Budapest, Hungary–A “Miss Plastic Surgery” pageant was held. 18 Hungarian women competed to win a grand prize of an apartment in Budapest. They had to prove that they had actually gone under the knife, and not “just” gotten botox or collagen injections. There was a special category for women over 30, because of course, we as women have an expiration date, but how nice of them to have a category for the oldies too.
The Winner in the Center, and the two runners-up.
Most of the contestants had augmented breasts and nose-jobs, and one finalist even had surgically adjusted toes. Surgically adjusted toes!
On one level, I’m glad this competition is being honest about what it is. It’s a pageant for surgically-beautified women, and it’s not pretending to be anything else. I remember reading that the California Miss USA committee paid for Carrie Prejean’s boob job, and Miss USA tries to act as if it’s not just judging based on looks. Many celebrities have also gone under the knife but are mum about the topic, and send off the impression that they look the way they do from pure genetics, sending out an ideal that many won’t reach without a surgeon cutting up their bodies or face.
Another picture from the competition:
I also know people who have personally benefited from plastic surgery, one from a medical necessity due to a fire she was in as a kid, and one from a vanity purpose but who feels like the procedure improved her quality of life.
I am not anti-plastic surgery, but I am just anti-the kind of world where women feel like they have to be perfect and have surgery on their TOES in order to feel beautiful. Celebrating a narrow definition of beauty feels a little sick to me. The worth of a woman as a human being should not depend on how symmetrical her toes are or how perky her breasts.
What do you think of this pageant?
Source: The AP
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Sarah
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October 12, 2009 at 4:19 am
Sarah,
Very interesting article, what does this say about society if people feel that they are pretty enough, that they have to have plastic surgery. I would rather have someone real win.