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- Title
“MISS ROMANIA” IN THE USA (1929): THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN BEAUTY AND POLITICS.
- Authors
MIHĂILĂ, VLAD
- Abstract
This article focuses on the links between political discourse and feminine beauty in one of Romania’s first national beauty pageants. By selecting its “Miss Romania” in March 1929 and sending her to compete in the international “Miss Universe” pageant in Galveston, Texas, the popular magazine Realitatea Ilustrată sought to affirm its role in creating a visible symbol of the Romanian nation. “Miss Romania” was promoted and legitimized as an incarnation of national unity capable of assuring internal cohesion and external renown. In this way, the idealization of the national beauty winner and her transformation into a symbol of collective virtue translated political and propagandistic ambitions in terms of feminine identity.
- Subjects
GALVESTON (Tex.); PAGEANTS; BEAUTY contests; PERSONAL beauty; FEMININE hygiene products; PRACTICAL politics; SYMBOLISM in politics; INCARNATION; FEMININE identity
- Publication
Annals of the University of Bucharest. Political Science Series / Analele Universităţii din Bucureşti. Ştiinţe Politice, 2021, Vol 23, Issue 1, p59
- ISSN
1582-2486
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.54885/MEPX3457