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Miss Universe 2008 Dayana Mendoza, of Venezuela, told a reporter who asked if she had had corrective surgery, "Asking me that is similar asking a woman her age."

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A bombshell dazzler will exist crowned Miss Universe Canada on Sat. Simply who to credit with her fine features: Female parent Nature or a plastic surgeon?

A bombshell dazzler will be crowned Miss Universe Canada on Saturday. Simply who to credit with her fine features: Mother Nature or a plastic surgeon?

Unless the women reveal the truth nearly their slender thighs, large breasts and button nose, the public is never the wiser considering corrective surgery is permitted in Miss Universe pageants and contestants aren't required to disembalm if they've gone nether the scalpel.

When it comes to beauty competitions, participants can utilize corrective surgery to meliorate their looks, boosting their take a chance of winning. Yet in other arenas of contest, such equally sport, bogus enhancement is forbidden.

So, is plastic surgery alike to doping in the world of beauty pageants? Is it cheating?

Cosmetic surgery is "admittedly" the doping of the pageant industry because contestants can brand their bodies wait better than other women always could, says Alex Kuczynski, author of Beauty Junkies: Inside Our $15 Billion Obsession With Corrective Surgery.

"But it'southward non viewed as the doping of that earth because it'south such a commonly accepted currency… If their business organisation is to look and fit a stereotype of dazzler that will win them this competition then that's OK in that universe."

Charlene Smith, spokesperson for Miss Universe Canada, doesn't think cosmetic surgery is adulterous. Because anybody is allowed to get nether the knife, all contestants are on a level playing field.

She believes about 15 per cent of the 62 women competing in Toronto on May 19 — the winner will correspond Canada in the global Miss Universe Pageant in August — have had some grade of plastic surgery. That'due south far less than the estimated 80 per cent in other pageants. But true figures are unknown.

Plastic surgery isn't e'er "the unfair advantage," says Smith.

It can backfire.

"I've seen a lot of botched procedures," she says, calculation some women require corrective work or need to encompass up with makeup.

And some judges penalize contenders who've plain had work washed, says Smith. Judges don't reveal why they award the points they do, merely one tin can deduce their rationale when a knockout Barbie earns a perfect 10 from one judge, and a lowly two from another.

Canadian beauty pageant contestants accept less piece of work done to themselves than women elsewhere, probable because this is a "conservative country," where such procedures may be "frowned upon" by their friends and family unit, says Smith.

The Miss Universe System, which operates several pageants including Miss USA, Miss Universe Canada and the global Miss Universe, says it discourages contestants from altering their own natural dazzler. However, there are no restrictions. And organizers say information technology would be impossible to enforce such a rule.

In several American states the winners are given costless unlimited plastic surgery as part of the prize package. In Canada, such perks aren't included in the prize.

Miss USA 1995 Shanna Moakler, who now runs the Miss Nevada Us competition — the winner goes on to Miss United states — has encouraged past titleholders to get breast implants, nose jobs and prepare their teeth to improve their odds. But ultimately it's a personal decision and there'southward no pressure, she says, likening corrective surgery to using makeup.

She herself never had plastic surgery but admits she now gets botox injections.

Still, having piece of work done doesn't ever get you closer to the crown. Information technology ultimately boils down to what the judge fancies: Big bust or flat breast? Elongated or button nose? Blonde or brunette?

"I don't think plastic surgery is unfair because information technology depends on what the judges are looking for," says Moakler, the host of the now defunct Bridaplasty, a reality TV show where women competed for a dream nuptials and plastic surgery.

Sports is quantifiable, with athletes judged on speed, strength and performance, simply beauty pageants are purely subjective, says Natalie Glebova, who won the 2005 titles of Miss Universe Canada and Miss Universe.

"If a beauty pageant contestant decides to alter her looks, information technology doesn't necessarily mean that she gets an advantage," says Glebova, who lives in Thailand and recently launched her own perfume chosen Dazzler Icon.

A woman may be "aesthetically perfect," merely autumn flat on stage with her presentation and personality, says Glebova. "Whereas, someone with visible flaws can look amazing because of her confidence, stage presence and aura."

Glebova says it's not cheating if someone who's unhappy with her trunk alters it in club to heave her self-confidence.

"As much as these contests are almost beauty, it'southward non ever the almost beautiful that wins," she says.

Venezuela, one of the earth'south hottest markets for plastic surgery, has won more beauty pageants than whatever other state and boasts six Miss Universe titles, half dozen Miss Internationals and half-dozen Miss Worlds.

"They look magnificent," says Moakler, adding contestants from Venezuela typically undergo massive transformations to go "the most stunning creatures on the planet."

"Just if y'all saw what they looked like before these plastic surgeries you lot wouldn't — even in the globe of beauty pageants — give them a 2d look."

Still, she doesn't credit the plastic surgeon with Venezuela'south many titles. Plastic surgery may boost a woman'south self conviction and erase her insecurities — and it's that new-found conviction that wins her the crown,she says.

Miss Universe 2008 Dayana Mendoza, of Venezuela, has never revealed whether she's had piece of work done, telling i inquisitive reporter, "Asking me that is like request a woman her historic period."

Merely Juliana Borges of Brazil, an equally paradigm-witting state, wasn't shy nearly admitting she had undergone 19 procedures to fix for Miss Universe 2001. Among other things, she had her cheekbones raised, jawbone sharpened, breasts enlarged from an A to B cup, ears pinned, and liposuction on her waistline and lower back.

"I accept to work on my figure to get it where I want," Borges told the media in 2001. "I have a doctorate in body measurements."

Some of Borges' competitors, including Kandace Krueger Miss The states, complained in the media of the unfair advantage, asking: "How can you lot really exist proud of your torso if information technology's non really you?"

It would be refreshing if more than spoke out confronting plastic surgery in dazzler pageants, says Kuczynski. But, there'south no interest in a competition for natural beauties.

"The audition for beauty pageants cares virtually looking at these incredible specimens, which is actually what they are," says Kuczynski, who also writes for the New York Times. "They're not thinking securely or critically about whether or non information technology's fair that a woman has fake breasts."

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