’Top Model,’ Meet ’Top Nun’ |
by Jason Bruce |
An Italian priest has had to shelve his idea for an entirely new kind of beauty pageant. Did anyone ever really think it was a good idea? There must be a better way to promote Catholic nuns' "inner beauty" and end the stereotype that they are "old and dour."
(Image © Sahannon Taggart for TIME)
Actually, I think nuns seem to look cool. Maybe because most of the ones I have seen are on tv and are of course actors. In any case the hood seems to highlight the face.
More seriously, I really don't think much of beauty contests, and suspect them of being an excuse for ogling strangers. But I can't make a fuss about every custom.
However at the least nuns shouldn't participate; it is just not appropriate to their vocation.
Posted by: Jason Taylor | August 28, 2008 at 04:35 PM
Didn't Julie Andrews already do that?
Posted by: anne morse | August 28, 2008 at 05:09 PM
That reminds me. I think I'll watch that movie again this evening.
Posted by: Jason Taylor | August 28, 2008 at 10:39 PM