After my blog posting about womanless beauty pageants on February 6, I was curious how often and where such pageants occur. So, I set-up Google Alerts so that I would receive an e-mail me each time Google discovered a new encounter of the term "womanless" on the Internet. Since then, I have been averaging a womanless alert about once a day. About 25% of the alerts have nothing to do with womanless beauty pageants (or womanless weddings), but the remaining 75% do. Womanless pageants occur regularly, two or three per week, and the vast majority occur in the Deep South of the USA. Only two occurred outside the Deep South: one in the Southwest and the other in the upper Midwest.
I've noticed that they have a pageant in one of the communities here this time of year.
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They were raising money for the American Cancer Society this time around. I saw photos from last year's, and there was at least one contestant who looked too good to not be one of us.
If done right these can be lots of fun. I did two in high school and had a great time. The important thing is to get the girls to overcome the "macho" angle. The times I did it, all the guys tried to look as good as possible.
ReplyDeleteIt's not just adults either. They even have children participating. Check this out if you don't believe me....
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Jaye --- Yes, there are always one or two outstanding femulations among the men in dresses and it makes you wonder!
ReplyDeleteAnonymous --- Lucky, you! I never had the opportunity because there is a dearth of womanless events in the Northeast. There are high-end drag pageants for the pros or semi-pros around here, but not much for the average Joe/Josephine.
ReplyDeleteLaurie --- Yes, I think that is the first one I ever saw at the JonBenét Ramsey age level.
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