The Search that was

Beauty, Brains, and Body - these are three essential factors a candidate should possess in pageants like the most talked-about search, the Mr. and Ms. Negros Oriental State University 2010.

Basing these factors in choosing the year's Queen last December 1, i should honestly say, as one of the hosts, that such didn't climbed up to my expectations of quality pageantry. I had the doubt that it may have turned more as an exploitation (as many feminists say).

But honestly, it was not all that... this year's search traversed the boundaries of pageantry (or exploitation) and had successfully surmounted up to the total entertainment expectations of many people who wills to see women and men in the highlights of their lives.

And contrary to whatever exploitation feminists explain, pageants like this will always be a celebration of masculinity and femininity; the celebration of one's success.

*Here are some during the annual search for the Mr. and Ms. NORSU.