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Thursday, August 25, 2005
Miss Baguio to push through pending council proposal
PENDING a proposal in the Baguio City Council, which sought the abolition of an ordinance that allowed the conduct of beauty pageants as part of the celebration of Baguio's Charter Day anniversary celebration, Councilor Perlita Chan-Rondez said Wednesday that the Miss Baguio Tourism search would still push through.
However, Rondez said in the Kapihan sa Baguio that organizers for this year have assured that the pageant will be done in good taste and that it will give more premium on the substance of women in society.
Rondez said through the years that the pageant was conducted, innovations were constantly done to allay the apprehension of several women's groups that pageants serve as a venue for the exploitation and commodification of women.
The Gabriela women's group earlier called for the scrapping of Ordinance 30-1998, insisting that the pageant is just a repeat of previous pageants, where women parade in their skimpy outfits "inevitably exhibiting the contestants in a degrading, humiliating or demeaning manner."
The group also assailed one of the criterion set by the committee in the screening of those interested to join the pageant.
Gabriela said the criteria that prohibit married women and those who have already given birth from joining the pageant is preposterous as it sends a "disturbing and double standard sense of morality."
The group added that the sponsorship of big corporations reaffirms their position that pageants are moneymaking schemes and reinforces their view that women are objects and commodities, adding that the holding of pageants reportedly projects misconceived benefits such as prestige and popularity. (RO)
(August 25, 2005 issue)
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