Last year the Miss Universe New Zealand pageant was held in Levin. Which makes sense, because Levin is actually pretty much the centre of the universe, based on the laws of gravity and denseness and all that kind of sciencey stuff. And this kind of shocking behaviour happened at the event:
The beauty queens sashayed their way through Levin and Paraparaumu shopping malls last year, leaving elderly shoppers agog.
But this year, the pageant is moving to Wellington:
Event organiser Val Lott has instead opted to hold the final in Wellington after a "gorgeous" day out at the Wellington Cup. "The [Levin] event centre was not set up well enough. The catering was not up to standard. It cost a dreadful amount of money," Mrs Lott said.
But one commentator on the article suggests that there is a much deeper conspiracy going on:
I think this is all complete rubbish, and the organiser just wants to glam the thing up and get rid of the ruggeds that might otherwise have attended.
So what exactly is going on here? Are we through the looking glass? Do we even need to mention Terry Serepisos here, given that it’s Donald Trump who owns the Miss Universe franchise?
Answer the poll – The Miss Universe Pageant is moving to Wellington because:
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Or Team Edward supporters that you’ve just run over in your HQ Holden.
I went to the official website to have a look, but there were things there that I now wish I could un-see.
when & where exactly the Miss Universe NZ 2010 held?
Of course, all that glitters is not gold.
That’s true, sometimes it’s unicorn meat.
Wellington has more glitter than anywhere in Aotearoa. Well more than anywhere except Queenstown. Rotorua doesn’t count because of the smell. Of course, all that glitters is not gold.
Bogans like beauty contests. There are more bogans in the greater Wellington area than Levin. Therefore…
Can we please see a statistical breakdown of audience numbers re: who was watching that was a feminist, who was watching that wasn’t, and even just who was actually watching?
Could we please see a return of the contest being televised again & also coverage of it in some of our more mainstream women’s magazines (both coverage of it prior to the contest introducing us to the contestants & again after ther contest giving coverage of the contest & something about who actually won it – I remember a time when the NZWW used to give both the “Miss Universe NZ” & the “Miss NZ” contests sucgh coverage, as well as TVNZ televising them). Sorry feminists, but why should you dictate to the rest of us what we can & can’t watch.