In the past two years when The new crown has ravaged the earth, many things have stopped, such as going abroad, traveling just by walking.
But there are many things that are difficult to stop, such as summer vacation for Europeans, and beauty pageant for Southeast Asians and Latin Americans .
If you change your vacation to vacation or vacation, you can also let the Chinese who suffer from inclination barely understand . It is indeed a bit difficult to understand beauty pageant against the epidemic.
Only in the past week, Thailand and Laos have given birth to two beauty pageants champions.
One is the tall beauty Daomixay Phachansiti from Laos, and the other is the Thai-Australian mixed-race girl Anchilee in Pattaya :
At the same time, Chea Charany, who was waiting for a transparent mask, and the tall Emmanuel Vera also won the 2021 Cambodian Miss respectively.
However, just five days before the latter won the national championship, another beauties in the Philippines, Alexandra Faith Garcia, had already won the world championship of 2021 in Turkey.
is located in Latin America on the other end of the earth, and its enthusiasm for beauty pageants is also rising.
is just Mexican . In the past half month, two beauty pageant champions have been produced. One is 2021 Mexico Miss Earth named Natalia Duran, and the other is named Ximena Cabrera's 2021 International Teenager Miss:
Colombia and Venezuela , in the past month, have also decided on their own Miss Universe , Miss Earth, Miss World and Miss Transnational:
As for small South American countries such as Ecuador , Bolivia , etc. The following are their Miss Earth, Miss Wan Nation, and Miss Spanish:
But while the beauties are shining brightly, The epidemic in the above countries is also at a high level of counterattack. Thailand increased by 10,000 per day, the Philippines increased by 5,000 per day, and Laos' daily increase in confirmed cases even reached its highest peak this year. Latin America is also in a deep dilemma.
Then the question is, Why do Southeast Asians and Latin Americans attach so much importance to beauty pageants? Does really love beauty so much?
is not.
We have always believed that beauty pageants are due to genetic lottery or economic model. For example, the emergence of Brazilian supermodels is attributed to the mixed-race background brought by racial fusion in South American history , which is the hybrid background.
The beauty pageant queen in Southeast Asia also reminds us that beauty pageant is a means to change the fate of poor people in those countries.
These reasons are of course very important. But the reason why beauty pageants have emerged in these places has become a cultural tradition like the Chinese who have to go home even if they are killed during the Chinese New Year.
Another reason is that beauty pageant helped the people of these countries answer "Who am I?" . This seemingly vague question is actually very critical to a person's existence.
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As a Chinese who lived in the east of Eurasian "Who am I" is a ridiculous question for us. I am Chinese. Who am I? If I exaggerate it, I can say that the descendants of Yanhuang and the descendants of the dragon...
When anyone asks "who are you", we will most likely answer without thinking: I am xxx, I’m a Chinese.
But for most citizens of most countries in the world, This is a difficult question to answer.
Because most countries have experienced the cultural impact of occupying magpie nests and changing birds, one after another.
One of the outstanding manifestations of the identity crisis that followed is that cannot answer "Who am I?"
When others ask "who are you", my heart will be shocked first. The degree of entanglement is only more intense than that of Chinese Americans, Americans, Iranians.
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Since then, the Philippines has experienced nearly 100 years of Islamic regime, 333 years of Spanish colonization, 40 years of American colonization, 4 years of Japanese occupation, and a period of independence from 1946 to the present.
It can be said that after having a general concept of nationality, five-sixths of the time in Philippine history have been colonized. In addition to the tribal period, The historical and cultural native to Filipino is almost blank .
So travelers who have been to the Philippines will be surprised to find that most of the historical relics placed in local museums are European things.
But their modern memories are full of Americans and some Japanese shadows. So, "Who are you" is simply a heart-inflicting soul-searching question for Filipinos.
As for the beauty pageant culture they are proud of, they are also derived from the Spanish colonial period Catholic float parade and the beauty pageant brought to the Philippines by the US colonial government in the early 20th century.
Like the predecessor of the "Miss Philippines" competition was the "Mr. Manila Carnival Queen" selection activity during the American colonial period:
So why did Americans bring beauty pageants to the colonies? The reason is very simple. Beauty is an intersection of public concerns . As the beauty queen, as the beauty among beauties, has an unparalleled cultural significance.
What she wears, who she is close to, what she says, what she thinks is important, and what she needs care about will be copied among the public.
This can be compared to Diana to the British.
Originally, everyone complained about the British royal family who didn't do anything to produce, but The beautiful Diana appeared, everyone was embarrassed to scold, and the key point was blurred.
"controls" the beauty, and to a certain extent, he has the ability to interfere with the public's mind.
Therefore, the champions of the first beauty pageant usually come from the (tong) level.
For example, the first "Mr. Carnival Queen" in 1908 was cleverly designed for "Western Queen" elected by an American girl, and the "Eastern Queen" elected by the daughter of the local governor of the Philippines :
At the same time, it can be seen and felt, and countless beautiful beauty pageants gathered together, and also provides an ideal reference for those colonized , who are suffering from identity recognition, to those colonized , who are suffering from identity recognition.
Let them discover:
"Ah, it turns out that the Filipino lady (Filipino) looks like this. I am no longer confused, let her represent me."
From the official to the public, everyone can make profits from beauty pageants. Then beauty pageant becomes a culture , which is a natural thing.
In contrast, whenever something about China’s image comes out, many people can’t help but “guide the world”. Behind this behavior of
, there is actually a group of unconscious people who say "Who asked you to represent me, I clearly know what Chinese people are", or some kind of is deeply rooted and undoubted.
In addition to the Philippines, beauty pageants also have similar underlying logic in countries such as Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico that are deeply hurt by colonialism and war.
When you don’t know what can attract attention, unite people’s hearts, and enhance national confidence, you will let the beautiful woman who has carefully designed her image come on the stage.
For example, in 1930, Brazil chose to establish its own Miss Universe competition in addition to the Miss Universe competition founded in the United States, and eventually "recommended" Miss Brazil Yolanda Pereira to win the championship.
6 years later, the reason why Gisel Bunchen was able to show her style at the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympic Games was because as the "ultimate beauty", she has become a proud national symbol in the hearts of Brazilians.
932, which was in its inaugural period, also gained higher prestige among the people because of Keriman Halishml2 in the Miss Universe competition.
and through Keriman Halis himself, Turkey's ambition to secularize, modernize and strengthen itself.
As for the Afghanistan , Syrian , Iraq , the reason why the food problem has not been solved yet, we still have to choose beauties to participate in the beauty pageant.
Its purpose is to tell the world through the image of beauties, "I am working hard to get better, don't lose confidence and attention in me."
and tell your own citizens, "Everything will be fine", "Look at her, the beauty in her is also part of you."
Perhaps for senior primary school students, they can try to partially identify the contents of bamboo slips two thousand years ago.
Use beauty pageant to answer "Who am I?" and unite people's hearts , which is a very playful and weird thing.
But for these countries mentioned in today's article, it really happened.
Speaking of this, I suddenly thought of Mono once said this in his book "Contingency and Necessity", and he said:
"... People must wake up from thousands of years of dreams and realize that they are completely lonely. Like a gypsy, they are abandoned in the world where he has to live - this world cannot understand his music, and does not understand his hopes, distress and sins."
But even so, how eager we are to know "Who am I" and to connect with others.
