Miss Tibet: The contest
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[[File: Tibet 2007 bikini2b.jpg|Miss Tibet 2007: swimsuit round. Tenzin Dolma, the queen, is in the centre |frame|left|500px]] | [[File: Tibet 2007 bikini2b.jpg|Miss Tibet 2007: swimsuit round. Tenzin Dolma, the queen, is in the centre |frame|left|500px]] | ||
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[[File: Tibet 2008a.jpg|Miss Tibet 2008: Jamyang Chentso, runner up|frame|500px]] | [[File: Tibet 2008a.jpg|Miss Tibet 2008: Jamyang Chentso, runner up|frame|500px]] | ||
[[File: tibet 2009.jpg| Miss Tibet 2009 contest: L-R: Dolkar; Ngawang Choying; Tenzin Choezon; Yeshi Lhamo|frame|500px]] | [[File: tibet 2009.jpg| Miss Tibet 2009 contest: L-R: Dolkar; Ngawang Choying; Tenzin Choezon; Yeshi Lhamo|frame|500px]] | ||
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The grand prize of 100,000 rupees to the winner is by far the largest prize money given away in any event held in Tibetan society. | The grand prize of 100,000 rupees to the winner is by far the largest prize money given away in any event held in Tibetan society. | ||
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| + | The first-ever Miss Tibet pageant held in October 2002 was a huge success despite criticism from some prominent figures of the Tibetan community. The pageant was criticised as "aping western culture" and "un-Tibetan". The pageant ended up becoming a global lead story although ''only four Tibetan girls'' plunged in to the competition. | ||
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| + | Though the pageant was criticised, the leaders did not try to ban it as it is apparently being publicised. It is debatable if beauty pageants are "western culture". | ||
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| + | Since the successful conclusion of the first-ever Miss Tibet pageant, the winner Miss Tibet, Dolma Tsering, has contested in two international pageants, one in Malaysia and another in Mexico. She won the Miss Goodwill subsidiary title and the Best National Costume in the two countries respectively. | ||
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| + | • Miss Tibet won Best National Costume in Mexico | ||
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| + | • Miss Tibet met Miss China in Malaysia | ||
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| + | • Dolma went to France | ||
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| + | • Dolma failed to go to Turkey because Dolma didn't have her Identity Certificate (the Yellow Book) ready. | ||
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China forced '''Miss Tibet 2006 to quit Miss Tourism Pageant of Malaysia – 2007 | China forced '''Miss Tibet 2006 to quit Miss Tourism Pageant of Malaysia – 2007 | ||
=2011= | =2011= | ||
[http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/4092.html IBNlive] had reported at the time, " Tibetan-origin beauties from the US, Australia, and Sweden are among the contestants at this year's Miss Tibet Pageant at Dharmashala. Tenzin Khecheo from USA, Chemi Lhazom from Delhi, Dolma Tsering from Bangalore, Ngodup Dolma from Australia, Tenzin Sangmo from Dharamshala, and Tenzin Yangkyi from Switzerland [we]re the six women competing for the crown. " | [http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/4092.html IBNlive] had reported at the time, " Tibetan-origin beauties from the US, Australia, and Sweden are among the contestants at this year's Miss Tibet Pageant at Dharmashala. Tenzin Khecheo from USA, Chemi Lhazom from Delhi, Dolma Tsering from Bangalore, Ngodup Dolma from Australia, Tenzin Sangmo from Dharamshala, and Tenzin Yangkyi from Switzerland [we]re the six women competing for the crown. " | ||
Revision as of 19:42, 2 January 2014
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Sources
Organiser
Lobsang Wangyal
410 TIPA Road
McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala 176 219
India
info@misstibet.com
So far all the funds for the contest have been 'coming from the Director [Lobsang Wangyal]’s own pockets.' He has been described as 'a maverick impresario stages a most un-Tibetan spectacle: a western-style beauty pageant.' [1]
The Queens
Miss Tibet 2002 Dolma Tsering
Miss Tibet 2003 Tsering Kyi
Miss Tibet 2004 Tashi Yangchen
Miss Tibet 2005 Tenzin Nyima
Miss Tibet 2006 Tsering Chungtak
Miss Tibet 2007 Tenzin Dolma
Miss Tibet 2008 Sonam Choedon
Miss Tibet 2009 Tenzin Choezom
Miss Tibet 2010 Tenzin Norzom
Miss Tibet 2011 Tenzin Yangkyi
Miss Tibet 2012 None: Pageant was cancelled in homage to those who have died for the Tibetan cause.
Miss Tibet 2013 Tenzing Lhamo
Where held
Miss Tibet Pageant is often held in McLeod Ganj, India, which is where the 2014 contest will be held.
Miss Tibet Pageant 2013, was held from 11 to 13 February in Bylakuppe, South India.
The 2014 contest will be from 6 to 8 June.
Eligibility criteria
Inter alia, all contestants
Must be unmarried and must not have given birth to a child; and
Must have Central Tibetan Administration tax paid up to date. However, this criterion does not apply to a woman coming from Tibet to compete in the pageant.
Global ambassadors for Tibet
The winner of the Miss Tibet Pageant have in the past competed in some world beauty pageants, notably Miss Earth, as representatives of all of Tibet, not just Tibetan exiles in India and elsewhere.
Training
Past pageants provided one week of training before the competition, with courses in physical fitness, stage craft, cat walk, dance, and a make-up and hair styling workshop, along with an orientation on Tibetan history, culture, and current affairs. Due to lack of funding, training has been discontinued for 2014.
Historical trivia
Only 32 girls competed for the crown between 2002 and 2011. It was first started in 2002 by Wangyal, who drew criticism from some sections within Tibetan society, including the Tibetan prime minister Samdhong Rinpoche who said the pageant was "un-Tibetan" and "against Buddhist principles".
Twice in the pageant’s history unopposed contestants had to be declared winners.
The grand prize of 100,000 rupees to the winner is by far the largest prize money given away in any event held in Tibetan society.
Miss Tibet 2002
The first-ever Miss Tibet pageant held in October 2002 was a huge success despite criticism from some prominent figures of the Tibetan community. The pageant was criticised as "aping western culture" and "un-Tibetan". The pageant ended up becoming a global lead story although only four Tibetan girls plunged in to the competition.
Though the pageant was criticised, the leaders did not try to ban it as it is apparently being publicised. It is debatable if beauty pageants are "western culture".
Since the successful conclusion of the first-ever Miss Tibet pageant, the winner Miss Tibet, Dolma Tsering, has contested in two international pageants, one in Malaysia and another in Mexico. She won the Miss Goodwill subsidiary title and the Best National Costume in the two countries respectively.
• Miss Tibet won Best National Costume in Mexico • • Miss Tibet met Miss China in Malaysia • • Dolma went to France • • Dolma failed to go to Turkey because Dolma didn't have her Identity Certificate (the Yellow Book) ready.
2007
China forced Miss Tibet 2006 to quit Miss Tourism Pageant of Malaysia – 2007
2011
IBNlive had reported at the time, " Tibetan-origin beauties from the US, Australia, and Sweden are among the contestants at this year's Miss Tibet Pageant at Dharmashala. Tenzin Khecheo from USA, Chemi Lhazom from Delhi, Dolma Tsering from Bangalore, Ngodup Dolma from Australia, Tenzin Sangmo from Dharamshala, and Tenzin Yangkyi from Switzerland [we]re the six women competing for the crown. "
