Miss Bikini International’s unabashed emphasis is on bodily beauty, and women from 40 countries recently competed for the title here in Shanghai. SH spoke to Miss Japan, Miss New Zealand, and the winner, Miss Venezuela.
SH: Are you tired of smiling? How are your cheeks?
Miss Venezuela: When I get nervous sometimes I can’t maintain my smile – it starts to twitch. I have a pretty powerful wink to fall back on though, and I use it in my personal life too. In other ways I keep my profession separate. I try to forget I have a boyfriend when I’m performing.
SH: Aren’t bikini contests a bit, um, 20th century?
Miss Japan: I’m the National Director of the Miss Japan organization, and I’d love to hold a different sort of international pageant, one without winners and prizes. This pageant sits on the border between playboy modeling and a pageant like Miss World.
SH: What tricks do you use backstage to get ready to perform?
Miss New Zealand: Double-sided tape is a must for the top half of the bikini, and I use hairspray to hold the bikini bottom in place.
Miss Japan: I bring my own gas-powered hair curler to pageants. Tonight there were only two electric power plugs for 40 girls!
SH: Could someone with an A cup could win a pageant like this?
Miss Venezuela: No, I don’t think they could win. Well, perhaps, if they can make up for it with their personality.
Miss New Zealand: I don’t see why they shouldn’t win. I’m a double D and I didn’t win anything!
SH: Would having cup sizes for the bottom half of bikinis make for better fits?
Miss New Zealand: It took three separate fittings to get the top half sorted, so I think we should keep working on that.
Miss Venezuela: Maybe! I think the Chinese like big asses – there is a powerful sensual appetite here.
SH: Charlie See, the organizer of Miss Bikini International, and the “Godfather of Pageantry” died last month, aged 97. Did you ever meet him?
Miss Japan: I love him so much! I remember him falling asleep at another pageant – we all thought he had died back then! Charlie used to keep cookies in his pocket and offer them to girls when they became upset: “Oh, beautiful girl, you look so sad. You want a cookie?”
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