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I usually don't give a rat's ass about beauty pageants, but the ensuing mini shitstorm that developed after an Arab American chick won the Miss USA title precisely because she was an Arab & presumably a Muslim (I don't think anyone mentioned whether she's a religious gal or not, but then again I couldn't be bothered to google that) interest me. Some called her win rigged, a form of "affirmative action".

A certain blogger, who has a PhD in Medieval Middle Eastern History (and thus an expert on beauty pageants), wrote "News that Rima Fakih, 24, of Dearborn, Michigan, won the Miss USA beauty pageant today prompts me to recall some prior instances of Muslim women winning beauty contests in Western countries." He then proceeded to list down several chicks' names and pictures to make his point. Ah yes, and what a point it was. Obviously he didn't get that PhD from pulling shit out of his ass, because he was thorough with his research. Who knew there was a Miss Picadie? What's a fucking Picadie anyway?? The randomness of his "observation" was mindboggling, to say the least.

He continued, "They are all attractive, but this surprising frequency of Muslims winning beauty pageants makes me suspect an odd form of affirmative action." Hmmm...maybe he's on to something...I once read somewhere that Venezuela has the record of most Miss Universe wins. This surprising frequency of hot Latina women from a South American country rich in oil must be some odd form of affirmative action, too, right? RIGHT?? Because we have to keep them greasy amigos happy! OMG, let's launch an investigation!

"Too bad the judges did not ask her about Hizbullah during the pageant." So is he suggesting that all contestants with Jewish background should be asked about their stance on Gaza, all Chinese contestants should be asked about Tibet, etc etc? It's a beauty pageant, for fuck's sake. Don't try to intellectualize something trivial, watched only in third world countries just for the bikini competition.

"More basically, she (the idiot means Ms.Fakih, the chick in the middle of the shitstorm) is pointing to the unarguable act that the presence of Muslims in Western life arouses contention. In contrast, think of the millions of Hindus living in the West and how little attention they garner." Wahey, yeah, think about that, why don't you. They get little attention because idiots like him keep making a mountain out of a molehill, digging up a list of who won Miss Normandy.

"Somebody doth protest too much." Hey, no shit, Sherlock. Hold that mirror to yourself, please. So some Arab chick, a Muslim chick wins a beauty pageant? So fucking what. Who cares. She would win money, be a mastubatory object for some geek somewhere, and then what. We all know that these contests affirm jackshit about the contestants themselves, just like getting an Oscar (or not getting one) says nothing about the actor's actual acting abilities. So maybe it was rigged for the sake of political correctness. Again, who cares. This should only make news if the chick in question looks like an extra from Planet of the Apes.