Singapore and beauties...

I have always been a firm believer in the fact that beauty and brains do not go together and watching the Miss Singapore Universe contest on TV yesterday reinforced that belief. The 18 contestants effectively proved that these contests are neither a test of beauty nor a test of brains. Irrespective of what the judges had to say, I DID NOT THINK THAT EVEN ONE CONTESTANT WAS REMOTELY ATTRACTIVE! Thankfully, unlike the Miss Vasantham contestants, these girls at least had the courtesy to wax themselves! :-P

We watched the question and answer round for a while. My wife was wondering how one answer could determine the intelligence of the participant. I explained that the question was not meant to measure the girls' intelligence, it was instead a very good way of arranging the girls in decreasing levels of dumbness. The least dumb of them all would walk away with the title! :)

One participant said she didn't want to get a 'parking' ticket while 'walking fast' in a pedestrain subway under Orchard Road (duh!). The runner up actually thought beauty queens exercising with elderly people was one good way to encourage Singaporeans to contribute time instead of money towards social cause (DUH!) My lord! I rest my case!!

The judges took the cake with their final question to determine the winner - 'What do you think about the popular notion that foreign guys are more popular than local guys' - So much for intelligence. And the answers were out of this world -

1. "Though westerners have good bodies, Asian men have 'values' ". (I am still laughing...)
2. "All my previous boyfriends were locals. I really loved them". (All at the same time? Just curious...)
3. "Asian men are cute". (Please spare me)

And predictably, the one who talked about values won! (YAWN) The one who loved all her boyfriends was the runner up and according to the host, won a Digital Camera and $2,500 in cash! She made a fool of herself on national TV for that?

Anyone who says beauty contests measure intelligence?