Miss Japan 2009 (top left). Miss Universe 2009 and Miss Universe 2008 (top and left, both from Venezuela). Miss Universe 2009 was crowned a few days ago in Nassau, Bahamas. Not surprisingly, a contestant from Latin America took the crown again: Stefania Fernandez from Venezuela. The runner-ups hail from the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Kosovo and Australia. The crown was handed over by Miss Universe 2008, also from Venezuela. In total, this South American country has won the title six times, only second to the USA who has taken the crown home seven times. Miss USA, Kirsten Dalton, made it to the top 10 and, as expected, had the best body. Miss Japan, Emiri Miyasaka (see pic) was not among the top 15 - despite major efforts by a French ex-model agent to make Japan pageant-worthy. In my opinion she should have known better than to pick timid Emiri for an international pageant where confidence and assertiveness rule. Then again, it’s hard to compete with the aggressive yet graceful beauty of Latinas, not only for Japan but for most countries or continents for that matter. America in general, and Latin America specifically, are obsessed with beauty and have long traditions of pageantry. Professional organizations as well as their own mothers prepare girls from young age to become beauty queens. On top of that, Latin women are worshipped like goddesses by their male counterparts, and that explains why they radiate the kind of confidence and sensuality that is unique to them. In Japan, on the other hand, there are voices that call for the abolishment of beauty pageants altogether. They argue that judging someone by their looks is discriminative. I’d say they have a point even though it’s … very Japanese.
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Thank you all for coming to our annual DLS Beach BBQ Party. Forty students and teachers attended and ate, drank, laughed and enjoyed together. The adventurous ones even went for a swim and I have to say - the water temperature was higher than the outside temperature, at least late in the afternoon! The highlight for me was to see Kenji with his snorkeling gear (we love you Kenji, you’re unique!) and to measure Tomomi’s, Ikuko’s, Ayami’s and Mayumi’s waists with my hands … they’re so small I could almost encompass them!! The BBQ photo album will be uploaded soon. http://dls-eikaiwa.com
