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Beyond the Sash and Crown: A Cultural Examination of the Possible Impacts of Beauty Pageant in the Filipino Society

Abstract: Our country has witnessed a burst of enthusiasm for beauty pageantry, which is already present in the Filipino society for more than sixty years. An ordinary Filipino is already accustomed into witnessing women in heavy make­up, glamorous dresses and skimpy clothes strutting along the stage. Nowadays, beauty pageants are no longer limited to women; men as well as gays are also widely welcomed in the arena. In spite of the gains one can acquire from joining beauty contests, the social implication of the burgeoning cultural emphasis on physical beauty is actually disturbing. Beauty pageants have already exceeded their boundaries of providing enjoyment and are now able to penetrate our way of thinking and advance capitalistic principles which validates why people should give extra attention and be cautious of beauty pageants. This research aspires to contribute to the existing knowledge about beauty pageantry in the Filipino society and its long lasting effects. The whole research focused on the beauty pageants for women around ages 15­28. It made use of qualitative methods such as content analysis of existing studies about beauty pageants and surveys among Filipino youth and young adults who have an experience in beauty pageants and those who are fascinated by it to see how pageants affect the individual’s emotions, value system and identity formation. The purpose of this study is to examine the ideals of feminine beauty created by beauty pageants and investigate the relationship between pageants and gender discourses, national identity and culture and consumerism; and also how it connect to issues and struggles which are present in individual's life outside the purview of the contest. It was able to investigate how pageant contestants were sexualized and objectified. Furthermore, it shall reveal how prevalent pro­Western beauty ideology is to young Filipinos of the present generation. Keywords​: Beauty, beauty pageants, beauty myths, culture, identity, discourse, ideology, feminism, objectification, sexualisation, Western, Western beauty, consumerism, media, capitalism, colonialism, ethnocentrism

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Centuries have passed and the obsession for beauty never ceases. The pressure to look good has been intensified and the hype continues as the world becomes digitally connected via the internet. Our concept of beauty becomes very easily affected with just one click of a button. Consciously or unconsciously, we have succumbed to the media’s influence of shaping our thoughts. In line to that, it is therefore safe to say that the current trend and basis of a true Filipina beauty as in arched nose, sharp face, long legs, slender body and fair skinned are influences of the Spanish and American. It is a de facto phenomena experienced by Filipinos. However, if our concept of beauty really has changed, then from what notion did it change from? Through lexical data, this paper aims to provide basic parameters of the concept of beauty in the indigenous Philippine society.

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Various studies on the Philippine concept of beauty have been published all throughout the years. The obsession with whitening products and even going under the knife just to achieve the perfect nose shape has been popular recently. Perhaps, we all agree that due to the three hundred yearlong influence of the Spaniards and the occupation of the Americans soon after has reshaped our idea of beauty. However, a very important question was never asked. From what previous concept did it change from? How did it change until the American period? This paper focuses on the various aspects of beauty in the 16th-19th century Philippine society, before and during the colonization of the Spaniards.

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The twenty-first century is the era when populations of cities will exceed rural communities for the first time in human history. The population growth of cities in many countries, including those in transition from planned to market economies, is putting considerable strain on ecological and natural resources. This paper examines four central issues: (a) the challenges and opportunities presented through working in jurisdictions where there are no official or established methods in place to guide regional, ecological and landscape planning and design; (b) the experience of the author’s practice—Gillespies LLP—in addressing these challenges using techniques and methods inspired by McHarg in Design with Nature in the Russian Federation in the first decade of the twenty-first century; (c) the augmentation of methods derived from Design with Nature in reference to innovations in technology since its publication and the contribution that the art of landscape painters can make to landscape analysis and interpretation; and (d) the application of this experience to the international competition and colloquium for the expansion of Moscow. The text concludes with a comment on how the application of this learning and methodological development to landscape and ecological planning and design was judged to be a central tenant of the winning design. Finally, a concluding section reflects on lessons learned and conclusions drawn.

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