I’m too lazy to find the exact articles and pictures. You should google if interested.
The 25-year-old computer scientist Fatma Ben Guefreche beat out 17 other finalists from around the world, who were required to wear traditional headscarves in the competition, which assessed not only the contestants' appearances but also their piety and religious knowledge.
The purpose?
The World Muslimah Award contest is held exclusively for Muslim women and has been presented as an alternative to Western beauty pageants.
Beauty contests, in my opinion, are silly and exploitive. They don’t serve any useful purpose nowadays …. unlike a few hundred years ago when inspecting physical appearances of someone/something was important especially when the world was very much in the business of selling and purchasing slaves (human) and livestock. Slaves and livestock like bulls/oxen/horses were evaluated on physical characteristics (teeth, legs, hooves, length, height etc) because these (attributes/appearances) were perceived to be indicative of good health/strength/capable to serve a purpose.
Beauty contest generally attract much attention, mainly positive, because the competition has been ‘repurposed’ for serving greater good/ causes (scholarship, community engagement, charities, ambassadors of something, etc).
I personally don’t believe that there’s no hidden motive or it’s merely coincidence when beautiful/attractive people gets this much attention. There’s much financial reward/wealth to be made by all (participants/organizers/industry).
Reference
http://www.jpost.com/International/Tunisian-beauty-queen-calls-for-free-Palestine-at-pageant-382520
SO much makeup.....
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