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#byebyebikini, Says The Minority
When does a beauty ‘pageant’ turn on its heels and walk off from what
defined it?Was it a crisis of confidence, then, in its very DNA that promp
ted the Miss America pageant to banish its bikinis and evening gown
rounds in favour of “social impact initiatives” of its contestants? Gran
ted, the national institution was aligned to the male gaze, but to abjure
‘looks’ in favour of ‘talent’ will only invite grunts from Trump’s America.
Don Diva
The titles of ‘Model
of Don’, ‘Rostov Bea
uty’ and ‘Donbass
Open’ fell at her feet,
before the coveted Miss
Russia. There followed a glam
orous career in modelling, as
anchor of a football show and a
marriage to a top footballer. Vict
oria Lopyreva is official representa
tive of the 2018 World Cup. Doesn’t
that ball look inviting next to her?
Not Hitting This One
PTI
THIS TOO
HAPPENED
Left shoulder leant forward, bat held in
readiness...Virat, evidently, is getting into
the axis of a pull, or, if the ball rises conven
iently over that shoulder, a hook. No prob
lem with this stance—it’s a picture of poise.
Except it’s the product of 200 measure
ments and photos by Madame Tussauds,
and Virat in flesh is Virat cast in wax.
US-based rapper Riff Raff, who has worked with the likes of Katy Perry in the past, has been accused of
rape and sexual harassment in two separate incidents. Raff, whose real name is Horst Simco, responded
on Instagram saying the accusations were ‘lies’.
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