beauty pageants
This One Time, at a Beauty Contest… Sarah Palin Played the Flute
5:45AM Kyle Buchanan | When video of a swimsuit-clad Sarah Palin at the 1984 Miss Alaska contest hit the web last week, the YouTube uploader promised more goodies to come, including Palin’s talent competition entry. Now, finally, it is here: Sarah Palin (née Heath), “accomplished flautist,” tooting “The Homecoming” by Nathan Hardy on one doozy of a flute (which she then had fired). Can Palin whip out a piccolo at tomorrow’s vice presidential debate to steal some of Joe Biden’s foreign policy thunder? Tina Fey, you’d better start practicing. [HuffPo] More »
America, Sarah Palin’s Got Talent!
6:35AM Kyle Buchanan | In her recent SNL skit, Tina Fey attracted some of the biggest laughs when she played vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin as a politician more adept at striking a pose than learning foreign policy. Now, thanks to the miracle of the YouTubes, we can check Fey’s moves against the real thing! Yes, the tape from Palin’s 1984 stint in the Miss Alaska competition has finally surfaced, and it involves the then-Sarah Heath donning a red swimsuit and doing a full round of turns for the audience and judges. The YouTube uploader promises more Miss Alaska clips soon, including Palin’s talent entry (playing the flute!). Until those surface, we have to ask: could Matt Damon pull off a one-piece so well? [HuffPo] More »
Miss Universe Australia Does Alright, Eh, Eh!
10:15AM Clem Bastow | While I wouldn’t normally consider a beauty pageant newsworthy (you know, unless it’s one of those ones held in a transsexual hard labour prison), I guess this is relevant to someone’s interests: Miss Universe Australia Laura Dundovic and her “interesting” dress have made it to the Top Ten of the storied feminist sweepstakes.
Predictably, she was shocked and delighted:
Miss Universe Australia national director Deborah Miller, who was in Vietnam, said the 21-year-old impressed everyone with her natural charm.
“I think the organisers liked her because she is intelligent and she would represent the competition well at official engagements,” Ms Miller said.
“She has natural beauty.”
She said Ms Dundovic had been “blown away” by how well she had done.
“She was in shock,” she said.
“She is so down to earth that I don’t think she had realised how well she would do.”
Countdown to a Postcards appearance starts now, and once that countdown reaches liftoff, the countdown to a Zoo Weekly expose of “I was young and needed the money” photos will then begin. Synchronise watches, everyone. More » 
