By Allan Wall
Here’s something I ran across on Mexico’s Excelsior. They held a beauty pageant in a Mexican women’s prison in Escobedo, part of the Monterrey metroplex in northern Mexico.
The winner was Melissa, awarded 5,000 pesos. The runner-up was Martha, who won 4,000 pesos. In third place was Carmen, who won 3,000 pesos.
The pageant was entitled Mi Belleza Interna, which has a double meaning. It could mean “My Internal Beauty” or it could mean “My Beautiful Inmate”.
It just goes to show you that even in prison women care about their appearance!
According to Excelsior, the contestants “demonstrated their talent in dancing, folkloric dance, singing, modeling, and oratory.”
The pageant began with 173 participants and was finally winnowed down to the 3 top places.
I wasn’t even aware of the existence of beauty pageants but I looked it up on the internet and it’s a thing. They’ve been held in various countries.
The articles I saw didn’t tell what Melissa, Martha, and Carmen were in for, but here’s a video about a prison pageant in Brazil entitled Killer Wins Beauty Pageant In Women’s Prison. Drop-dead gorgeous?
Back in Mexico, here is a photo of runner-up Martha, but her face is blurred:
Here’s a photo of third-place winner Carmen, whose face is also blurred:
Felicidades to Melissa, Martha, and Carmen!
This entry was posted in Culture and tagged Escobedo, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, and Prison Beauty Pageant.
