Last Sunday, I, Winston and Attorney got an invite from a friend to watch Ms. International Foreigner. Well, actually we were requested to take photos of Lola Anita's granddaughter, who is one of the 20 finalists for the coveted crown. And since we were not official photographers, we tried to zoom out our lenses just to take good photos.
The pageant is open to all foreigners in Japan, mostly joined by ladies from Philippines, Thailand, Nepal, India and Kazakhstan. I think there were three sets, talent, national costume and Q&A portions (too bad, there's no swimsuit category).
Actually its good to see these girls in their national costumes. And of course, some of them stood out from the rest. We heard that Ms. Kazakhstan won the title, but its already very obvious that she will. She was a crowd favorite after all.
The pageant is open to all foreigners in Japan, mostly joined by ladies from Philippines, Thailand, Nepal, India and Kazakhstan. I think there were three sets, talent, national costume and Q&A portions (too bad, there's no swimsuit category).
Actually its good to see these girls in their national costumes. And of course, some of them stood out from the rest. We heard that Ms. Kazakhstan won the title, but its already very obvious that she will. She was a crowd favorite after all.
Honestly, I didn't like the stage. Haha. Its too bright and too starry for my taste. That's why most of my photos are taken on the left side of the stage, with this black wall highlighting the candidates.
One of my favorite parts was during the question and answer portion, the emcee asked the question in English, translated by his co-emcee in Japanese (since most of the judges are Japanese), and the candidate answered in Thai. Awesome!
Well, I guess in most parts of the world, beauty pageants really exists and will continue to exist as long as there are ladies that are interested to join and be crowned as a beauty queen someday.
Sometimes I think though, does the concept of beauty is lost once they are judged? I mean each one has its own criteria about beauty and once the winner is declared, the consolation others can get is the comforting words of 'you are still beautiful'.
Congrats to Ms. Kazakhstan and to the rest of the ladies.
Well, I guess in most parts of the world, beauty pageants really exists and will continue to exist as long as there are ladies that are interested to join and be crowned as a beauty queen someday.
Sometimes I think though, does the concept of beauty is lost once they are judged? I mean each one has its own criteria about beauty and once the winner is declared, the consolation others can get is the comforting words of 'you are still beautiful'.
Congrats to Ms. Kazakhstan and to the rest of the ladies.
/totomai
02/28/09
