History in the Miss Universe pageant:
soon, and for the first time in the history of the old beauty pageant, the participation of contestants holding the status of married or mothers will be allowed.
An internal document obtained by the website The National states that "We always make an effort to adapt the competition to the changing times and this step was natural and necessary. We all believe that women should have ownership of their lives and that the decisions of human personalities should not be a barrier to their success," the document stated, among other things .
The new regulation, which as mentioned allows married (or divorced) women and mothers (or pregnant women) to submit their application and compete, will come into effect starting with the next competition, the 72nd in number, which will be held in 2023.
Miss Universe 2021: India's representative Harnaz Sandhu, photo: E.P
In the past, the strict (and discriminatory) pageant rules strictly stated that only single women between the ages of 18 and 28 who had never been married or had children would be allowed to compete.
"The Miss Universe organization is always the biggest and most innovative platform of its kind," said Josh Yugen, who serves as the CEO of Yugen Group and the national director of Miss Universe Bahrain. many decades".
Miss Universe is an international beauty pageant that has been held every year since 1952 and is organized by the Miss Universe organization.
Over the years, she managed to provoke quite a few scandals, and of course generate heated discussions regarding the status of women, the objectification of the female body, the ideal of beauty and feminism.
Over the years it suffered a continuous drop in ratings in an event that was once considered a television gold mine, and the competition became outdated and uninteresting when it was claimed that it only perpetuates stereotypes and perpetuates a distorted beauty model.
Among the prominent headlines she has produced over the years: the ouster of Oksana Fedorova, Russia's representative, in 2002 and the transfer of the crown to her runner-up Justin Pasek from Panama on the grounds that she failed to fulfill her duties, as well as allegations that she married secretly and became pregnant in violation of the competition's regulations.
In 2014, another historic achievement was recorded when the Miss Universe organization decided to approve the candidacy of a transgender contestant for the first time.
The incident of the incorrect announcement of the winner in 2015 was recorded as one of the most embarrassing and well-publicized incidents in the history of the pageant, when Steve Harvey, host of the pageant held in Las Vegas that year, announced Miss Colombia as the winner of the pageant when in fact the real winner of the crown was Miss Philippines.
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