Fátima Bosch Fernández of Mexico was crowned Miss Universe 2025 on Friday, a dramatic victory for a 25-year-old who stood up to public bullying from one of the hosts.
  • Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish
    62·
    4 months ago

    Nawat later apologized for his actions, appearing both tearful and defiant at the same time.

    “If anyone (was) affected and not comfortable it happened, I am so sorry,” he said in front of the contestants. He then turned to them and said, “It’s passed. OK? Are you happy?”

    Goddamn, dude.

    • magnetosphere@fedia.io
      45·
      4 months ago

      Ordinarily, I’d answer “no”, but I like it when people don’t meekly take shit from bullies… especially when they’re just expected to shut up and look pretty.

      • DaMummy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        217·
        4 months ago

        Would you have known the pegant was happening if the bullying thing didn’t happen? Would you have even known about the Europe song contest if Ukraine didn’t win? Would you have known about it this year if it wasn’t for Israel being involved? Would you have ever talked about the Oscar’s if Will Smith didn’t slap somebody?

          • stringere@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            4 months ago

            Give them a break, it’s not easy typing when you’re wrapped in bandages and have had your brains removed through your nose.

        • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todayEnglish
          2·
          4 months ago

          Your post is silly.

          I might have found out about this specific pageant from this story, but I know beauty pageants exist. I also knew about ALL the other stuff before the things you claim made them famous.

          I’ve known about the Eurovision contest for decades. I first heard about it on the 70s, when ABBA won it. And I knew about the Oscars long before Chris Rock got slapped.

          Just because you’re ignorant, doesn’t mean everyone else is.

          • DaMummy@lemmy.worldEnglish
            13·
            4 months ago

            Yeah, they were famous back then for their own thing, I’m just amazed at how easily people are “bullied” into caring about something like a beauty pegeant.

    • Rachelhazideas@lemmy.worldEnglish
      94·
      4 months ago

      Yes. I’m tired of people treating modern beauty pageants like a bimbo contest.

      If you have ever watched any make up tutorial, seen what it takes to learn to walk like a model, learn to perform on a stage, how to be charming and likeable on camera, coordinate a wardrobe, selling your brand and identity, you’ll know that pageantry isn’t just about giving an arbitrary person an award for being born pretty, it’s the outcome of an entire team of people making it happen.

      Women are expected to wear makeup and dress well far more often than men are, with social consequences that can be felt in the workplace and public when they don’t, and yet women’s engagement in the beauty industry are dismissed as frivolous or attention seeking.

      Gender expectations from a young socialize girls to uphold higher standards in beauty and fashion, and yet women are also made to internalize hate for something as ‘silly’ as pagentry. There’s no winning from this.