Intermediate English Conversation
Daily 2
Beauty Pageant
3Cb Group 4 Dec. 15, 2010
Veona
Nicole
Zemi
Quincie
Karen
Cindy
Introduction
• Are beauty contests outdated?
• Yes or No
• Critics: Focus on physical appearance
←Tiara
Swimsuit show↑
Miss Congeniality
FBI receives a threat
against beauty pageant
from terrorist, and FBI
chooses Gracie Hart as the
best qualified to go
undercover as a contestant.
Sandra Bullock
Beauty Pageant Rules
2008 Miss Russia
Zemi
Beauty Pageant Rules
• Each type of pageant has its own rules and
guidelines.
• Description of each major type of pageant,
along with a few suggestions for each:
• Glitz, glitzy, or full glitz pageant- These
are the "everything goes" pageants. The
way the girl walks and acts on stage is
important.
• Natural pageants- The girls usually wear
simple flower girl dresses or Sunday school
dresses. Makeup is usually not allowed on
girls under 6, and even older contestants
should wear minimal makeup.
• Face pageants- The judges are interested only in
the contestant's face, usually without makeup. The
contestant is usually called in front of the judges
and asked a few simple questions.
• Online pageants and online photo contestsMost online pageants and photo contests have
categories for glitz photos and for natural photos,
along with categories for boys and girls and for
different age groups.
• monitoring-beauty-pageant-scoring
Pageant Interview Tips
• It is important to know who will be
interviewing you and what is expected of
you. Your pageant director can provide the
details needed specific to your pageant.
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DON'T BE SHY!
Speak with intelligence
express your passion
Eye contact is a must!
enjoy yourself –don't forget that genuine
smile!
• directing-beauty-page
ant-interviews
Frequently Asked Questions in
Beauty Pageants
• Tell me something about
yourself.
• Who or what inspires you the
most?
• What would you do if we reject
you today?
• Do you believe that everyone is
a winner? Why or why not?
• Every few seconds another
Indian becomes infected with
HIV. What do you know about
HIV and AIDS?
2008 Miss World Winner
Advantages & Disadvantages
2008 Miss World
Winners
Cindy
Beauty Contest - Advantages
• Beauty contest has made an
effort to ensure that it does
not appear as a
"stereotypical" pageant. The
competition emphasizes the
different aspects of women
and highlights their personal
successes.
2009 Miss World Winner
Beauty Contest - Disadvantages
• Beauty contests are argued
that such contests reinforce the
idea that women should be
valued primarily for their
physical appearance, and that
this puts tremendous pressure
on women to “be beautiful” by
spending time and money
on fashion, cosmetics, hair
styling and even cosmetic
surgery.
2007 Miss International Travel
Western Beauty Contest
Quincie
Miss Universe
• Developed from bathing beauty
competition in Long Beach, CA
• Miss Universe 2010 was held in Las
Vegas.
Process
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Costume Presentation
Opening Dance
→Top 15
Swimsuit Competition
→Top 10
Evening Gown Competition →Top 5
Question and Answer
Evening Gown Competition of Top 5
→Top 1
• Miss Mexico, Jimena Navarrete
• Miss Jamaica, Yendi Phillipps
• Miss Australia, Jesinta Campbell
• Costume Presentation
• Swimsuit Competition
• Question and Answer
Eastern Beauty Contest
Karen
Miss Asia Pageant
• Organized by the Asia Television Limited
(ATV, a broadcast company in Hong Kong)
• They have organized this event since 1985.
The contest was stopped from the year of
2000 through 2003, and relaunched in 2004.
Introduction
• Since Miss Asia Pageant was first screened in
1985, the event has injected great vitality into
the concept of competition and participation and
has been an annual event of great popularity,
with many golden moments cherished still by
appreciative audiences.
Theme
• Walk Your Own Starry Path
2010 Miss Asia Pageant
Final Result
• Miss Asia 2010
王欣
The 1st Runner up
維他‧芝寶絲娃
The 2nd Runner up
劉曉智
The World’s Most Desirable
Man
Nicole
Male Beauty Pageant
2010
Male Beauty Pageant
The Mister World pageant is a male beauty pageant
organized by Miss World Organization. Begun in 1996,
it was intended to be an annual pageant, but was held
only six times in 15 years. The pageant is considered to
be one of the biggest male beauty pageants in the world.
Training
Nutrition
Supplements
Contest Prep
Motivation
For Sports
The Broadway Beauty Pageant
"Which Body Type Looks Best To You? A, B, C Or D?"
Here are the results:
• Red: Frank Zane Bulking 73%
Blue: Arnold Schwarzenegger 13%
Green: Ronnie Coleman 7%
Yellow: Frank Zane Ripped 7%
2009 Male Beauty Pageant
References
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1. Book: Ideas & Issues Advanced page10-11
2. Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW1bllj66es&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66fSS15gR7s&feature=fvst
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7CTcSQHq2k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8boL5_UTAg
3. 知識家: http://tw.knowledge.yahoo.com/question/question?qid=1510082502200
4. 維基百科
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_pageant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_contest
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5. 熱門焦點追蹤: http://fokez.blogspot.com/2010/08/2010-jimena-navarrete.html
6. 香港亞洲小姐網: http://www.missasia.com.hk/default_e.html
7. 世界先生: http://www.mrworld.tv/Mr-World-News/What-would-you-ask-The-Worlds-MostDesirable-Man.html
8.Bodybuilding: http://videos.bodybuilding.com/watch/68082/myron-mielkes-2010-mr-olympiapreview
9. 健美人世界: http://blog.roodo.com/jinxiu/archives/2275939.html
10. Channel V:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000344216092#!/profile.php?id=609222512&v=wall
11.Hubpages: www.hubpages.com/hub/Beauty-Pageant-Rules
12. Videojug: http://www.videojug.com/interview/taking-care-of-pageant-contestants-2
13. Blogspot: http://thetiara.blogspot.com/2007/04/frequently-asked-questions-in-beauty.html
14. Texaspageantscene: http://www.texaspageantscene.com/interviewtips.html
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Thank you for your
listening!
Question for class:
What are some advantages and
disadvantages to take part in it?
Advantages
Bring the beauty to the media and the
world. Be ambassadors for
peace or cultural exchange Internationally.
Provide personal development and career
opportunity for young women.
Mu-Lien Ho
If over a billion watch the contest, clearly it is not
outdated. The argument that it exploits women is
absurd. The contestants willingly take part, and
hope it will provide lucrative career in fashion or
modeling. Don’t need feminist permission to
participate. (David Gordon, UK)
It’s simply human nature to look at beautiful people.
In fact, when it comes to the level of Miss World or
Miss Universe, pageants can promote cultural
exchange. Many people can hear small countries
represented in these contests. Besides, how many
people have an opportunity to travel and be
representative of his/her own country like the
participants of Miss World do? (Carter Kwong,
Canada) Ideas & Issues P. 10
Disadvantages Ideas & Issues P. 10
• To live up to a ridiculous idea that these
pageants promote and celebrate? How about
normal-sized people? (Kristen Nicolaisen, USA)
• It is in the eyes of the beholder and the contest
is meaningless. (Yoel Sano, UK)
• Beauty contests can serve no real purpose in
the modern world because women have started
to drift away from their stereotypical portrayal as
sex objects. (RKR, India)
What have come out of those
beauty after beauty pageant?
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Be married to a wealthy family?
Be a successful entrepreneur.
Be senator or governor.
If your child wants to take part in it, would
you consent?
Mu-Lien Ho