Beauty contest in Peking
PA Hong Kong Peking’s first beauty pageant ended with a whimper when organisers named 12 Girls of Elegance at a hush-hush evening tea party, reports said. The Sunday tea party ended the strange onagain, off-again saga of the Chinese capital’s first beauty contest since the Communists came to power 39 years ago. More than 800 women had signed up to participate after an April announcement that Peking would host a contest to select 10 Girls of Youth and Elegance. Preliminary rounds narrowed the field to 50
contestants.
The Peking contest ignited beauty pageant fever throughout the country, setting off a debate about whether they were appropriate in a country with a low standard of living. Under increasing pressure, some cities quickly dropped plans to name local beauty queens. Shanghai called off its contest earlier this month, claiming “conditions were notripe.” Contestants in the Peking pageant were judged on their talent in singing, dancing, reading and answering questions revealing their knowledge and moral values.
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Press, 2 June 1988, Page 37
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