Twill never adorn Miss Italy? Judging by the eighteenth Netflix documentary on the competition conceived by Enzo Mirigliani (Miss Italy must not die), which traces a descending parable between the trash and the melancholy, one would say no. “That show was overcome by life,” the TV critic, Riccardo Bocca.
And while the words with which the then president of the Chamber, Laura Boldrini, still composed of the cancellation of the competition from Rai, wondered when we exceed the taboo of beauty as such, still resonate.
Hypocrisy on TV
Yes, because, unlike what might appear, in my opinion, Remove this competition from the schedules was the easier and more hypocritical one could dobecause “Gattopardiani” everything else remained as before. Miss Italy as a sacrificial lamb.
Antonella Baccaro (photo by Carlo Vangeri Gilbert).
AND in fact the tissues of Strip the newsgirls who illustrate the weather in the miniskirt And those who turn the Caselle dei Cruciverba, absently showing side B. All this is possible because the use of female beauty passes unnoticed in a different context (satire, game, etc.), while Miss Italy has the foam of being what it is: a female beauty race. What if he were? Why are you ashamed?
Ofelia Passaponti, Miss Italy 2024
There are competitions of intelligence, strength and skills, all natural qualities that, like beauty, can be “trained”. But Miss Italy cannot be done because it “commodific” bodies. When will we stop demonizing female beauty? When will we admit that attractiveness can be used legitimately (and use) to work as any other quality, and there is nothing wrong? So why shouldn’t a race be made for those who are more beautiful?
Do you know when Miss Italia lost? When he stopped being an aesthetic race to pretend to be anything else and appease the criticism. Hence the attempt of competitors to appear not only beautiful, declaring things like “I would like peace in the world”. He says it well in the documentary Jerry, the dean of regional agents: «The competition has been distorted. We had to care and defend our product ». That’s right, dear Jerry.
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