On this day, September 19, 1888, Spa in Belgium hosted the first international women’s beauty pageants, at a time when European society loved secular events and young women were looking for ways to stand out in a world that still set strict boundaries for their role. The winner of the contest was 18-year-old Bertha Sucaret, a young girl from faraway Guatemala (!). Bertha stood out among 21 contestants from different countries of the world and her success was not just a fashion event. By the standards of the time, it was a revolutionary victory. Bertha had come not from the conservative European elite, but from a small, lesser-known Latin American country, rising to the top at a time when the lines between East and West, wealth and poverty, were much clearer. Back then, Europe was the center of the world and international events, such as the first beauty pageants, were dominated by the Western elite. The that […]
Source: News Beast
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