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I n 2017, Kimber Lee went to see Miss Saigon on Broadway. The actor turned playwright had never seen the musical in its entirety before but had friends who had performed in it and she knew the shape of the story: a doomed romance between a Vietnamese woman and a GI during the Vietnam war, inspired by Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. But that didn’t prepare her for the dismay she felt. “It was utter shock,” she says, speaking from New York via Zoom. “I remember sinking lower and lower in my seat. Even walking in and seeing the set I was like, ‘OK, I see what’s going on.’” I’ve been telling the cast we’re jugging with batons of fire Aside from racist tropes around the Vietnamese characters and the reductive, she says, sexualised portrayal of Asian women, the misogyny and cultural imperialism were staggering. Lee went home and wrote her response: untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play. Beginning in Japan in 1906 and spanning over 100 years, it is structured around a scene that repeats across the ages and references South Pacific and M*A*S*H as well as Miss Saigon. The scene speeds through the plot of Miss Saigon in miniature: a GI lands in a village, falls for a local woman, abandons her after the war and then comes back with his American wife to claim his child, leaving her to take her own life. Its characters are glaringly stereotyped and the drama unpicks these tropes with every repeat, until we arrive in present-day Harlem for a reckoning. A close-to-the-bone satire, fuelled by coal b...

WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PENULTIMATE YEAR OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.- In Venezuela the “Tragedy of Vargas” occurs in which an avalanche buries and destroys a large part of the state, leaving more than 30,000 victims. In Puebla (Mexico) the great avalanche of Teziutlán also occurs. An earthquake destroys the cities of Armenia and Pereira in Colombia with about 2,500 fatalities. Other strong earthquakes affect Izmit and Duzce (Turkey), Athens (Greece), Nantou (Taiwan), Oaxaca and Puebla (Mexico), Chamoli (India) and northwestern Algeria, with thousands of victims. An F5 tornado, the strongest in history, devastates Oklahoma (USA) and a cyclone sweeps Odisha (India) leaving about 10,000 dead, while a tsunami affects Vanuatu. In Russia the Second Chechen War begins while in Kosovo the war ends. The Euro enters into circulation as the official currency in twelve countries of the European Union. The pro-Castro Hugo Chávez assumes the Presidency of Venezuela, creates a Constituent Assembly and modifies the constitution, changing the official name to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, turning, little by little, the richest country in Latin America into one of the poorest communists states in the world. US President Bill Clinton is acquitted in an impeachment process in the Senate while Boris Yeltsin resigns from the Presidency of Russia. A massacre occurs in the National Assembly of Armenia where the Prime Minister of that country is assassinated. In the United Kingdom there is a de...

Phipps, a former RAF officer in charge of publicity for the upcoming Festival of Britain of 1951, contacted Group Captain Pickard, the managing director of Mecca (then a small catering and leisure group), to get creative ideas to add glamour to the event. Pickard contacted Morley for some suggestions, and eventually, they came up with a brilliant idea of a Miss World Festival Bikini Girl contest. Eric Morley was the promotional sales manager of the Savoy and one of the founders of ‘Come Dancing for the BBC’ in 1949. It all went ahead because Squadron Leader Phipps deemed this a superb idea. The first prize of £1,000 went to a Swedish woman called Kiki Hakansson, and it was a great success. Morley said, Even a girl with big hips can be made to look good in a bikini. Girls between 17 and 25, ideally five foot seven, eight or nine stone, waist 22–24′′, hips 35–36′′, no more no less, a lovely face, good teeth, plenty of hair, and perfectly shaped legs from front and back – carefully checked for such defects as slightly knocked knees. 1970 was a year of tremendous popularity for Miss World in the UK and around the world. In addition, a large amount of money was raised for charity. Morley and his wife Julia, who joined him as the show’s organizer in 1970, enforced strict discipline among the contestants, who were not allowed to marry each other. What was called ‘traditional family values were also strictly enforced. In the middle of the competition, about fifty women and a few m...

Update: The Miss World Organisation announced on June 8 that the 2023 final will be held in India, not the UAE Beauty queens from around the world are set to descend on the UAE later this year, as the Announcing the news on Monday, the Miss World Limited chairwoman Julia Morley said she was “delighted” to bring the pageant to the Emirates, marking its first foray into the Middle East in its seven-decade history. So what, exactly is Miss World, how does it work and what do you need to know about it? Here is a short history… When did the first Miss World take place? Miss World is the longest-running international beauty pageant. In 1951, British television presenter Eric Morley held a bikini contest as part of the Festival of Britain. While the contest’s official name was the Festival Bikini Contest, the event drew widespread attention from the British press, who dubbed it “Miss World”. It also drew plenty of criticism from those who deemed a bikini, a relatively new garment at the time, as immodest. The competition was won by Kerstin "Kiki" Hakansson from Sweden, who became the first Miss World. While the contest was initially planned as a one-off, Morley — who was later dubbed “Mr World” — decided to make it an annual pageant after seeing how much interest it garnered, and trademarked the Miss World name shortly afterwards. However, several highly religious countries refused to participate if delegates were made to wear a bikini, leading to its replacem...

You might have browsed the internet or switched on your television to see an award being given to lady, gowned in expensive dresses and luxurious jewelry. It makes you wonder what the entire concept of being a Miss World Winner really is. The Miss World competition is the oldest running international beauty pageant which was initiated by Eric Morley in the United Kingdom, in 1951. After his death, Julia Morley, Eric’s widow, has co-chaired the competition. This pageant is included in the big four international beauty pageants such as Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth! The contestants of the pageant are judged on grace, poise, beauty, speech, personality, talent and their style. They are scored by a number of judges and a winner is announced as a result. The Top Miss World Winners Up To Date Now you know what the Miss World Pageant really is, it is time to look at the top 8 winners of the Miss World pageant: 1. Kiki Håkansson, Miss World 1951 Kiki Håkansson, Miss Sweden, held the honor of being awarded with the first Miss World title in the Lyceum Ballroom in London, on April 19 th 1951. Håkansson was a Swedish model and beauty icon who first appeared in the Festival Bikini Contest, Miss World initiated by Eric Morley. The purpose of this was to advertise, during the time, swimwear at the Festival of Britain. There were a few comments made by the Pope as wearing swimsuit in front of a large audience was considered to be quite a bold statement in the mid-centu...

Lee sobre la maravillosa historia de Miss Mundo desde que inició en 1951. Read about the wonderful Miss World history since it started in 1951. Haz clic sobre la foto de la edición que quieres ver para entrar. Click on the picture of the year you want to read to enter. • HOME • LIST OF ARTICLES • MISS WORLD VIDEOS • PAY PAL donations • Contact me By Julio Rodríguez Matute. EVENTS OF 1988.- Mikhail Gorbachev initiates an economic restructuring program (Perestroika) in the Soviet Union; additionally, it begins to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan. WHO begins its mission to eradicate polio. Osama Bin Laden founds the terrorist network Al-Qaeda while the war in Nagorno-Karabakh begins and the independent State of Palestine is proclaimed. In Scotland, the Lockerbie air tragedy occurs in which a PANAM plane explodes and crashes due to a bomb placed by Libyan terrorists, leaving 270 victims, 11 of them on the ground. The US mistakenly shoots down an Iran Air plane with 290 occupants, almost at the end of the Iran-Iraq war, while in Colombia an Avianca plane flying from Cúcuta to Cartagena crashes, one of the biggest air accidents in the history of that country. An earthquake destroys the north of Soviet Armenia, leaving around 50,000 dead, while other earthquakes on the India-Nepal border and in Yunnan, China also leave more than 2,000 victims. Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica, the Yucatan Peninsula and Monterrey (Mexico). Bangladesh suffers a severe flood that leaves almo...

Eric Morley and the First Miss World Contest Seventy Years Ago Morley once described the kind of young women he was looking for: ‘Girls between 17 and 25, ideally five foot seven, eight or nine stone, waist 22–24′′, hips 35–36′′, no more no less, a lovely face, good teeth, plenty of hair, and perfectly shaped legs from front and back – carefully checked for such defects as slightly knocked knees.’ July 1951: Competitors in the first Miss World contest at the Empire Rooms on Tottenham Court Road, London. (Photo by Edward Miller/Keystone/Getty Images) Seventy years ago in 1951 an ex-squadron leader called Phipps who at the time in charge of publicity for the upcoming Festival of Britain rang a former RAF friend, Group Captain Pickard, who was the managing director of Mecca (then a small catering and leisure group), and told him that he needed ideas to add glamour and ‘razzamatazz’ to the festival. ‘My man Morley will come up with something,’ Pickard replied. A few days later, over lunch at the Savoy, Eric Morley whose official title was the publicity sales manager and who was already responsible for coming up with Come Dancing for the BBC in 1949 and who went on to popularise Bingo, suggested a Miss World Festival Bikini Girl contest. Squadron Leader Phipps thought this was a splendid idea and it all went ahead. A Swedish woman called Kiki Hakansson won the first prize of £1,000 and the competition was seen as a great success. First Miss Universe competition in 1952 When Mis...

WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PENULTIMATE YEAR OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.- In Venezuela the “Tragedy of Vargas” occurs in which an avalanche buries and destroys a large part of the state, leaving more than 30,000 victims. In Puebla (Mexico) the great avalanche of Teziutlán also occurs. An earthquake destroys the cities of Armenia and Pereira in Colombia with about 2,500 fatalities. Other strong earthquakes affect Izmit and Duzce (Turkey), Athens (Greece), Nantou (Taiwan), Oaxaca and Puebla (Mexico), Chamoli (India) and northwestern Algeria, with thousands of victims. An F5 tornado, the strongest in history, devastates Oklahoma (USA) and a cyclone sweeps Odisha (India) leaving about 10,000 dead, while a tsunami affects Vanuatu. In Russia the Second Chechen War begins while in Kosovo the war ends. The Euro enters into circulation as the official currency in twelve countries of the European Union. The pro-Castro Hugo Chávez assumes the Presidency of Venezuela, creates a Constituent Assembly and modifies the constitution, changing the official name to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, turning, little by little, the richest country in Latin America into one of the poorest communists states in the world. US President Bill Clinton is acquitted in an impeachment process in the Senate while Boris Yeltsin resigns from the Presidency of Russia. A massacre occurs in the National Assembly of Armenia where the Prime Minister of that country is assassinated. In the United Kingdom there is a de...

Lee sobre la maravillosa historia de Miss Mundo desde que inició en 1951. Read about the wonderful Miss World history since it started in 1951. Haz clic sobre la foto de la edición que quieres ver para entrar. Click on the picture of the year you want to read to enter. • HOME • LIST OF ARTICLES • MISS WORLD VIDEOS • PAY PAL donations • Contact me By Julio Rodríguez Matute. EVENTS OF 1988.- Mikhail Gorbachev initiates an economic restructuring program (Perestroika) in the Soviet Union; additionally, it begins to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan. WHO begins its mission to eradicate polio. Osama Bin Laden founds the terrorist network Al-Qaeda while the war in Nagorno-Karabakh begins and the independent State of Palestine is proclaimed. In Scotland, the Lockerbie air tragedy occurs in which a PANAM plane explodes and crashes due to a bomb placed by Libyan terrorists, leaving 270 victims, 11 of them on the ground. The US mistakenly shoots down an Iran Air plane with 290 occupants, almost at the end of the Iran-Iraq war, while in Colombia an Avianca plane flying from Cúcuta to Cartagena crashes, one of the biggest air accidents in the history of that country. An earthquake destroys the north of Soviet Armenia, leaving around 50,000 dead, while other earthquakes on the India-Nepal border and in Yunnan, China also leave more than 2,000 victims. Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica, the Yucatan Peninsula and Monterrey (Mexico). Bangladesh suffers a severe flood that leaves almo...

You might have browsed the internet or switched on your television to see an award being given to lady, gowned in expensive dresses and luxurious jewelry. It makes you wonder what the entire concept of being a Miss World Winner really is. The Miss World competition is the oldest running international beauty pageant which was initiated by Eric Morley in the United Kingdom, in 1951. After his death, Julia Morley, Eric’s widow, has co-chaired the competition. This pageant is included in the big four international beauty pageants such as Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth! The contestants of the pageant are judged on grace, poise, beauty, speech, personality, talent and their style. They are scored by a number of judges and a winner is announced as a result. The Top Miss World Winners Up To Date Now you know what the Miss World Pageant really is, it is time to look at the top 8 winners of the Miss World pageant: 1. Kiki Håkansson, Miss World 1951 Kiki Håkansson, Miss Sweden, held the honor of being awarded with the first Miss World title in the Lyceum Ballroom in London, on April 19 th 1951. Håkansson was a Swedish model and beauty icon who first appeared in the Festival Bikini Contest, Miss World initiated by Eric Morley. The purpose of this was to advertise, during the time, swimwear at the Festival of Britain. There were a few comments made by the Pope as wearing swimsuit in front of a large audience was considered to be quite a bold statement in the mid-centu...