The beauty pageant and the purpose

After the Miss England contestant quit the Miss World contest midway, leaving the organizers and public with slackened jaws and frowned brows, no one is yet able to comprehend the 'exploitation' as alleged by the contestant.

- DR SURAVI SHARMA KUMAR

Neither have we understood the context of phrases like 'behave like monkeys' and, worst of all, the word 'prostitute' here.

No one in this country can fathom any need for a middle-aged-people-free environment for beauty pageants. And if that is not a pre-requisite for any beauty contest, Miss England—Miss Mila Magee, who is a good adult aged 24 years, should have known how to interact and behave with middle-aged men and women. It's especially so when we call the global contest 'Beauty with a Purpose'.

In this context, I can only think of those spoiled grownups in this digital era living in a digital bubble where 'modern/contemporary' is only what is young, mesmerizing, instant, and abrupt. Miss Magee should have had the patience and right etiquette to talk to elderly men seated next to her and to their family. At least, we/the world would expect that a person anointed by the British pageant (by an intelligent jury) would be accomplished enough to be able to do so. We would like to believe she is one of the better lots from the younger generation from that country with the most glorious history/past.