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OUR BEAUTY CONTESTS

My first post on this blog begins.I've been regularly blogging rediff(http://amitsmusings.rediffblogs.com) and thought I'd try out what the world outside rediff is like.So,here goes. Was watching the Glad Rags Contest on the tele two days back.Some of the questions, were of such a 'highly intellectual nature',that I think the contestants who were asked these questions,were left stumped and blushing. Example: 1) If love is blind, why do sexy clothes sell so well? 2) What,according to you, is the perfect male in bed?(or,something to that effect). The seriousness with which the questions were answered,was quite surprising.I thought they were raised (No pun intended) in good humour and the answers were also expected to be given in equally good humour. Now,I know,we're trying to make our Contests reach world standards, but,don't such questions become a bit too much,even for the contestants? Then, there's also the contestants,first the females, strutti