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Priest organizes nun beauty contest
Father Antonio Rungi said the Sister Italia contest is a strictly online venture but he expressed hope that high participation would allow the event to flourish into a full-fledged pageant, The Times of London reported Monday.
Rungi said the entrants, who must be between ages 18 and 40, would be judged primarily on "inner beauty" and would not be asked to wear swimsuits or any other revealing outfit. He said the contest is open to any novices or full members of an order, even if the order is not based in Italy.
"Do you really think nuns are all wizened, funereal old ladies? Today it's not like that any more, thanks to an injection of youth and vitality brought to our country by foreign girls," Rungi said.
He said some nuns from Africa and Latin America are "really very, very pretty. The Brazilian girls above all."
The priest said voting for the contest will begin next month.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International.
This news arrived on: 08/26/2008
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08-29-2008 03:32
Bible Base wrote:
It was said of the Jewish virgin Esther that she was “pretty in form and beautiful in appearance.” (Esther 2:7) In fact, you could even say that she involuntarily participated in a beauty contest of sorts. The circumstances? Persian queen Vashti had been removed from office for insubordination. In order to find a suitable replacement, King Ahasuerus collected together the most beautiful virgins from all the realm. Over a 12-month period, he arranged for the young women to be placed on a special diet and to receive regular massages with balsam oil and myrrh. Each girl was then evaluated in turn. And when Esther’s turn came, she was selected to be the new queen!—Esther 1:12–2:17.
08-28-2008 13:08
Louise wrote:
I'm saddened. "For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, and from his mouth men should seek instruction - because he is the messenger of the LORD." Malachi 2:7
08-27-2008 17:59
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All God's children are made in the way that he wants them made, who are we then to decided who God did a better job on? Also, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so it is unrealistic to believe that any one person or group of judges can choose the most beautiful woman. She is only the most beautiful to THEM. Catholic nuns wear the Habit to cover up their beauty in order to be able to do God's works without people judging them on their physical looks. As far as their inner beauty, Nuns (except for the ones that teach school, who are known to be strict authoritarians) are commonly believed to have remarkable inner beauty. This beauty contest is nothing more than one more priest showing how much they have become corrupt in the world. A woman's beauty is supposed to be lost on the priests. Which is one reason for their vow of celebacy. This priest is also showing his lust for a particular type of woman, as in his references to foreign nuns and in particular Brazilian nuns. Expect this priest to be the next in a scandal involving sex.
08-27-2008 17:29
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All God's children are made in the way that he wants them made, who are we then to decided who God did a better job on? Also, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so it is unrealistic to believe that any one person or group of judges can choose the most beautiful woman. She is only the most beautiful to THEM. Catholic nuns wear the Habit to cover up their beauty in order to be able to do God's works without people judging them on their physical looks. As far as their inner beauty, Nuns (except for the ones that teach school, who are known to be strict authoritarians) are commonly believed to have remarkable inner beauty. This beauty contest is nothing more than one more priest showing how much they have become corrupt in the world. A woman's beauty is supposed to be lost on the priests. Which is one reason for their vow of celebacy. This priest is also showing his lust for a particular type of woman, as in his references to foreign nuns and in particular Brazilian nuns. Expect this priest to be the next in a scandal involving sex.
08-27-2008 17:16
wrote:
All God's children are made in the way that he wants them made, who are we then to decided who God did a better job on? Also, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so it is unrealistic to believe that any one person or group of judges can choose the most beautiful woman. She is only the most beautiful to THEM. Catholic nuns wear the Habit to cover up their beauty in order to be able to do God's works without people judging them on their physical looks. As far as their inner beauty, Nuns (except for the ones that teach school, who are known to be strict authoritarians) are commonly believed to have remarkable inner beauty. This beauty contest is nothing more than one more priest showing how much they have become corrupt in the world. A woman's beauty is supposed to be lost on the priests. Which is one reason for their vow of celebacy. This priest is also showing his lust for a particular type of woman, as in his references to foreign nuns and in particular Brazilian nuns. Expect this priest to be the next in a scandal involving sex.
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