Episode 215.75 - Meryenda: Pageant Edition!

As Sigi and Jezzie close out their final search in the pop culture vault for the month of May, Jezzie unearths how the Philippines itself rose to become a Pageant Powerhouse in the 2010s.  In this velvety and scrumptious snack about Pageants and the Philippines, Jezzie tracks the origin of pageants to the medieval ages, and it’s evolution to be part of the Filipino fiesta traditions like the Santa Cruzan.  Sigi and Jezzie then explore how those fiesta sensibilities have lent themselves well to modern-day beauty pageants, and the emerging industrial beauty boot camps that have explained the Philippines success at international beauty contests during the 2010s. 

In the Mix this Week:

• Vulture's "Dashboard Confessional’s Chris Carrabba Performs a Soundtrack for Your Summer of Longing",
• Yakface's reports on Amazon Delays for May Fan First Star Wars Figures,
• Wikipedia Entry on "Medieval Pageant",
• The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros Trailer (2005),
• Wikipedia Entry on Big Four International Beauty Pageants,
• MISS UNIVERSE WINNERS FROM THE PHILIPPINES COMPILATION: 1969, 1973, 2015, 2018,
• CNA Insiders "The Hidden Side Of Philippines Beauty Pageants",
• "The Game of Crowns" Playlist Full Episodes on Youtube