Comments on: Updated: Miss Ummah America?

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 19 May 2010 19:50:18 +0000

Or a gay male Muslim in a muslin gown.

By: a harrison smith

a harrison smith — Wed, 19 May 2010 10:19:52 +0000

I have to say this post made my day!!
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
But:its politics and porn all the way these days! For sure!
I think beauty is wonderful: but here in Africa : you can imagine the political pitfalls and politically correct: HUGE problems in trying to choose…
Muslims are not supposed to uncover though…so this must be a sacrifice on her part?
Inshallah:Hezbollah must be praying in droves for her. She should not venture to the in mid-east physically! she could be stoned

By: mike d

mike d — Wed, 19 May 2010 00:37:13 +0000

Pretty sure Oscar Nunez is not gay, and only plays a gay character on TV. Just so you know

By: Robert Glisson

Robert Glisson — Tue, 18 May 2010 23:37:34 +0000

“[The question was booed, not her answer, which was given without flinching.] My mistake, I reviewed two video copies of the question in my library, both copies were silent between his question and her answer (Or my hearing is gone); However, closer listening to the video’s appeared to me that the crowd approved of her answer. I saw a copy of the Fox interview with Miss Oklahoma, she appeared to be intelligent and gracious.
Note. You let insults toward you pass by, why not Williams compliment.

By: William

William — Tue, 18 May 2010 21:42:03 +0000

Few women are fortunate enough to have an uncommon combination of intelligence, and beauty, that the owner of this blog is gifted with.

[It feels wrong to let this by, but thanks. Age is not on her side, though.]

By: Nora Brinker

Nora Brinker — Tue, 18 May 2010 21:08:52 +0000

MonkeyShines asks: “You are going tell me with a straight face, that you think this girl here:
http://www.debbieschlussel.com/wBy p-content/uploads/2010/05/rimafakihbikini.jpg
…is not good looking?”

I take it you are a man. That woman is probably (I wouldn’t know) “sexy”. If I, as a foreigner, get the idea behind American beauty pageants (which I detest) right, the physical beauty judged there is meant to appeal to the male and the female eye and the girls are theoretically supposed to have some “class”. (Maybe they really had, forty or fifty years ago.) The newly-crowned Miss USA can be described by three epithets: vulgar, vulgar and vulgar. No doubt that appeals to many men, but as long as we are talking about beauty queens and not porn queens, your question is pointless.

By: sunny black

sunny black — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:31:21 +0000

I have to say I was quite impressed Oklahoma used the concept of state’s rights in an appropriate context. She even went the extra mile at the very end of her answer to appear even-handed with the “against profiling” bit.

Meanwhile PoleDancer is regaling us with her encyclopedic knowledge of “controlled substances” and how expensive birth control is. Using vague words and phrases which have no application to a given circumstance in order to give the appearance of clever? She’s ripping off Obama! Here’s hoping Ms. Fakih does the world a favor and stays on the OC pills permanently, inshallah.

Note: what do people think insurance is exactly? Because the concept of pooling risk seems surprisingly foreign to people.

By: Robert Glisson

Robert Glisson — Tue, 18 May 2010 17:59:26 +0000

“I feel that the results of the beauty contest are a perfect symbol of current affairs.” When you have a single gender male judge,(who isn’t biologically supposed to be interested in females) asking political questions of only selected contestants (and not getting booed, but her answer did) and a pole dancer wins the position of representing America’s single women to the the world. I have to agree with Mr. McNeil. I sure am proud of Miss Oklahoma though. She slapped their faces but good.

[The question was booed, not her answer, which was given without flinching.]

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Tue, 18 May 2010 16:57:46 +0000

Just as well that I missed the TV spectacle. One of the most gorgeous contestants I ever saw was Miss Venezuela in the 1992 Miss Universe:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Izsak

who apparently was # 1 in all 3 categories by a record margin until she got to a final “interview question” and got kiboshed. I had no idea of her name but I think she had the wrong religion (hint – Izsak Isaacson ….[your host’s maiden name]). She is preserved in YouTube and reminds me a bit of my late Linda.

So like Prejean and Woolard, the interview serves to select the polically appropriate winner. On the positive side, since a certain religious group is out, we are spared the crowning of Elana Kagan! However, Michelle Obama is a shoo-in.

By: MonkeyShines

MonkeyShines — Tue, 18 May 2010 13:43:33 +0000

You are going tell me with a straight face, that you think this girl here:

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/rimafakihbikini.jpg

…is not good looking?