Special Body involved in beauty contest

Alert DateMay 1, 2012 Country: Portugal General Type: Equality/Integration Racism and discrimination phenomena: Inter-ethnic
Groups affected / Interested in: Ethnic minorities, Africans/black people Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Integration - social cohesion Hate speech/Racist Discourse Medium: Advertisment
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The High Commissariat for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue (ACIDI) gave its support to a beauty contest for women with origins in the Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (CPLP) [Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries]. The event is organised by a private entity but ACIDI’s involvement in the selection procedure of candidates prompted several critics from NGO’s and political parties.

The main critics are the reinforcement of migrant women negative stereotypes that associates them with prostitution and the contradiction between the proclaimed aim of the contest - to promote visibility of the fight against domestic violence and social exclusion – and the nature of the contest itself. It was also asked if this is the appropriate kind of event ACIDI should be associated with?
 

Source:

Webpage of the event Miss CPLP 2012: http://misscplp.com/atividades/

ACIDI webpage: http://www.acidi.gov.pt/noticias/visualizar-noticia/4f9687b0c6be4/casting-para-1o-concurso-miss-cplp-2012

SOS Racismo webpage: http://sosracis.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/concursos-miss-cpcl-comunicado-de-imprensa/