The Oldest Miss Universe Canada Contestant Is Just Getting Started
Lorraine Peters' goal is to change the way older women are viewed. “The message is we are no longer relevant."
Beauty pageants are at a crossroads. A series of scandals and some surprisingly modern plot twists have rocked this patchwork of sashes and stages all over the world in recent months.
Pageants were once the definition of anachronism, rating women against a unidimensional ideal of female beauty and presentation, the embodiment of the male gaze. They almost disappeared in the 1990s when TV ratings plummeted, but out of the ashes, these competitions—and…
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