It represents wholly decent human virtues like world peace, good will and the ability to smile with your eyes, but last month’s 2010 Miss Universe Pageant also included Machiavellian backstabbing (literally) and attempted national costume sabotage according to teenage Miss Australia, Jesinta Campbell.
Speaking with The Herald Sun, Campbell claims her national costume was the subject of some unwanted alterations: “I put it on just before I was due to go out on parade but I felt these sharp pains when something stuck into my back…I took the top off and found all these pins had been stuck into it. I didn’t have any injuries or marks, but I didn’t have much time to take them out and get it back on because I had to be out there.“
As the Herald Sun so eloquently described, Campbell’s costume was comprised of “high-heeled ugg-boots, an aboriginal-art styled one piece swim suit and rainbow flamenco dress.” a sartorial shit sandwich just as likely to induce “sharp pain” as any sordid sabotage plans.
Though she wouldn’t point any fingers, Campbell admitted that contestants from Mexico, Central and South American and The Philippines were particularly competitive (ie: she pointed fingers): “Winning is so important for those girls because they become queens in their country and are worshipped if they win – and it changes everything forever for them…But there were 82 other girls there and I can’t narrow it down, so it’s a mystery to me. But I know who didn’t do it – my best friends were the girls from Ireland, Belgium, Great Britain and Guam and I know they wouldn’t have done that to me.”
Rule out Miss Philippines though. Never in her life has she exhibited morally reprehensible behaviour thank you very much lesser, greasy-haired Baldwin brother.
Via news.com.au
