Less than two months after Sabah Fest 2008 in May, Shenanigan’s Fun Pub came out from around the corner with their very own beauty pageant, Miss Shenanigan’s 2008. The competition spans six weeks, and they broke down the elimination rounds into four separate weeks, with each one named after a season: Winter and Spring for the first and second heats, Summer for the semi-final and Autumn for the final and crowning of Miss Shenanigan’s 2008.
We went to see the second heat of Miss Shenanigan’s 2008 in July, and we went there for two reasons: firstly, one of our friend is in the competition (and as friends it is our sacred duty to come and give our morale support) and secondly, we wanted to see the contestants. It is, after all, a beauty contest.
This year marks the third year this beauty pageant has been running, and the organizers have a twist for their high-heeled lady competitors this time around, as you will find out below. It is this twist that makes Miss Shenanigan’s 2008 different from other beauty pageants.
A beauty pageant for any women
The most common criteria a beauty pageant contestant should possess is physical beauty. A pageant often times incorporates personality and talent demonstration, but the competition is based mainly on physical beauty, if not entirely. One of the most restrictive qualification however, is that you must be single. But that is not the case with Miss Shenanigan’s 2008; in this beauty pageant, they broke the tradition by allowing women of any background, marital status and wardrobe size to enter, as long as you are of legal age. That was the twist.
“And the next contestant is… “
And so it boils down to the next question: how does the competitors look like if the organizers implemented such a rule in their beauty contest? Not bad, actually. There’s Miss Bonnie, dubbed the ‘hot mama’ by the announcer and for a very good reason too. Miss Bonnie is 20 years old, sports a long dark hair, possesses a slender, sexy frame and is also a proud mother of one.
A mother of one, ladies and gents. The moment the announcer mentioned her maternal status, the whole crowd immediately burst into awed applause – a reaction I myself wasn’t expecting. And she was indeed beautiful, which says greatly about Miss Shenanigan’s 2008; if it weren’t for the organizers ruling, she wouldn’t even qualify to enter such a competition. It was a welcomed twist, one that doesn’t play on the stereotype that only single, unmarried women are beautiful (and thus are eligible to enter a beauty contest).
The Beauties of Spring
Here they are, ladies and gents, photos of the competitors of the second heat of Miss Shenanigan’s 2008:
Above: Miss Joanna Lye, our bold beauty friend (who is a gamer chick, by the way)
Summer is where all the birds gather
Although our friend didn’t make it to the next round, we still commend her on being such a bold lass. It takes fortitude to endure the rigors of a beauty pageant, and not just physically but also emotionally.
The finals of Miss Shenanigan’s 2008 will be on the 30th of July, 2008. We are eager to see the outcome of the competition, and hope to see more events such as this one to beautify the nights in Borneo.
