Originally Posted by Brillopad (Post 9936955)

And her figure. I should imagine many of the women aren’t keen to do the swimsuit bit, like a piece of meat - so why should she be let off the hook! No-one forced her to enter so she competes properly or not at all.

Originally Posted by Brillopad (Post 9936970)

That depends on whose judging it and how far political stances gets in the way.

Originally Posted by bitontheslide (Post 9936985)

She is making a religious/political statement which has nothing to do with a beauty contest. I don't agree with the concept of beauty contests anyway and they are hardly mainstream events anymore so I would have thought other events would have been more appropriate

Originally Posted by arista (Post 9936948)

No it is not
only her hair is hidden

Originally Posted by Dezzy (Post 9936982)

She didn't come close to winning, that's a fact that's stated in the video. I'm guessing, like I said before, someone blonde and buxom that looks good in a Bikini probably won, this contestant stood no chance by putting herself at a disadvantage by covering up.

Originally Posted by Vicky. (Post 9937033)

Not really seeing the issue with this

But I have a bit of a problem with beauty pageants in general tbh, but its a bit offtopic so I won't go into it here :laugh:

Originally Posted by Oliver_W (Post 9943894)

Someone in a hijab probably won't get very far unless there's an agenda behind the voting, so it's up to them if they wanna limit their chances:)

Originally Posted by arista (Post 9943907)

For Sure
but she was on BBC AM news
because its new etc

Originally Posted by jaxie (Post 9936829)

This is an odd one because it's not the cloth on head but the teaching behind it that a woman is not modest unless she covers her hair, that her hair is somehow wanton. In which case isn't a beauty pageant wanton and immodest since it's about women's beauty and parading around to be admired? :shrug: So isn't that some sort of contradiction to the point of wearing the covering at all? I wonder how they do the swimsuit section.

Originally Posted by arista (Post 9936822)

This is a 19 year old


The BBC had another one in the UK
on their sloppy bbc breakfast show before 9AM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...ear-hijab.html
the UK one is aged 20



I guess they can be sexy

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock (Post 9945223)

I'm putting it out there and saying that it's not sexy.

There's a time and a place for a Hijab, and a beauty pageant isn't one of them imo.

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey (Post 9945028)

This post just make me want Chinese food

Originally Posted by jaxie (Post 9945270)

Now you've started me on a sweet and sour pork craving.

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock (Post 9945223)

I'm putting it out there and saying that it's not sexy.

There's a time and a place for a Hijab, and a beauty pageant isn't one of them imo.

Originally Posted by DemolitionRed (Post 9945534)

Oh come on, beauty doesn't have to be sexy. Well maybe it does for men!