The patriotic Indians became furious over the racist comments made by some through some social networking sites. But, why such a fuss? Surely, Miss America contest itself doesn’t aim at promoting Indian culture, but a celebration of Americanness. The values it propagate, the style they celebrate, the success they promote, everything is American. Of course, that doesn’t mean anyone can laugh at the model who won the price.
The point is, celebrating the success of Nina because of her Indian origin and denouncing it because of the same, both are wrong. If you are criticizing, criticize the very concept of beauty contest, which itself is racial. Who is determining ‘style’, whose ‘style’ is being judged and what is ‘style’ in their point of view? These are the questions that need to be asked.
One advantage of this controversy is that the event got a good market including the Indian peninsula. In other words, otherwise a local contest in one of the countries in the world became a hot topic in one of the most populated countries in the world, India.
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