Miss France bares some skin, gets her gorgeous ass fired (probably)
I wouldn't have expected this from the French. But then again, what do I know?
Naturally, The Decadence Report has to take the position that this whole thing is patently ridiculous. But then again, beauty pageants just seem to have a way of being patently ridiculous. If it was up to me, all the hypocrisy would be cast away, and these pageants would be conducted as they ought to be: with all the contestants totally naked. Except for the heels, of course--heels make nice little bondage accessories on an otherwise naked woman. ;)
The link to the Vanessa Williams photos above is what I could find on Google. From what I can remember, the actual photos that appeared in the magazine included several more pictures of Williams and the other female model than what are shown on that site (the full pictorial appears to be un-Googleable). The reality was that Williams had posed in a lesbian sex pictorial, which is, I am reasonably certain, a far cry from what Miss France has done. However, quite frankly, I don't think Williams should have been stripped of her title either, especially since the photos in question were taken years before she ever became Miss America. But such is the idiocy of the world, clinging desperately to the same ridiculous ideal of feminine purity which required Queen Elizabeth I to remain a virgin throughout her life in order to remain monarch. In fact, contestants in the Miss America contest are essentially required to be virgins--they don't put these women up on stirrups and check for an intact hymen, but they do essentially go over their lives with a fine toothed comb. Moreover, the winners of the various state contests are provided with chaperones to protect their chastity. Chaperones for fuck's sake. For grown women! Honestly, that is just insulting, not just to the women themselves, but in a way, to everyone. Seriously, we as a society (and I include the French in this) really, really need to get over this absurd demand for feminine purity. We need to face up to the fact that women like to fuck and that there is nothing wrong with this.
Miss France scolded over PlayboyOf course, one crucial element in this that has not been revealed are the photos themselves. I mean, what exactly does "half naked" mean? A little bit of nipple? I read one other article about this yesterday that implied that the photos were not all that revealing (certainly not to the extent of the infamous Vanessa Williams photos that appeared in Penthouse magazine back in the mid-80's, which not only cost Williams her crown, but, in the height of irony, indirectly resulted in her becoming the most famous and successful Miss America ever). And why should it matter, anyway, in a country where women are free to go topless on beaches if they want to?
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Miss France 2004 could be stripped of her title after posing for Playboy, organisers of the pageant have warned.
The head of the committee that runs the contest said she was "dismayed and appalled" by the half-naked photos of Laetitia Bleger in the magazine.
She said Miss France winners were barred from engaging in "licentious" behaviour for six years after winning the title.
Miss France 1983 lost hers after posing as a pin-up for Paris Match magazine.
"We're going to call an emergency meeting of the committee's board," Miss France committee president Genevieve de Fontenay told AFP news agency.
She said a winner could lose her title for improper behaviour - including "licentious photos, even if only partially revealing" - during the year of her reign and for the next five years.
"We can't let this go," Ms de Fontenay added.
"Miss France winners have a status to uphold and they know it."
If stripped of her title, Ms Bleger could be forced to return the gifts she has received.
She was elected at the end of 2003 and was succeeded by the current holder, Cindy Fabre, last December.
Naturally, The Decadence Report has to take the position that this whole thing is patently ridiculous. But then again, beauty pageants just seem to have a way of being patently ridiculous. If it was up to me, all the hypocrisy would be cast away, and these pageants would be conducted as they ought to be: with all the contestants totally naked. Except for the heels, of course--heels make nice little bondage accessories on an otherwise naked woman. ;)
The link to the Vanessa Williams photos above is what I could find on Google. From what I can remember, the actual photos that appeared in the magazine included several more pictures of Williams and the other female model than what are shown on that site (the full pictorial appears to be un-Googleable). The reality was that Williams had posed in a lesbian sex pictorial, which is, I am reasonably certain, a far cry from what Miss France has done. However, quite frankly, I don't think Williams should have been stripped of her title either, especially since the photos in question were taken years before she ever became Miss America. But such is the idiocy of the world, clinging desperately to the same ridiculous ideal of feminine purity which required Queen Elizabeth I to remain a virgin throughout her life in order to remain monarch. In fact, contestants in the Miss America contest are essentially required to be virgins--they don't put these women up on stirrups and check for an intact hymen, but they do essentially go over their lives with a fine toothed comb. Moreover, the winners of the various state contests are provided with chaperones to protect their chastity. Chaperones for fuck's sake. For grown women! Honestly, that is just insulting, not just to the women themselves, but in a way, to everyone. Seriously, we as a society (and I include the French in this) really, really need to get over this absurd demand for feminine purity. We need to face up to the fact that women like to fuck and that there is nothing wrong with this.
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