Homo Viator

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Time for some Campaignin'


This Land is your land

Four out of the top five most beautiful girls at the Miss Universe Contest are spanish speaking latinas. Tailana Vargas, Miss Colombia, Dayana Mendoza, Miss Venezuela, Marianne Cruz Gonzalez, Miss Dominican Repuplic and Elisa Najera, Miss Mexiko. The fifth one is from Russia by the way. And all of them are dark-haired. Interesting.

I wonder whether Latinas really are the most beautiful women in the world.
Or is the jury affected by the importance these contests play in participating countries? These Miss elections generate much more public interest in Latin America than they do in Europe, for example. I have been in Colombia at the time of election and the public interest was so enormous that it resembled the hype a European country experiences when their national footbal team makes it to the EURO-Championship's Final. If I had time to research I would check whether the contest's share and reach of the TV market that night was similar to the share and reach a footbal final gets in Germany. I bet it was. It certainly felt like it, when I was there.

I would argue the former though. ;-)

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