Women's achievements

Women's achievements

From Media Indonesia

Alya Rohali's participation in the world beauty contest has caused great concern in the community, particularly among women. Moreover Alya said the she also represented the Betawi people. In fact the Betawi people have never nominated beauty pageant candidates.

Mooryati Soedibyo who sent Alya to the Las Vegas beauty contest never feels "enough is enough." She seems to have an obsession that an Indonesian lady could win the contest. I am not sure whether she is doing it with business in mind.

Also the committee has its own way to dampen the community's outrage. They defend themselves with the argument that the rating of the beauty queens does not only involve their physical performance but also their intellectual capacity. Or that the beauty contest is aimed at promoting tourism.

It is ironic when on the one hand women are vigorously talking about emancipation and sexual harassment, while on the other hand some are exploiting fellow women for business purposes. Why could they not hold a contest which is based on scientific work and intellectual achievement instead of physical beauty?

ALDI

Bandung, West Java