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Beauty pageants have stirred mixed reactions from people who enjoy them and people who find them problematic. Just the other night, a smart guy remarked "Aren't you all for the feminism movement? Then you should have a problem with beauty pageants." For him, subjecting women to standards set by men from body figures to facial features, are all superficial ways of telling women they are pretty and smart. He even followed up with, "How can you judge a person's intellect based on one question?"
Actually, he presented good points. Naturally, I set out to defend mine. "The essence of beauty pageants for me lies in the advocacies championed by these women. Sure, the criteria of the competition don't align with this yet, there could be improvements done in this area, but let's face it, there are important issues that people usually don't care about. If it takes entertainment and showmanship for people to actually pay attention, then so be it."
The title of this post is inspired by Lu Sierra's job description of a Miss Universe, and I quote -
"Miss Universe does not model, she speaks. So can she speak clear(ly) so that the auditorium will listen to her? Do her eyes light up? Does she smile when she talk? Is her posture good? She's a diplomat and her job is to pull in the audience when she's speaking to little girls. 'Hello ladies I am your Miss Universe and I want you to be the best you you can be.'"
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For this year, with the help of my organization the Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers, I'm advocating for climate action. There is no denying that climate change has become an emergency. We only have 3 years to take massive action before things go completely out of hand.
This advocacy is close to my heart since it wasn't that long ago when Typhoon Odette hit my province and it took lives and the livelihood of my community. The ice in Greenland has been melting at an alarming rate and Europe has been experiencing its hottest this summer season.
We can try to start in our own homes by reducing the harmful activities that have been contributing to global warming. We can stop burning plastics, reduce the use of single-use plastics, use our metal straws, choose sustainable sanitary wear, opt to go for products that have been produced in eco-friendly industries, and even delete our emails. However, these actions may not be enough to make a massive impact in three years' time.
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We should listen to our scientists and we should join them in demanding immediate action from our world leaders. Our world leaders should come up with policies that make big corporations become accountable for the damage that they have done and they are continually making. These world leaders will then cascade these policies to our local government and finally to us the ordinary citizens. In turn, we can be fully supportive of the implementation of the solutions that they have put in place.
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I've always been vocal about my love for pageants as they bring out my competitive spirit. I'm always determined to win. But now, more than ever, I am more determined to speak about Climate Action. If we don't act now, we have to anticipate that the world as we know it will never be the same. There is no Planet B, at least in this lifetime.
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So love the photos and your advocacy. It should be everyone's responsibility and contribute things that would help save our earth and nature to prevent or lessen the natural disaster we have faced in the past years.
Right? It sure hits different especially after Typhoon Odette came
I agree, and we had multiple areas affected by floods as well this past few months. This couldn't happen if we are responsible for throwing out our garbage and lessening the use of plastic and planting more trees
Yep! And if corporations cared more about sustainability than profit. But we are bound to go towards greater entropy, correcting our mistakes will not be easy.
I agree, I think it will take a lot of years for everyone to realize how we neglect small things that make a huge impact. Let's hope for the best.
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A beautiful person advocating a beautiful cause. Good luck and thank you! :)
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Thank you for the support @phortun. We really should be sounding the alarm bells now on climate change
Well, the scientists have been warning us for decades but most people just didn´t (want to) listen... I can only confirm that the climate change here in Central Europe where I come from is as real as it gets, unfortunately...
You are right.
Which part? 😄
When I hear a guy say
The only conclusion in my head is they have no game and will result to virtue signaling and other supposed injustices faced by the opposite sex just to inside your pants.
Hahaha! Didn't take it that way though, I totally have another woman friend who thought pageants were problematic too. But that's them.
I do not have a point of view on a woman's stance so no comment... :)
This advocacy became a trend in tiktok and facebook few months ago but I am not sure if it made an impact to the viewers. I hope there will be an initiated move from the government to address this anticipated problem and everybody must take part on it.
This was discussed in the recent SONA, among the top priorities of this administration are the use of renewable energy, natural disaster resiliency, disaster-proofing of communities in anticipation of rising sea levels, and there was a mandate for corporations to follow the law.
But I think money has more teeth than our law enforcers :(
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