Beauty queen aims for Miss Earth title (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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1:10pm Sunday 16th August 2009 in News By Sally Clifford
Beauty is in the genes for this family.
Suzanne Celensu is hoping to follow in the footsteps of her mum Zoe, aunt Gay and grandma Betty, all former beauty queens, when she takes part in the Grand Final of Miss Earth UK.
Suzanne, of Cleckheaton, is the next generation to take to the catwalk. Identical twins Zoe – the eldest by 25 minutes – and Gay were encouraged into competing in beauty contests by mum Betty, a former beauty queen herself.
In the seventies the Spink twins became the queens of beauty contests. Zoe was the first on the circuit and having seen her sister’s success Gay was keen to match it.
The pair travelled the world, filming in exotic locations and rubbing shoulders with celebrities, before retiring to concentrate on marriage and motherhood.
Suzanne is now carrying on the family tradition, having entered her first beauty contest four years ago.
An accomplished tennis player and sportswoman with a masters degree in business, Suzanne is counting on the public to help her win the crown by voting for her in the competition which promotes women who are ‘strong and effective advocates for Mother Earth’.
In her profile on the competition website, animal lover Suzanne, says: “I will always be a great believer in animal rights and will always do my best in keeping the world a more natural and healthier place to live.”
Suzanne’s environmental belief is that everyone can do their bit to save the planet.
“One person can make a huge difference on the Earth!” she said.
“If people can act in good ways that others will aspire to, such as being part of the Miss Earth organisation and competition then chain reactions can occur in order to spread good environmental behaviour from person to person and the world will become a better place. One person makes a significant difference!”
For more information on the contest and to vote, visit missearthuk.co.uk
Comments(16)
Iona Cortina
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2:39pm Sun 16 Aug 09
ssp99
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3:03pm Sun 16 Aug 09
And as for all that rubbish about environment - I agree totally with lonniejockstrap!
I Ali
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4:57pm Sun 16 Aug 09
elastic_breaks
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8:01pm Sun 16 Aug 09
Good luck Suzanne and don't listen to these fools.
scorsey
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8:09pm Sun 16 Aug 09
Good luck Suzanne.
Patrick Bateman
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9:31pm Sun 16 Aug 09
monkeysmacker
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9:40pm Sun 16 Aug 09
lonniejockstrap
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10:15pm Sun 16 Aug 09
elastic_breaks wrote:The winners of the individual countries holding the Miss Earth competition are held in the Philippines!. How do you think the winners from the many different countries will get there?
Just had to reply to the comments above because you are all being really unfair to this girl. Firstly to lonniejockstrap the article says that her mum and aunt travelled to 'film in exotic places' when they were beauty queens which I'm guessing would have been decades ago before anyone knew about global warming so you can't reasonably hold her responsible! As for the comments about her looks this clearly isn't a great photo as she isn't even smiling and it is taken at an angle which makes you look slimmer and when someone suffers from anorexia a photo like this would show bones through the skin. If you bothered to look at the second photo where she is with her family you would see I am right! Good luck Suzanne and don't listen to these fools.
elastic_breaks
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10:57pm Sun 16 Aug 09
lonniejockstrap
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11:34pm Sun 16 Aug 09
elastic_breaks wrote:I haven't criticised the girl in any way, in fact you will see I wished her good luck. However I don't take the Environmental argument for holding the pageant seriously. As for raising the profile of Environmental issues, well this is the first time I have heard of their 'work' and this is their 9th year of 'raising the profile'!
lonniejockstrap I was unaware that the final competition was in the Philippines though this is the fault of the competition organisers rather than this girl. They would probably argue though that the raising the profile of environmental issues does more for the environment than the cost of the flights does harm.
There are apparently 90 countries that take part in this pageant. Good for them and the girls that take part. For me it's just a way for the organisers to hold rediculous competitions based on peoples 'beauty'. And if “One person can make a huge difference on the Earth!” why would the organisers want around 90 of them to fly to the Philippines?
From just one Environmental website I quote:
'In order to exert pressure on airlines to genuinely cut carbon emissions it may be necessary for the public to demonstrate their concerns about air travel by refraining from flying'............'
A significant decrease in consumer demand for flights will send the message to the aviation industry that something must be done to improve on aeroplane technology'.
Mike398
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6:31am Mon 17 Aug 09
Cakeface
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7:13am Mon 17 Aug 09
Patrick Bateman
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8:11am Mon 17 Aug 09
I have no issue with beauty pageants per se though (apart from those ones they hold for small children which are frankly creepy). Like it or not we live in an increasingly looks-based world and to rail against this sort of competition is, like, sooo 1970's...
Finally, re Mike's point about this being a 'patriarchal event'. I take the view that this idea is outmoded when taken in context of the wider world of fashion and beauty: women steer the agenda these days do they not? Although whether anyone would claim this as a victory for feminism is a moot point...
tyker
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8:28am Mon 17 Aug 09
suladog123
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6:45pm Mon 17 Aug 09
lonniejockstrap says...
2:29pm Sun 16 Aug 09
..............'chain reactions can occur in order to spread good environmental behaviour from person to person and the world will become a better place. One person makes a significant difference!”
Air travel is a growing contributor to climate change carbon dioxide emissions from aviation could make up around 10 per cent of the UK’s total carbon dioxide emissions by 2020.
How does travelling around the World by Airplane to 'film in exotic places' 'spread good environmental behaviour'? Good luck in the competition anyway.