Monday, January 30, 2017

Miss Universe Winner! - Abbey Winiger




SUMMARY- Decked out in a gold-sequined gown, 24-year-old dental surgery student Iris Mittenaere beat 12 other finalists to take the crown. As Miss Universe, she will be campaigning for dental and oral care around the world. "This sash is not only a sash," said 
Mittenaere, who is from Northern France, in a Miss Universe interview after the pageant. "This is something to help people, to understand people." First and second runner-ups were Miss Haiti (Raquel Pelissier) and Miss Colombia (Andrea Tovar). The top finalists hailed from Kenya, Indonesia, Mexico, Peru, Panama, Colombia, Phillippines, Canada, Brazil, France, Haiti, Thailand and the U.S. The pageant changed its format this year; it had 12 instead of 13 finalists, and counted online votes from the Miss Universe app and Twitter.
ANALYSIS/SYNTHESIS- Miss Universe is a prestigious title to earn. A high accounted yearly award is one of the highest honors for many girls. I had seen that Miss France won before reading this article on social media. Many people make this main goal their life by agents and other competitions. This reminds me of Social Darwinism, survival of the fittest and the best competitors are left. 
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/30/entertainment/miss-universe-winner/index.html
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2 comments:

  1. Kate KahleJanuary 30, 2017 at 1:13 PM

    The sash is not a sash, magritte's treachery of images

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  2. UnknownJanuary 30, 2017 at 7:03 PM

    I think it's interesting to see the impact our society has on small traditions like pageants to make them so known on a global scale

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