Miss Congeniality 2009, Farina al-Muqtar bin Akbar, shows her stuff during the swimsuit competition
The Saudi’s are putting on a little competition that may never rival the excitement of the Miss Universe pageant, but it does have a definite fervor about it. A religious fervor, that is.
Here’s how Associated Press described it:
Sukaina al-Zayer is an unlikely beauty queen hopeful. She covers her face and body in black robes and an Islamic veil, so no one can tell what she looks like. She also admits she’s a little on the plump side. But at Saudi Arabia’s only beauty pageant, the judges don’t care about a perfect figure or face. What they’re looking for in the quest for “Miss Beautiful Morals” is the contestant who shows the most devotion and respect for her parents.
”The idea of the pageant is to measure the contestants’ commitment to Islamic morals… It’s an alternative to the calls for decadence in the other beauty contests that only take into account a woman’s body and looks,” said pageant founder Khadra al-Mubarak.
“The winner won’t necessarily be pretty,” she added. “We care about the beauty of the soul and the morals.”
Too bad Perez Hilton wasn’t invited to judge the Saudi Miss Morality pageant. From what we hear, the Saudis are far less tolerant of gay marriage than Miss California is.
Source: Associated Press
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Does she have to be Muslim ? .. what about a gnostic Christian? I am mostly moral (married 33 years) A bit old.. I am plump and I certainly am not pretty. I’ve got nice eyes so if I cover up everything else I have a chance of winning. LOL LOL Why bother to diet when you are a little mound of black fabric walking about?
I am finding this way too silly, I need to climb back up into my chair. I fell out it laughing.
Muslims really do remind me of the my days as a Roman Catholic School girl, sorry to offend all Roman Catholics, my nuns, my nun sister, my parents and at least 79 generations of ancestors, but you all knew I was an iconoclast from the start.
And I make fun of Muslims a lot but again, I make fun of anyone who thinks we should return to the bad old days of stonings, beheadings and other auto-de-fes*!!!!
auto de fe = acts of faith, any execution so planned to appease a cruel and heartless deity.