The argument about
the credibility and relevance of beauty pageants to young ladies and the
society would not end today or anytime soon.
For many aspirants,
they want to participate in such competitions to be able to make an impact they
believe they can only achieve by being beauty queens. For others, it is the
best and easiest platform to become famous and gain quick attention.
Beauty pageants are
public entertainment processes of selecting young girls in an elaborate,
colorful and sometimes competitive manner. It is traditionally focused on
judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants, personality,
intelligence, talent, and answering judges' questions satisfactorily.
With just four (4)
months to end the year, we are being bombarded with so much beauty pageant
events such that it has become really difficult to keep track of them.
Especially with the ones that engage in the reality show spanning over a period
of time.
Amazingly, Miss
Universe Ghana crowned their 2015 queen recently at a private ceremony at the
Alisa Hotel for which many critics have accused the organizers for being
discreet about the whole process.
Also, Ghana's Most
Beautiful 2015 is currently showing on TV3 on Sundays at 8:30pm.
Organisers of Miss
Malaika have also selected their contestants and the show has started airing on
GhOne TV at 8:00pm every Sunday. Interestingly, Miss Malaika and Ghana’s Most beautiful showing time overlaps each
other thus leaving viewers to choose which one to watch.
The nation’s oldest
beauty pageant, Miss Ghana, has also joined the race. Although the pageant was
called off last year due to controversies that surrounded the crowning of the
previous queen, the organisers have bounced back this year with full vim and
vigor with the whole audition and selection process across the regions. We are
yet to know which television channel we should look out for Miss Ghana 2015.
As we look forward
to witnessing the beauty queens from all four pageants, the question still
remains: ‘How relevant are beauty pageants and do they truly affect our lives
and our communities as they are portrayed?’ Or is it just another season of
beauty pageants?
We would be
following and hope this year’s events would be without controversies.
Best of luck to all
the beauty queens, and I hope they will use their crown to effect change in our
communities as purported by the organizers and aspirants.
Faith Senam Ocloo
Fashion Public Relations Manager
Fashion I Beauty I Lifestyle I Arts
