It is already a tradition that in beauty pageants, in addition to judging the contestants’ bodies, they are also asked a topical question. There are many statements by beauty queens and models that have gone viral. In many cases, nerves have played a trick on them and the response of these women is not the most appropriate to the question asked by the person asking it. This case has been revived again in the Miss Universe Spain 2024 pageant.
The young woman who was crowned Miss Catalonia was asked about the birth rate problems in Spain. A question that she confused with ‘notability’. The model responded by giving her opinion on the problems of ‘notability’, stating that: “The decline in ‘notability’ in Spain is an issue that is unfortunately having a very strong impact on our society. It is something that makes us suffer and it is something that we have to fight against. It is also something that can contribute to us and can improve us as a planet and as a society.”
Before Espejo Público broadcast its response, Gonzalo Miró asked Susanna Griso not to show it. “Please don’t show it. I’m having a hard time with it. I have a bad time watching this,” he said.
“They are not people very used to speaking in public”
Journalist and Espejo Público contributor Juan Soto Ivars says that he feels “compassion for all the people who have all the spotlights on them and get nervous. They are not people who are very used to speaking in public, it is a pity and poor thing because when you have all the spotlights on you make a mistake of this size.”
“There is no reason to disguise these contests with something that is not”
Susanna Griso asked Rubén Amón what he would say if asked about birth rates in Spain. Amón points out that as a commentator he is very quick to respond and would talk about family conditions for having children and the fact that women have decided to emancipate themselves by taking a different path after years of housewife traditions. “The problem with this is the expectations that these events are covered with. Mistreating the candidates with this approach of cultural overload. There is no reason to disguise these contests with something that they are not.”
Gonzalo Miró revived the debate and stressed that he thinks it is cruel that these questions are asked in beauty pageants. “It is done to laugh at them or to show that they may be very cute but they are stupid.” He does not like the cruelty with this type of contests. “Yesterday when I saw it I could not watch it in full, I had to stop because it seems violent and embarrassing to me,” he confessed.
