Posted on 10/18/2009 12:09:16 PM PDT by Dallas59
Miss Homeless finalists /Europics
Therese Van Belle, 58, beat nine other finalists in the contest who will now all go back on the streets.
Organiser Aline Duportail said the competition was meant to draw attention to the plight of the homeless.
But woman's rights activist Jacqueline Aubenas said: "I am outraged. These girls that turned into puppets parodying their own life is an absolute pathetic."
The contest was judged over two months with elimination rounds that culminated in a final that included catwalk skills and fashion judgement.
Aline Duportail said: "The event was about the contestants' inner strength and determination to get themselves out of their old life and on a new path."
Runner up Leonie Renier, 39, said she had lost her house and custody of her children because of drug and alcohol abuse.
She said: "The contest is not obscene - for a homeless person to want to be beautiful is not obscene. It is the misery of life on the streets that is obscene."
The contest was sponsored by local firms including a florist and a restaurant that were on the judging panel of the contest organised by social worker Mathilde Pelsers, 54, and her beauty queen daughter Aline Duportail, aged 18.
Winner Therese who was selected for her "fighting spirit and her will to improve her situation" said: "I'm really overcome, I've never been lucky in my life. This is the first time I've been lucky. I think my life is about to change for the better."
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Sick!
Damn, talk about losing!
Have you ever noticed that it is usually only the liberals that purport to represent the homeless, poor, minority, what have you that get offended?
And, after her 12 month rent-free apartment runs out ... then what?
Out on her arse.
>And, after her 12 month rent-free apartment runs out ... then what?
All the more incentive to take advantage of that easement to jump-start financial security.
If they had a swimsuit competition there wouldn’t be a winner.
Should have offered her a refrigerator box and a years supply of New York Times she can use for whatever purpose she deems correct.
I can see it now. Hot, emaciated girls in burlap bags vying for the chance to move into rundown high rise apartments.
Hope and Change is on the way.
Maybe staying off crack would be good skills competition for this contest.
wait a sec... second from the left didn’t win?
Thats an outrage.
The beauty part of dating a homeless woman?
When the date is finished, you can drop her off anywhere.
Hard to see how anyone could be homeless these days. We’ve got 2 homes for every person. And of course the lefties don’t want you talking about the homeless on their watch in any event.
Yea, but you'll never get invited "up for a cup of coffee".
Donna: So, er, thanks for dinner. It was great.
George: Yeah. We should do this again.
Donna: Would you like to come upstairs for some coffee?
George: Oh, no, thanks. I can't drink coffee late at night, it keeps me up.
Maybe she could invite the other 7 to move in and
together they could help one another...
I wonder if Rusty provided valet rickshaw service and if muffin stumps were were served at the concession stand.
Hope & Change Belgian style
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