They should just take their shirts off and make out for a while.  I’d pay to see that.

I feel like The Rock is part of the Great Resignation. If you want him back in the franchise, pay him more.

I think their complaints are 100% legit, but yeah, most of this is garden variety sexism & harassment that women face in every industry and isn’t unique to pageants. It sounds like a lot of them bought the marketing hype that they were being promoted for their intelligence and plans for world peace, instead of how…

That also takes away any excuse the contestants may have that they’re doing it for scholarships, rather than a fake crown that says they’re hotter than the other girls they competed against.

Wouldnt you love to have pageants where incredibly talented, intelligent women were given a chance to strut their stuff and the winner gets a job offer from a major employer in her field of expertise?  

You must be kidding me with this shit. Its exactly what you signed up for, humiliation and exploitation. I cant thing of 2 things that would describe this thing more apt. The outfits, alone are humiliating and exploitive. I am a guy and enjoy a beautiful woman like a lot of men. Admittedly, ive never watched a pageant…

Let me see if I have this right.

Thank you. Slapping socially conscious words on something doesn’t change the fact that it’s a contest to pick a pretty girl so she can be a pretty prop in photos promoting brands and the odd charitable crap so they can pretend it’s not just about looks and money.

Please dont let this come off as victim blaming. Have we not figured out that celebs REALLY enjoy being famous. People (mostly ladies, but not always) get over eager because of someone they saw on television and clearly it can put them in terrible situations. These type of people, actors in general, but especially…

They were going to be treated better because they are pretty.  Pretty people, women and men, always get treated better.  You win these contests because people decide you are ‘prettier than’ all the other girls.  That’s the criteria.  Dont turn around and whine about being seen as only another pretty face like this is…

So how could anyone be surprised by this?  My sil got into beauty pageants, just dinky little local ones, and it was a cat fight front to finish.  The women (girls) are peddling TT&A and any intelligence on the woman’s part is treated as a side effect.  If you dont want to be treated like livestock, dont get into a…

#MeToo and fourth wave feminism are incompatible with beauty pagents. Keyword: beauty.

It’s 2021. The major beauty pageant for most of these girls’ lives was the one owned by Donald “Grab em by the pussy” Trump. It’s no secret what pageants are about, how the males involved view them, and all that shit.

I think the best change we can hope for is an end to pageants. I know it gets used as a platform to voice some social issues, but I don’t think there’s anyone really interested in that aspect of it—compared to what is at the forefront: the recognition of the ideal female form—what some would call “unrealistic…

Why would talented young women willingly put themselves through an industry that has historically been marked by predatory behavior, racism (Black women were excluded from the Miss America pageant through the ‘60s) and mistreatment?

95% of this is like, yeah, that sucks. 5% though in my mind is “my diamond shoes pinch.” Pretty people get a whole lot of benefits that the rest of us don’t get, and these women will be treated like gold by the average person for the rest of their lives.

Beauty pageants are leftovers from when women were viewed as chattel (something the GQP wants to get back to). I’d be fine if they disappeared from the planet.

Yeah, Prostasia, the group that until recently operated chat rooms that literally brought together minors and pedophiles in the name of “support.” I hate this shit. 

So interesting that this platform is being used to promote the work of the Prostasia Foundation, which seems to be on quite the media blitz lately. But I’ll leave it at that.

I started watching this show yesterday, up to episode 8 now. It’s amazing, it makes me think of Terry Pratchet in terms of satirical comedy goes.