AT MARKET SQUARE GEELONG SEPTEMBER 2017
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Video and editing: Brett Styles
Review: Max Davine
Miss World Australia Preliminaries
Market Square, October 2017
Max Davine
Beauty Pageants. Because nothing says we’ve come a long way as a society like lining thirty-four young women up, and judging their bodies. Current finalist Esma Voloder, who will be representing Australia as this year’s Miss World in China, was tasked with choosing her own successor, along with Miss World Executive Debby Miller, a dentist, a beautician and a guy who previously competed in a cooking contest.
Contestants were scored out of ten, in three categories: Personality, or what can be discerned from putting a microphone a huge crowd in front of her and giving them a few seconds to state their name and an interesting fact about herself; Evening Wear, or what she’d look like strutting around at a cocktail party; and General Questions, in which contestants had to draw random questions out of a jar, have them read aloud by our MC, and answer them.
These questions were surely the day’s most bizarre ritual, for questions ranged from “How do you feel about Australia’s refugee policy” (a deeply unpopular topic for which there is no easy answer) and “What policy or law would you introduce into Parliament” (something that you might need more than a few seconds to think about) to “Why do you think you deserve to win?” (Because I showed up and subjected myself to this garbage, idiot) and “What would you say to the judges to convince them you’re the winner” (if they haven’t by now…). It was imbalanced, and quite unfair to put a group on the spot with truly confronting questions, while give a handful such triviality. At worst, these questions unveiled a profound lack of knowledge and/or interest. At best, however, they gave our victims a chance to show some true courage, even if their answers were doomed to unpopularity.
That is the saving grace of these archaic practices; the models themselves never cease to surprise. During the few seconds they had to introduce themselves, many hinted at passions and interests that would have been far more exciting to explore more deeply, and get to know, than it was to watch them try to work through some generic runway choreography and see how their figure works in this or that gown. Amongst them, there were: Osteopathy students; a psychological science student; one studying a Bachelor of Law, with an aim to become a human rights lawyer, also currently learning her fourth language; there were business owners who also advocate animal rights (ban testing, etc.); an aspiring investigative journalist; world travelers; future nurses; a Karate master; a teacher and aspiring children’s author; a psychologist; one had a passion for boxing and Mixed Martial Arts; and my favorite, though I’m biased, an aspiring author, working on her first novel. If only this was the focus of the day, knowing their hopes and dreams and how they pursue them, everyone could have left feeling fresh and excited for our collective future.
On another positive note, there was a fair mix of body types, and every color of a multitude of nationalities was represented. Beauty being the subjective quality it is, and truly a quality which begins in the heart and shines outward, we all eager await the day these pageants disappear, and leave a stage available for Miss Dreams, Miss Passions, Miss Future, a true measure of a woman’s beauty.
Review: Max Davine
Miss World Australia Preliminaries
Market Square, October 2017
Max Davine
Beauty Pageants. Because nothing says we’ve come a long way as a society like lining thirty-four young women up, and judging their bodies. Current finalist Esma Voloder, who will be representing Australia as this year’s Miss World in China, was tasked with choosing her own successor, along with Miss World Executive Debby Miller, a dentist, a beautician and a guy who previously competed in a cooking contest.
Contestants were scored out of ten, in three categories: Personality, or what can be discerned from putting a microphone a huge crowd in front of her and giving them a few seconds to state their name and an interesting fact about herself; Evening Wear, or what she’d look like strutting around at a cocktail party; and General Questions, in which contestants had to draw random questions out of a jar, have them read aloud by our MC, and answer them.
These questions were surely the day’s most bizarre ritual, for questions ranged from “How do you feel about Australia’s refugee policy” (a deeply unpopular topic for which there is no easy answer) and “What policy or law would you introduce into Parliament” (something that you might need more than a few seconds to think about) to “Why do you think you deserve to win?” (Because I showed up and subjected myself to this garbage, idiot) and “What would you say to the judges to convince them you’re the winner” (if they haven’t by now…). It was imbalanced, and quite unfair to put a group on the spot with truly confronting questions, while give a handful such triviality. At worst, these questions unveiled a profound lack of knowledge and/or interest. At best, however, they gave our victims a chance to show some true courage, even if their answers were doomed to unpopularity.
That is the saving grace of these archaic practices; the models themselves never cease to surprise. During the few seconds they had to introduce themselves, many hinted at passions and interests that would have been far more exciting to explore more deeply, and get to know, than it was to watch them try to work through some generic runway choreography and see how their figure works in this or that gown. Amongst them, there were: Osteopathy students; a psychological science student; one studying a Bachelor of Law, with an aim to become a human rights lawyer, also currently learning her fourth language; there were business owners who also advocate animal rights (ban testing, etc.); an aspiring investigative journalist; world travelers; future nurses; a Karate master; a teacher and aspiring children’s author; a psychologist; one had a passion for boxing and Mixed Martial Arts; and my favorite, though I’m biased, an aspiring author, working on her first novel. If only this was the focus of the day, knowing their hopes and dreams and how they pursue them, everyone could have left feeling fresh and excited for our collective future.
On another positive note, there was a fair mix of body types, and every color of a multitude of nationalities was represented. Beauty being the subjective quality it is, and truly a quality which begins in the heart and shines outward, we all eager await the day these pageants disappear, and leave a stage available for Miss Dreams, Miss Passions, Miss Future, a true measure of a woman’s beauty.
photos: Brett Styles
photos: Rouben Dickranian:
Event Platinum Sponsors: #PolaTeethWhitingSystem by SDI Australiaand Mediterranean Tan, Wax & Beauty
The suburbs of the girls in the Top 10 out of the 34 that competed in the order:
Vanessa Ong - Donvale
Maria Esipova - Heidelberg West
#JenniferGekas - Bundoora
Ali Simpson - Hamlyn Heights
Rachel Marlais - Point Cook
#GlissandraMatthews - Narre Warren South
Tayla Young - Packenham
#AdeleFaaosofia – Clayton
#ShanelleAlbanese - Endeavour Hills
Clara Momesso - Strathmore
The suburbs of the girls in the Top 10 out of the 34 that competed in the order:
Vanessa Ong - Donvale
Maria Esipova - Heidelberg West
#JenniferGekas - Bundoora
Ali Simpson - Hamlyn Heights
Rachel Marlais - Point Cook
#GlissandraMatthews - Narre Warren South
Tayla Young - Packenham
#AdeleFaaosofia – Clayton
#ShanelleAlbanese - Endeavour Hills
Clara Momesso - Strathmore
Miss World Australia presented #MissWorldAustraliaPreliminaryRoundVctoria2018
on October 7 at #MarketSquareGeelong
video and editing: Brett Styles at Star Imaging
https://youtu.be/MFUVv81wcE4
review: Australian writer and author Max Davine
please watch this space for the photos to be uploaded shortly:
http://butterflyandfox.weebly.com/miss-world-vic-preliminar…
Bohemian Rhapsody Club and Online Magazine expresses its special thanks to Deborah Miller the Miss World Australia organisation owner and founder , Jessica Barnes, marketing & event assistant and the other organisers of the round for the opportunity to cover this event as well as to Brett and Max for the fabulous coverage
Exclusively for Bohemian Rhapsody Magazine
on October 7 at #MarketSquareGeelong
video and editing: Brett Styles at Star Imaging
https://youtu.be/MFUVv81wcE4
review: Australian writer and author Max Davine
please watch this space for the photos to be uploaded shortly:
http://butterflyandfox.weebly.com/miss-world-vic-preliminar…
Bohemian Rhapsody Club and Online Magazine expresses its special thanks to Deborah Miller the Miss World Australia organisation owner and founder , Jessica Barnes, marketing & event assistant and the other organisers of the round for the opportunity to cover this event as well as to Brett and Max for the fabulous coverage
Exclusively for Bohemian Rhapsody Magazine
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