In today's day and age almost everywhere we go we see someone with a visible tattoo, so why is the world so shocked that someone broke the barrier in the Miss America Pageant. Why was social media flooded with negative posts about the winner being of Indian decent?
Having a winner of Indian decent and a contestant with tattoos surely opens the door to a tremendous amount of controversy and negativity but also allows for the average girl out there to say "hey she looks like me" instead of downing the images of many who look up to this competition. These barriers being broken have allowed the Miss America Pageant to take the spotlight this week, and promote the brand as more and more are tweeting and posting about this, negative or positive, light is shinning on the pageant.
Goal accomplished by pageant producers, don't you think?
I have never seen so much talk revolving a pageant, until now. Interesting choice for a blog post. I didn't even think of how this affected the ratings of the pageant and the brand until I read your post.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad someone chose to write about this recent issue. I think it's important we address the issue from the Miss America Pageant and rise above it. I'm glad the winner is not of the 'typical' ethnicity and some other contestants chose to be a bit bolder and show off their tattoos.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your point on it being a great thing for women out there to look at these beautiful women in pageants and to see something such as a tattoo and have a sense of relation with them. I actually did not watch the pageant but now I wish I did based on the negativity I continue to hear that is stemming from it. It should not matter what ethnicity someone is, she clearly won for a reason and the controversy behind it is unnecessary. Also, who said that tattoos weren't allowed or weren't beautiful? Because if they weren't I'm sure she wouldn't have been allowed to be in the pageant at all. This is a good thing for society because it needs to branch out and embrace people from different ethnicities and those who aren't the typical, "perfect" person.
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