Hopes

Ok, I'm patriotic. And optimistic.

But I'm also realistic: we don't stand a chance. Here's our representative to Miss Universe. In a random selection, here's Miss Kenya, Miss Serbia & Montenegro, Miss India (who, despite what she says, could well be traipsing about in wet sarees in front of the camera next year), Miss Egypt and Miss Curaçao. Apparently, Miss Canada, of Russian origin, has all the journalists swooning.

Kudos to that Mauritian girl for trying though, and for getting there. And no, I don't have a problem with the competition. As I said last year, the feminists worked so well that women are now free to parade themselves on catwalks so that other women can gawk and men can drool.