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Miss World, clash with London ‘Wrong hunting mother-Elisa’

Posted on November 2nd, 2009 in london news clash with London 'Wrong hunting mother-Elisa', Miss World

“Elisa is to participate in Miss World.” Is no longer just a call which arrives from Verona. The case of the eighteen year old Vago di Lavagno suspended by the famous beauty contest because “guilty” of being the mother of a child of four years, is now the center of a tug of war between Rome and London. Because the patron of the Italian edition of Miss World, Antonio Marzano, wrote to the director of the award, Julia Morley, in the hope of obtaining a difficult exception to strict protocol world. “We aim to protect and safeguard the image of the woman – says Marzano in all its myriad facets, even and especially in that beautiful and sweet of mom able to raise their children. We hope that the oldest and most prestigious beauty pageant in the world, and you, Mr Morley, grasps the reasons for this request by allowing Elisa Marangon to participate in the finals of the competition Italian derogating the provisions of Regulation. “

Soon should ar-rivare the answer. This is tearing the organizers of the award, which is based in London, a derogation from Article 4 that states: “The age of competitors must be between 16 and 25 years, not pregnant, not having had children and had never married. ” Elisa 18 years, hairdresser Vago and 80-foot, blond hair and hazel eyes, a few days before had received the band in the Red Room of the Scala Palace. A title that should have opened the access to the national finals of the prize. But it is out of the race for a reason, to many, it was absurd: she is the mother of Mark, a beautiful baby that her mother she had given birth four years ago. But now, thanks to the position taken by March, it opens a crack. “It would be great if they managed to convince the organizers of Miss World to change this rule,” says Elisa. The young hairdresser meanwhile collects the solidarity of another Veronese, Silvia Battisti, who in 2007 won the crown of Miss Italy. “Fortunately – he explains – in Salsomaggiore who has a child is not excluded. I remember when I attended there were some girls who had beautiful mums. I find it unfair to the settlement of Miss World, seems to refer to the old stereotype of the ugly mother by pregnancy. But today is different: the women return in splendid form and are able to effectively manage the dual role of parent and miss. ”

In reality, the rule set by the competition directed by Julia Morley has a purpose primarily related to the role of ‘promotion’ that the future Miss World will play on after the election. The planet queen, in fact, is facing a long list of assignments as a testimonial of beauty that the force for about a year, running from one side of the world. A lifestyle that – according to organizers difficult to reconcile with the needs of a mother. “Having a child is not hindered by a miss. Otherwise it would be for a doctor or any other working woman, “replies Mirca Viola, actress and TV presenter who in 1987 was crowned Miss Italy. She was removed because the mother of Nicolas the band. “I knew at the time the contest rules prohibited the participation of Salsomaggiore mothers – remember but I decided to enroll anyway, because I did not expect to win. Instead she was elected and a few days later, someone phoned a newspaper by the light and revealed that he had a son. ” He was expelled and the band went to the runners, the Veronese Michela Rocco di Torrepadula. “But it sparked a storm – continued – from which she emerged with broken bones. But my story has served as an example, and then they changed the rules of Miss Italy. The effect is strange to know that, after more than twenty years, another girl living her own emotions. “I hope – he concludes – that the Miss World organizers decide to change this rule: it is absurd to be discriminated against because mothers.”

Patrizia Mirigliani, which organizes Miss Italy, recalls how he was risota the question: “It was my father – he explains – to insist, after the case of Viola Mirca to change the rule that prevented married women and mothers to participate in the contest. This was a standard old-fashioned. I do not criticize the choice of Miss World, but for our purposes subsequent commitments to the election of queen of Italy are consistent with the commitment that requires a family. “