General Discussion

You can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig.

This explains the Dawlish Carnival Queen. God knows from which collective farm they find these ghastly porcine creatures.

Have you seen them on their float - plus attendant 'piglets' waving woodenly. How about some cute royalty instead, chosen on looks? (Instead of their capitalist victory premis of terrorising people into buying raffle tickets)

In the olden days, at the end of the Carnival week, there would be a pig roast, where we would barbecue the outgoing Dawlish Carnival Queen.

In Cantonese, the word for 'barbecued pork' is "Char siu".

the carnival queen does not sell tickets she is chosen by personality and looks maybe you should enter and show what you have to offer

So they've changed the rules then since I was alive. In the past it was the sale of raffle tickets that got you a seat on back of a milk float with a lot of lace doilies stapled to it.

(or a tractor pulling a flat bed trailer wrapped in tinsel.)

It still begs the question, if it is now awarded on looks, are the Judges blind? Just look at some of the Prize Pigs in recent years.

Do they still have a celebrity newsreader from Westward television to crown our "Royalty" ?

Is Kenneth Mc'Leod still alive?

I think you are being a bit cruel. Its refreshing to see young girls interested in doing things like carnival queen instead of having unwanted babies getting p**sed and taking drugs !

when were you alive it is now westcountry live

i agree with you we are still waiting to see what mao tse tung has to offer is he just shy or has he just nothing to offer

Beauty Contests are reactionary capitalist devices that belittle and degrade women.

...but if you are going to have them, why choose a pigwig as victor?

There's also an argument that this unnatural interest in young girls is unhealthy and a sign of something slightly disgusting. The panel of judges should be 'named and shamed' in line with News of the World guidelines.

Abandon Carnival Queens altogether. Put Kenneth Mc'Leod on the float.

women are only belittled and degraded if they have no self-esteem and let the male population get to them

Will be the Webmaster, who has introduced a new Board innovation, whereby new posts propel the topic to the top of the Forum.

Any chance of a 'hit' count next? Nice to see how many times these things get read and clicked on.

OK.

Carnival queens have been round for years and years, they are not degrading if done in good taste, we are not talking about American beauty pagents, which can influence sick thoughts to some mentally disturbed people. If you as a man have such strong feelings about the carnival queens maybe you ought to take a look at why it bothers you so, or maybe get out more !!!

My daughter looks like a bulldog that has swallowed a wasp - what about her self-esteem at Westcliff School when she sees these precocious little minxes walk away with with the tiaras?