Miss Vasantham - Talents

Yes, the Kween is back after a short hiatus.

Anyhow, my counterparts have written with enough depth regarding the Miss Vasantham cream of the crop (remember when the crop wasn't that great to begin with it, the cream isn't going to be that delectable) to date. However, what fun is there when we don't diss them about their awesome talents? And what fun is there when the Kween doesn't get the first attack?

In order not to clash with tonight's episode, i shall do away with niceties (niceties?ME?) and get on with it already. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a gargantuan task ahead of us.

Firstly, what constitutes as a talent?
As adapted from Merriam-Webster's Online Edition (its a dictionary you doofus), Talent is..

"A marked innate ability, as for artistic accomplishment. See synonyms at ability. Natural endowment or ability of a superior quality."

Now, if you do look carefully, you'd realise SUPER QUALITY and MARKED INNATE ABILITY. Yes, you have a talent when you're good at something. Not when you're mediocre or just bad.

Attempting to dance a classical dance when you're NOT a classical dancer is NOT a talent.

Kapish paisan?

Now that we've come to a consensus on that, why on earth does everyone have the same talent?

Apart from the girl who sang Chinese (albeit wearing blacks gloves with a red cheongsam), and "the-let-me-arrange-2-flowers-into-a-wonderfully-beautiful-creation" girl, everyone else either sang, danced or hosted.

And funnily, our pseudo-Indian-vanakkam-spouting Malay judge, chickopeh-uncle-deejay judge and the qualified model judge seemed to be elated and surprised at every talent as though it were something amazing and new!

Wait, am i the only one missing something here? Isn't Miss Vasantham supposed to be about individuality?

Okay, never mind that even. Isn't your personality supposed to show in your answers and the talent you chose? Instead, why sing when your voice sounds like its about to break into a cackle? Why dance when your saree is half falling and you do the same step about 15 hundred times?

You remember that Children's Programme on SunTV where the kids come in fancy dresses and act like various characters? I think they were more experienced at what they were doing.

I don't know if it was a lack of effort or just an inability to realise what is appropriate and what isn't. Hosting doesn't count as much of a talent by the way. Especially not when you just speak off a paper, or worst still talk as though the world was about to end. Pardon me if i am being too harsh, but truthfully, there really wasn't much of a superior ability in most of the talents.

My favorite? The scary Punjabi girl who nearly killed the judges for not getting through. I don't know if you guys remember her. The long-haired one who danced for some Hindi song. Remember 2 weeks ago, Rafi had just told her he LOVED her hair. Yes, thats what he had said. I guess he has realised that long haired girls were out of his range and thus he kicked her out. (Ref. to my theory of how Rafi chooses his faves. Its based mainly on whether he thinks they are within his standards of tangkap-ing)

Then there was the girl who makes a health drink. See ah Auntie, unless you're vying for a place in Rasippom Rusippom or wanting to be one of those salesgirls who convince people to buy that new juice blender, i suggest you think of something else. (thankfully, i can't remember if you made it through or not).

Oh and once again there's an irony. The one girl who went fairly risque and did somewhat of a bellydance gets told that she's boring. Oh and what about the other 30543953 girls who danced for the likes of what they deemed as fusion music (attempting 3 classical dance steps followed by a sway).

And ladies, please rethink your outfits. While no matching eyeshadows and saris were in sight this episode, the green feather boa looked pretty dowdy and so did the glove with the cheongsam. Kudos to all the girls who tried harder this time though.

And "hard" girl, thank you for deciding not to use the word "hard" this time. Stick to your, my answer is Tamil movies have a lot of violence and henceforth i shall keep quiet since i'm bound to spew rubbish if i keep talking strategy.

I'm starting to completely rethink my ideals of what the Miss Vasantham should have been. With the exception of a few chicks with class, the rest didn't exactly strike me as having the sophistication of a beauty queen. Its not just in presenting yourself with a signature walk or wearing the right clothes. Its about understanding what a beauty queen is supposed to be. Don't blame me for saying that. We live in a world of stereotypes and there IS a certain way of acting if you want to be one. Please go look up the difference between model and beauty queen for all of you who tried to do the vogue face.

And really, if you're looking for some inspiration, previous seasons of Miss Vasantham aren't going to help. There are other pageants you know? (Read: MISS WORLD. MISS UNIVERSE)

And on a completely irrelevant note w.r.t their answers in that profile thing that Ah Neh and The Girl have commented about: Thil Thil Manathil and Vizhigal aren't the only two programmes around.

And to end off, I think i've found the perfect answer to one of the questions they were asked in that profile thing.

Q: Tell us one thing about you that people are always surprised to learn about
A: Oh they are always surprised to know that i actually made it to the top 24 of Miss Vasantham.

miss vasantham, vasantham central
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