July 2, 2008
Seattle P-I—Hot or Not?
The Seattle P-I—that liberal bastion of Seattle daily newspapers—has a very important question on which they want your opinion: Miss Universe contests in their swimsuits--hot or not?
We've been frequenting the P-I's unintentionally hilarious photo galleries from the Miss Universe competition being held in Vietnam. We've shaken our heads at the Project Runway reject dresses the contestants have chosen for their evening gowns, and laughed heartily at the national costume galleries. (Miss Bolivia FTW!) But the Seattle P-I saved the hot-or-not voting for the swimsuit photos. You'd think they would use polls for something more substantial but, in reality, your opinion on whether Miss Kosovo is hot or not (according to 67% of you, not) is way more interesting than what you think about actual news.
Miss Universe 2005 photo courtesy of the AP
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Okay, I voted. Now, how will I be notified which one wants to go out with me?
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i, too, have cast my 80 votes. i felt bad for the ones who were 70% not hot.
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I question the "Not Hot" classification for Miss Universes. I suggest a Hot / Smokin' Hottie typology.
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So binary! What the PI needs to bring to the table is nuance: radio buttons for Hot, Cute, Pretty, Too Much Work Done, I'd Do Her, and Butterface.
(Oh, I'm going to hell.)
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and don't forget the other category: give that girl a cheeseburger!
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If they're models, they all fit in that category.
That'd be a great Hot or Not parody site: you can either vote "feed her a cheeseburger" or "lose five pounds." There is no middle ground.
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James!
Hilarious.
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Wow. I had no idea so many national costumes included porn star shoes.
What is Miss USA's costume (#80)? Snowflake? The bright flash of an air-to-ground munition? I don't think I get it. Well, beyond skin-to-win of course--I get that. I guess it's better than the "slutty native" look Canada went with. Maybe. She should have gone with a "slutty Mt. Rushmore" along the lines of Mexico's "slutty Aztec temple."
I can't believe I scrolled through all 80 of those pictures.
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Hooray sevenless for you looking at the wonder that was the National Costume contest! I concur with the stripper shoes comment and I also have no clue what Miss USA's costume was about. But the slutty native costume--from Serbia (where natives are mid-drift bearing soldiers) to my girl Bolivia (that was like Miss Mexico's slutty Aztec temple--but sluttier with much much more mesh) definitely seem to be the way to go.
I thought Miss Canada with her disco print evening gown and her cheap Halloween "slutty native" costume, may have been the most tragic of the bunch, for what its worth.
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also hilarious and heart-breaking?
A number of the worst evening gown offenders say they want to be fashion designers when "they grown up"--and self-designed the disasters.
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Oh wow...the national costume category is where it's at. I particularly like the five or so whose costume includes a long knife. Miss Germany looks like a beer ad. But Miss Serbia definitely has that "I hang around army bases a lot" appeal. Miss USA's is like some kind of Rockette malfunction.
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Sigh. I thought the P-I got over this crap.
http://seattle.metblogs.com/2008/01/27/seattle-p-i-is-11-year-old-rachel-fox-hot-or-not/