Saturday, 22 June 2013

Maltese Cross



Last Sunday one of the five finalists for the Miss USA title was asked a rather complex question. It was a question I touched on only a day before in this blog; one requiring more of an answer than simply “world peace.” With eyes, lights and cameras focused on her, Miss Utah stumbled through a series of incoherent phrases separated by long, awkward pauses. And she did it with a dazzling smile. I’m not the least bit surprised by her response. Given the same situation, most of us would have had trouble coming up with our own names. That Marissa Powell became an instant media pariah does surprise me. Critics call her a product of a state that spends less per student on education than any other and of a culture that values brains only in men. They’re completely forgetting that she was in the beauty pageant for one simple reason: because she’s beautiful.

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