Young beautiful girls, who start as models and do a catwalk on the podium have strong aspirations to get elected as beauty pageants to compete for Miss Universe, and to get name, fame and riches. Organizers prepare them professionally to present themselves before the judges to reveal their intellect. Various countries host such functions to promote their export and tourism, to earn the much needed foreign exchange. The world is shrinking, the modern technology has brought the countries closer to each other and the organizers arrange the visit of world beauties at its venue.
An attraction between man and woman is not new, which is being felt right from the time of Aphrodite, a Greek beauty goddess, who was jealous of other beautiful woman of her time. This idea led to competition between them which gave birth to beauty pageants and the rich countries started hosting them to satisfy the hunger of man for their love to appreciate beauty. Men are always hungry with intense emotions for the opposite sex. In India and even abroad where the people are conservative, they vehemently oppose such competitions among the fair sex, protesting due to political and religious reasons. In their opinion these pageants are an affront to women, the organizers exploit the young women filling their coffers and fulfilling their dream to come closer to them. Countries who sponsor these functions think differently. In their opinion the aspirants get the platform to address their opinions, and act as impressive cultural ambassadors.
The girls now have better access to education, both in rural and metropolitan areas, which was previously denied to them. They are now working as entrepreneurs in big companies and there is a sea change in their attitude and behaviour. They have got the confidence to face the challenges and have emerged to show their individuality. Through this forum the prettiest faces have gained confidence to show their capability. It is not easy to have both beauty and a sharp mind, which is either a God given gift or a fruit of their hard labour. They get intensive training in physical fitness; work with speech, designing clothes and get expertise as diction psychotherapists. The facial beauty is not the only criteria for their final selection; judges judge them from various angles. Contestants world vide apply to complete for the crown, and the organizers make selection out of them on the basis of set principles. To make the venue dazzling and attractive, the host country spends millions of dollars to make the beauty pageant a success.
They take the contestants to various places to judge their beauty and sharp mind, even to the pools in their swimming costumes or sea side to judge their openness and fear of different acts they perform. Every act of their performance is televised live. They record each and every word of their talk; announce the results, their placement, special awards, final competition scores and their national pageant status. For some irrational persons such organizations promote nudity and this event is scandalous. They want to say something bad about it, without thinking it has got some significance about it. The beauty goddesses in their opinion have magical powers to cast their spell even on married men, who fall in love with them at their first sight, which they interpret as irreligious and illegal. The beauties are meant for the fittest, and they have got their own desires and are not an easy catch. They are like flowers to see, to feel, and not to touch. They are chauvinists and draw lot of public attention. This platform gives them an increasing empowerment and drives a change in them to encourage and uplift.
The winners get lot of money from the organizers and are declared as the goddess of beauty, getting name, fame and opportunities. They become celestial Aphrodite, has body of love and beautiful soul. Poets compare them with sea, dolphins, doves, swans, apples, roses, and pearls. The winners seem different to the viewers who have their own ideas for them to exist in this vast ocean of humanity, which is men dominating. If they don�t come out of their shells they cannot write the future of India. According to their contract they are sent to other countries as cultural ambassadors to promote the awareness for the issues like AIDS and HIV, and so many other ills prevailing in society word vide. They show them on television, take them to various countries with a chance to meet the people, and to figure out the maladies which is a part of their contract.
Organizers ask them all types of questions, even the personal ones to judge their confidence. From Lara Dutta they asked her a personal question. �How will you express arranged marriage?� �I don�t have any negative thoughts for it, but for any type of marriage I would like to have a chance to meet my partner to figure out whether we have some compatibility to become life partners.� Pretty faces get rich partners, moneyed business men, actors, directors or their wards and settle themselves in life. Most of them join films and if luck favors they gain perfection in acting, dancing and there is no end to further their chances to become good actresses and secure their lives. They feel positive about them; their credentials are skilful to bring changes that filter down into the economy of the country. Success is a pat on their back. Laura Dutta, Priyanka Chopra and Diya Mirza evaluated their worth after getting the crown, and the honour they brought to the country is a wonderful gift.
The world is now advanced, both technically and culturally. The traditionalists, who want to dub it purely on the basis of luxury, will not succeed in their mission. The beauties are now out of their missiles to show guts and reach the excellence of their lives, bringing repute to their mother-land.