Orionna Brumfield
Staff Writer
The word beautiful is appealing to everyone in different ways. Some may consider beauty in a physical sense while others may describe it in an intangible way.
The recent Miss Universe pageant held on Jan. 25 sparked controversy among some viewers who felt Miss Jamaica was snubbed and did not receive the overall crown because she did not meet the ‘typical’ standard of beauty.
“The biggest myth in pageantry is that you have to be blonde haired and blue eyed to win. Your look is to be authentic and real to you because if it isn’t the judges and the audience (as well as your competition) will be able to tell that you’re out of your element,” said Arekia Bennett, a senior physics major from Jackson Miss.
She added: “Pageant Systems never choose the same looking type of girl. In the end it all boils down to confidence, being well spoken, and your very best self. Miss USA was a red head in 2012, a blonde in 2013, and a brunette in 2014, so please believe, it’s all about the girl who brings her A game.”
Although the judges have the power to determine the winner of the pageant, the viewers of the pageant felt as if the judges were flawed in their thinking.
On Twitter, viewers bashed their comments with the hashtag: #MissJamaicaShouldveWon.
Many agreed she was not picked because of her hairstyle, a pixie cut, instead of the standard wand curls other contestants had.
“To me beauty or feeling beautiful is being comfortable in your own skin. Loving your uniqueness and everything that makes you, you. Because there will never be another you,” said Brittni Johnson, a freshmen elementary education major from Pine Bluff, Ark.
Black women can express themselves through hair, clothes, makeup, and so much more.
Anthony Brodie, a senior civil engineering major from Houston, Texas said, “I like girls going natural. I’m not down for girls getting a perm to try to make themselves look like something they’re not.”
Jalen Allen does not only view a woman’s outer appearance because the inner is just as important. “Inner and outer beauty is attractive to me, personality plays a role in it too” said Allen.
“You got to know how to carry yourself in a good manner… that’s attractive to me” said Allen, a freshmen occupational therapy major from Jackson Miss. said,
“Women do not seem to compliment each other because everything seems to be a competition to them,” said Tyler Harden, a freshmen accounting major from Hattiesburg, Miss. thinks women divide themselves over such minor things and it’s frustrating.
“BE YOU! I can’t stress that enough. When you learn to love yourself and everything about you, you won’t worry about how people feel or what they say because you know how great you are and what you have to offer” said Bennett.
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