Posted on 06/04/2007 2:17:27 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
MARIA ELENA SALINAS
Showing the ugly side of a nation
June 4, 2007
The young ladies were handpicked from among the most beautiful women in the world, but it was not a pretty sight. Miss USA, Rachel Smith, slipped and fell during a crucial moment in the Miss Universe pageant on May 28.
The formal gown competition is not just about how you look in the gown, but about how you carry yourself in it. Smith stepped on her dress and fell on her rear end. She picked herself right up and, unfazed, struck a pose with a wide smile. An admirable reaction.
It was an accident that could have happened to anyone, at any place. But it happened to Miss USA in Mexico. And what occurred afterward has turned into an international dispute.
Although it is not uncommon to have an American beauty among the finalists, some people felt that Smith's fall should have disqualified her from the final top five contestants. Either the judges overlooked the incident and considered her poise and beauty above all else, or – as some cynics have suggested – they felt sympathy for her.
Whatever led her to the final phase of the pageant, there is no excuse for the reaction of the crowd when it was her turn to answer a question from the judges. As soon as her name was called, there were boos and more boos, then people began chanting, “Mexico, Mexico, Mexico.” They booed and chanted so loudly that Smith had to plead for their attention in both English and Spanish.
The question is: Why did they do it? Did they think she did not deserve the honor of being among the finalists because of her fall? If that were the case, they should have booed the judges for their decision, not Smith. Was it because they would have liked to see their own Rosa María Ojeda Cuen among the top five? They didn't boo the other four finalists who were also chosen above their Mexican beauty.
Suggestions have been made – by Donald Trump and others – that there were political undertones to the chants by the mostly Mexican audience sitting inside Mexico City's EstÁdio Nacional. They imply that the audience was lashing out at the U.S. representative because of the political tensions between the United States and Mexico on the immigration issue. “Her presence reminded them of the absurd border wall that is being built,” said one Mexican analyst.
“It was a show of rejection to U.S. foreign policy,” said another.
If in fact there was a political motive behind the booing of Miss USA, Mexicans should condemn the actions of the group of spectators who would do such a despicable thing to a young lady who was representing her country as proudly and honorably as all involved in the pageant. Fortunately, Mexico is still a free country, and anyone who disagrees with the policies of his or her neighbor to the north can take his or her protests and complaints to the U.S. Embassy.
It is very difficult to know what was going through the minds of the spectators at the Miss Universe pageant on that Monday night. It is possible that all of the reasons mentioned influenced their actions, or that the spontaneous response of a disgruntled few provoked a chain reaction. Whatever the reason, it sent a message of disrespect and intolerance by Mexicans in front of a television audience of around 600 million people in 180 countries.
No doubt the incident left a larger bruise on Smith than did the unflattering fall. Then again, all the hoopla about the booing of the fallen beauty has put a damper on what should have been a celebration for Riyo Mori. That's right – in case you missed it among all the sensationalist headlines, Miss Universe 2007 is a young dancer from Japan who hopes that people will remember the moment she was crowned more than the moment when Miss USA was booed.
Hey, get used to it, if they are allowed to continue crossing our borders at the rate they are now. These morons continuously leer at, ogle, and disrespect women on a daily basis. You can’t drive down the street without one of them oggling you — and I’m a 45 year old woman!! This is how they demean women — and it’s what we face along with this disgrace called amnesty that has a potential of passing in some form in Congress. I can’t believe the “feminists” aren’t more enraged over it ...it will destroy everything they’ve ever worked for.
ok, imagine the pageant is being held in N.Y.
Poor little Miss Mexico falls on her butt and
the audience responds with booing, jeering, and heckling.
It would be a worldwide incident and we would never
hear the end of it about the “mean spirited”, “arrogant”, Americans.
Mexico is not our friend, and never has been. As for borders, I propose our approach to our border with Mexico should be on a par with that of Mexico vis-a-vis its border with Guatemala. Mexico has armed troops on its broder with Guatemala, and has no qualms about STRICTLY enforcing its border, if you get my drift. I have nothing but contempt for Mexico. It is a third-world toilet of a country that has NEVER in its entire existence developed or created ONE thing that was of any benefit to mankind. It is a pariah state, a noxious cancer that festers and destroys.
Perhaps he kindest thing we could do for Mexico is to stop all our investment and aid and open borders, it might cause the people to take charge of their country instead of letting crooks run it and amass personal wealth
Every country has its rubes as it were...Mexico seems to have its fair share:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCqaPEWzSAE
The Mexicans are not endangering our sovereignty and way of life; that is a product of the U.S. citizens who sell us out.
You make some good points.
Do you have a link for your blog post?
DRINKING WITH A REDNECK GIRL
A Mexican, an Iraqi, and a redneck girl are all in the same bar in San Antinio.
The Mexican finishes his beer and throws his glass into the air. He pulls out
his pistol and shoots the glass to pieces. He says, “In Mexico, our glasses are
so cheap, we don’t need to drink with the same one twice.”
The Iraqi, obviously impressed by this, drinks his beer, throws his glass into the
air, pulls out his AK-47, and shoots his glass to pieces. He says, “InIraq, we have so
much sand to make glasses, we don’t need to drink with the same one twice either.”
The redneck girl, cool as a cucumber, picks up her beer, downs it in one gulp, throws
the glass into the air, whips out her .45, shoots the Mexican and the Iraqi. Catching her
glass, setting it on the bar and calling for a refill, she says, “In America, we have so many
illegal Mexicans and Arabs, we don’t have to drink with the same ones twice.”
God Bless America!!
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