Miss California, Carrie Prejean, gets to retain her crown. I'm so relieved (you can't hear the irony/sarcasm in my thoughts). There was talk of her possibly being "de-throned" because of recent photos that have been released. Mr. Trump, who owns the pageant, says she can keep her crown, dismissing the photos, saying that she's a model and "this is the 21st century." I have no interest or care in whether she keeps her crown or not, but I did wonder: Speaking of 21st century, why are we still having something as goofy as BEAUTY CONTESTS anyway? Have we not moved past this idea that what's on the outside is so important? That because of the luck of the gene pool, this one person is somehow "better"? Is it helpful to still be sending the message that it matters if you're beautiful, that somehow that makes you on top of the heap? Oh, I know I know, there's this talent and that talent and so on. But it's called a BEAUTY pageant. If these women were unattractive, it wouldn't matter how talented or smart or inventive they were.
I know it's just that I'm envious. But still. 21st century, people. Isn't this a wee bit archaic?
