Womanless Beauty Pageant at Winthrop

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The Mass Communications Department at Winthrop University hosted a womanless beauty contest Thursday night at Tillman Auditorium. 

Six male students dressed up in drag and competed in pageant events to a cheering audience the week before Thanksgiving.

Pageant events included evening dress, talent show and question-answer competitions.  Over 60 students attended this event.  Audience members voted for their favorite contestants by throwing spare change into containers with contestants’ pictures on them. 

The winner: Ava Zaire

Laurie Wood is a senior, Spanish major.  “A few of the guys were dressed for laughs, but two of the contestants were so realistic I couldn’t believe they were actually guys!” she said.  “Their outfits, routines, and mannerisms were so wonderful, it was unreal!”

“The one in red with a short wig was especially beautiful and elegant!” Brianna Dukes said, “I applaud his preparedness to go something so unmasculine.”

That contestant, “Ava Zaire,” was crowned the pageant winner after impressing the audience with a choreographed dance routine to Janet Jackson’s "Feedback”.                                                                

Bonnye Stuart, the organizer of this event, said, “This event raised money for the Mass Communication Department’s annual Recognition Dinner in April.  We successfully raised over $300.”