I got the news–and that headline (well, the first half)–via RNS, which reported that the beauty contest for religious women that I wrote about the other day has been cancelled.
“My superiors were not happy. The local bishop was not happy, but they did not understand me either,” Father Antonio Rungi told Reuters news agency from the town of Mondragone, near Naples. “It was interpreted as more of a physical thing,” he said. “Now, no one is saying that nuns can’t be beautiful, but I was thinking about something more complete.”
And according to CNS, “Father Rungi said he was shutting down the contest and his blog in order to protect himself and the sisters from further misunderstanding. He said it was a shame that he had to cancel the pageant, because he had already received a great number of applicants.”
Yes, this may seem like small potatoes to you, given everything else that’s gone on. But everybody loved the story (or hated it).
Alas. No contest.
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posted September 4, 2008 at 11:55 am
Nuns in beauty pagents!!?? Now I’ve heard everything. You’d think they’d have enough to worry about without a superficial thing such as a beauty pagent. Mother Teresa was one of the most physicaly unattractive people I’ve ever seen, but her glorious spirit made her glow with a radiance not equaled. This article wasn’t worth taking the time to read.
posted September 6, 2008 at 2:05 pm
When I first heard about it, I found the concept novel and intriguing. What would it be? How would they do it? Nuns in a beauty pagent. Interesting, fascinating … that is, until my mind flashed to a visual of my first grade teacher, sr elizabeth in a bathing suit.
I loved sr elizabeth, but in a bathing suit … enough said on that subject.