The Dances of the World
the and Free Lessons You Can Get from the Miss World 2012 in Ordos, China
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| Miss World 2012 Winner -- Miss China Wenxia Yu |
I was just inspired by the Miss World 2012. I thought I would just watch any normal
international beauty pageantry. Surprisingly, it has reflected my recent personal
journeys and a glimpse of where I should go. Not that I am an aspiring beauty
queen or model. I am not. I am few years senior their maximum required age.
What I ‘m trying to say is that it showed, and I much appreciated, what I really
love to witness: world culture, different languages, respect and co-existence
in the middle of all the differences, wonderful talents, undeniably good cause,
love, living your best so that you could help, inspire and love most the people
around you. Beauty was not even on my list. And world peace is included in the
good cause.
This was highlighted in The Dances of
the World. It was a visual feast: fireworks of colourful hues from the local
costumes of each country concocted with a handful of chosen ladies to perform
regional dances. It was a musical showcase: fast, slow, latin, ethnic. The synchronized dance of the rest of the 118 girls on the
background were spectacular. Talking of cultural diversity, but it’s such a
pleasantry to watch it! No sign of indifference.
During the final event, the question
and answer, I didn’t even see it as being answered by tall and beautiful woman
who are the best of the bests in their respective countries. I see it as a
question for each of us, only rephrased: “Why do you think you should live your
best life?”
The Pageant Itself
The 2012 Miss World Competition was
held in Ordos, China.
Seven lovely contestants were
eventually chosen as finalists: early favorite, Social Media and Good Beauty
with a Purpose Winner India, Jamaica, Australia, Wales, host China and South Sudan. Brazil
The Miss World 2012 Final Question is
the same as last year, “Why do you think you should be the next Miss World?”
Basing on Question and Answer, my top
picks in descending order were: South Sudan, Australia and Wales. South Sudan
seemed to answer from heart, hailing from a country of poverty, she meant what
she said and truly wanted to use her beauty and the power of the pageantry to
make a significant difference to her people. Australia mentioned the importance
of fundraising as the core of Miss World; while Wales responded, in my opinion,
a generic answer but it’s just worded out much thoughtfully.
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| MissWorld 2012 Top 3 Finalists - 2nd place Miss Wales,Miss World 2012 Miss China and 3rd place Miss Australia (image courtesy of http://www.abc.net.au/) |
In the end, Australia got the 3rd
place, Wales the 2nd place while, surprisingly to me, China runaway
with the most coveted crown. My South Sudan didn’t even make it. I wonder
what’s the final criterion they based the Miss World 2012 from. Can this be a
case of being generous and appreciative by the judges to the host? Only they
have the answer, and we just have to contend with what was presented.
Interesting Sidenotes
The audience were supportive of its
co-Asians: Indonesia and Philippines. Both made it to the top 15 but none was
able to qualify on the top 7.
The floor seems to be slippery as two
contestants almost slip as they strut their way to their place on the stage:
Australia and Kenya. I don’t know if there is a similar situation off the air
or during the pre-pageant events.
The hosts were Jason Cook and Myleene
Klass. Myleene Klass even commented that this is a bunch of interesting girls
as there are lawyers, doctors and even nuclear physicist amongst the
contestants. Miss Philippines even beatbox her way to the talent portion, the very first in the Miss World history.
Indonesia will host the 2013 Miss
World Pageant.
Resources:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCZzFyTQwSI (video couresty of Youtube Creamiee2521)
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