Hellogbnc ! What a nice counter attack. Gal, ( ladies ) remember that we are not easily gulible and we don't need to follow the west as some of us have said. Our society does not teach us to be assertive . Sometimes we have to stand up and learn to say no . Yeah , I support beauty pageants and all that. Like I said in my previous thread , people should have the option to choose. ( But there is borderline for everything) Where in world does it tell us to follow the west. The business sponsors are profit driven and they care less about moral values and ethics. Yeah call me conversative , I must say I am very confident and can say NO and I have a very high self esteem. How come none of us said, may be she will look more beautiful in saree. ( is n't saree or Tibetan cloth beautiful, i value my culture and I am very proud to say that ) By the way we do not want the world to know the MISS Nepal looks like Pam Anderson or Ana Nicole , do we ? Where is our identity??