McMaster University student Nicole Hemmer looks all made up and ready to go in her photo as one of the contestants of Miss World Canada. The website contains the contestants' profiles including Nicole's. The profile goes through all of Ms. Hemmer's hopes and dreams, from listing her favorite hobbies "modelling, travel basketball, yoga, dancing, travelling, seeing different cultures, public speaking and spending time with family" to mentioning her humanitarian and voluntary work in the past "Nicole loves to volunteer her time and has volunteered over 100 hours with various charities" ; basically sugar coating her life to attract more voters. That is what Beauty Pageants are all about in a nutshell. Contestants try to show their physical beauty and accentuate their attractiveness through all types of mediums. Whether it is on-stage interviews or talent shows.
Don't get me wrong though. It is not simple to win a beauty pageant. The girls need to be g
reat communicators in order to impact the judges and the audience. One of the main things the girls need to do is to check their posture and gesture. A topic which Adler covers. He states that 70% of messages are conveyed through non-verbal communication. A hefty amount, and an asset to the contestants, as most of their communication is non-verbal. Now do not get confused, beauty is not the same thing as attractiveness. Beauty is being blessed by good genes and having a symmetrical face and beautiful features. Attractiveness on the other hand has to do with posture, confidence, and basically the way one carries him/herself. For these beauty contestestants, beauty is basically a given. Most of the girls are good looking, so these contests are more heavily weighed on attractiveness.
reat communicators in order to impact the judges and the audience. One of the main things the girls need to do is to check their posture and gesture. A topic which Adler covers. He states that 70% of messages are conveyed through non-verbal communication. A hefty amount, and an asset to the contestants, as most of their communication is non-verbal. Now do not get confused, beauty is not the same thing as attractiveness. Beauty is being blessed by good genes and having a symmetrical face and beautiful features. Attractiveness on the other hand has to do with posture, confidence, and basically the way one carries him/herself. For these beauty contestestants, beauty is basically a given. Most of the girls are good looking, so these contests are more heavily weighed on attractiveness.Moreover, I ha
ve found a similar type of contest as well, where attractiveness (in other forms) must be conveyed in order to score with the votes, and that is the political elections. Taking the American Presidential Election for example, the senators need to show personality (verbally) and good policies in order to get votes. Corrispondingly, beauty pageant contestants need to also show their personality (non-verbally) and talk about world peace and all that junk that the politicians also mention. People like John McCain and George Bush use their emotions, or rather use emotionally stirring speeches about terrorists being "jealous of America's freedom" (Even though America isn't the only free country) in order to win debates. However, someone like Ron Paul, a man who knows what he is talking about, just states facts and reveals the truth in order to win his debates. So John McCain may have won in the bathing suit competition, so to speak, but he has lost in the Q&A part haha!
ve found a similar type of contest as well, where attractiveness (in other forms) must be conveyed in order to score with the votes, and that is the political elections. Taking the American Presidential Election for example, the senators need to show personality (verbally) and good policies in order to get votes. Corrispondingly, beauty pageant contestants need to also show their personality (non-verbally) and talk about world peace and all that junk that the politicians also mention. People like John McCain and George Bush use their emotions, or rather use emotionally stirring speeches about terrorists being "jealous of America's freedom" (Even though America isn't the only free country) in order to win debates. However, someone like Ron Paul, a man who knows what he is talking about, just states facts and reveals the truth in order to win his debates. So John McCain may have won in the bathing suit competition, so to speak, but he has lost in the Q&A part haha!Ron Paul on the other hand may have done poorly when it comes to his image because the republican party does not like to hear the truth, but he did great on the Q&A part because some citizens wanted to hear the truth. I will leave you with some videos of Ron Paul and John McCain and you be the judge.
Videos
Sevigny, Alexandre. "The Medium Is the Message." Communication Studies 1A03, Sevigny, Alexandre. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada: McMaster University Custom Courseware Production Services, 2004. 121-133.
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