Beauty and the flour bombs
Sir: The fact that more people watch the televising of the so-called Miss World competition than al-
most any other tele-event tells us a lot about ourselves. I use the word so-called 'Miss World', be- cause, of course, we all know that what is really being elected is The Beauty Queen Most Likely To Suc- ceed, though at what we are never quite sure.
These are plastic goddesses for a plastic age, and the only encourage- ment to be gleaned from this year's celebration of the ring of confidence was the fact that on a simple vote—like that used for electing Members of Parliament— the young lady representing Miss Sweden would have won. Even I could tell that she was a human being and not a set of pre-packaged statistics.
As to the flour bombs Sally Vincent referred to—I am afraid she had got it all wrong. This was just normal audience reaction to the abysmally low standard of en- tertainment provided whilst the judges were reaching their verdict.
Let us say it was just Homepride showing through.
Martin Folkard 67 Beanlieu Avenue, Sydenham, London se26
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