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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

IF YOU HAVE IT, DON'T FLAUNT IT: Sabah beauties warned not show sexy legs, half-clad bodies

IF YOU HAVE IT, DON'T FLAUNT IT: Sabah beauties warned not show sexy legs, half-clad bodies
KOTA KINABALU - Sabah Unduk Ngadau Kaamatan 2015 Chairperson Joanna Kitingan has cautioned fashion designers in the state that their contestants for the Unduk Ngadau (Kaamatan Beauty Queen) at the state-level Harvest Festival this year must follow certain guidelines to preserve the dignity of the gathering. “We are rich in terms of cultural costumes. They have the potential to be adapted to reflect our identity.”
The winner, picked from among 42 girls, will be crowned on May 29 during the Sodop Unduk Ngadau or the Gala Night.
For starters, Kitingan doesn’t want the girls to show off their sexy legs and bodies. “We are not looking for this,” she said. “We are not looking for sexy and ‘if you have it, flaunt it’.”
“What we want is evening wear that can be worn by the unduks proudly. It has to be classic, practical and elegant.”
Looking for an example, she added: “It (the clothes) must be something that people will want to buy.
He advised the fashion designers to create something that can be worn to any function, that people will be proud of, and can be taken to the international scene.
She was commenting on the criticism in the social media directed at Unduk Ngadau contests at the district-level who many felt were showing off too much skin. The critics also had suggestions on what should be worn during the contests.
Kitingan agreed that the Unduk Ngadau winner must represent a high degree of moral values in her bearing, representing the ideal Orang Asal woman, and serving as a role model for the Gen-Y.
“We look for candidates who can be ambassadors with a spirit of voluntarism, dignified, proud, confident, willing to sacrifice their time for the community, intelligent, and able to represent the country, culture and tourism to the world,” she said. “We have introduced the Miss Conservation WWF, a subsidiary title, this year. She is expected to know all about wildlife.”
Revisiting the criticism in the social media on sexy costumes, Kitingan ventured that there may be a case for the evolution of traditional costumes. “We have many ethnic groups. It may be a good idea for contests to go back into their history and look for variety instead of wearing the popular traditional costumes.”
There’s a need, she stressed, to return to basics and from there “we can see the evolution of traditional costumes”.
“The fashion designers should look at each district and encourage the coordinators to source costumes that had not been highlighted before.” - FMT

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