Festivals and Events Manager of the Discover Dominica Authority (DDA) Ayodele Andrew has announced changes to the order of segments for the Miss Dominica Pageant.
Andrew, who was delivering remarks at a weekly Carnival Press Conference on Thursday, said the interview segment will be the first round in which the contestants will compete.
In previous years the interview segment has always been the final segment for the contestants.
“This year we have the interview segment first, then Spectacular Wear Creation, Talent, Swimwear, and Evening Wear,” she revealed.
According to her, the ladies have been working very hard, “and they are prepared to give you a good show.”
Contestant number 1 representing Giraudel is Laveda Liverpool, contestant number 2 representing Canefield is Meeya Francis sponsored by the Dominica National Lottery, contestant number 3 representing Fond Canie is Tanisha Balson sponsored by Central Cooperative Credit Union, contestant number 4 representing Canefield is Aliyah Jean-Jacques sponsored by the National Bank of Dominica (NBD), and contestant number 5 representing Pichelin and Grandbay is Ruth-Anne Henderson, also sponsored by NBD.
The Miss Dominica Pageant is scheduled for Thursday, February 27, 2025, at the Windsor Park Sports Stadium Forecourt from 8:00 PM.
Where to start with you response? How about your prejudiced assumption that I was gay simply out of my objection to the objectification of women? How about with you solution to our NCD problem .. Give normal women unrealistic body aspirations. How about your admittance of sexualization and gratification in pageants? your solution..to disguise it behind ‘talent’ an interviews? So happy you mentioned the scholarship opportunities.. Effectively we are saying, as part of our culture no less , is that if you, as a young woman wants an opportunity to go to study and develop yourself you must put your body on display for the gratification of others. If having a problem with that makes me gay ..please where do I sign?
For the love of all that is holy … when are we going to get rid of this slave auction/cattle market anachronism from a culture of which we are supposed to be proud standard bearers? When are we going to begin to promotion of substance over style … function over form? When are we going to shake off these shackles of sexist objectifying throwbacks to a less informed and less enlightened age? You want to know what progressed country looks like? It is one without a competition pitting one of our sisters’ beauty against the other.
Beauty pageants exist the world over in those “progressive” countries you talked about.
Maybe you are gay and not particularly interested in the female the form but heterosexual male *and* females do enjoy the beauty of the female form. Certainly there is lust and sexualization there but also those who appreciate the beauty of artistic, curves and lines on display. Goodness loves beauty.
In a society racked by NCD’s and obesity having a standard of beauty that depends on physical discipline might be a good counter or somewhat mitigating culture. Are pageants perfect? No, nothing is but one of those things is worse than the other.
You reference slavery well how about you don’t try to enslave people to your selfish ideals or preferences? Rather than removing pageants how about increasing the substance and developing the talent and interview sections and increasing scholarship opportunities.
Instead of decrying everything you don’t like as bad how about actually doing good.