Alexandra Mosquera Netzkarsch / Columnist FIU has been facing a lot of criticism in the past months regarding the Miss Universe pageant which took place at the university’s main campus this past weekend. Why is this upsetting and frustrating to many? The Miss Universe pageant attracts hundreds of millions of people that will watch this […]
As a student and a Latina woman, I am extremely angered and disappointed to attend a university where their “Worlds Ahead” mission includes the perpetuation of an imperialist white supremacist, capitalist patriarchal event. Miss Universe directly colonizes women’s bodies on and offstage. With its ethnocentric views, this event imposes what diversity should look like to […]
When we as an executive board first heard about the 63rd Miss Universe Pageant being hosted at our University, we decided against giving a collective opinion. We came to the decision of not stating our collective opinion because we felt an editorial with its limitations would not allow us to tell the full story, in […]
Photo courtesy of Carl-Frederick Francois/ The Beacon Natalie Alatriste/ Staff Writer This weekend, FIU will host the Miss Universe pageant at the U.S. Century Bank Arena, where the 2014 winner will be crowned in front of a global audience. Although Donald Trump, the owner of the pageant, is hosting his guests and multiple events in the […]
By Amanda Rabines and Katrina Velez Two years ago, on Nov. 9, Gabriela Isler “Miss Venezuela,” stood in front of spotlights, judges and a live broadcast, with viewership from around the world, as a crown was placed on her head. She had just won the title of Miss Universe in Moscow’s Crocus City Hall in […]
