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Alternative Miss World
When:
22 Oct 2004
Where:
Cirque at the Hippodrome
Cost:
£25
Get ready for tears, tantrums and running mascara, the Alternative Miss World is back at The Hippodrome, Leicester Square. This outrageous event brings together a dazzling array of artistes, drag queens, performers, freaks and fops from every corner of the world, neither male nor female, but superhuman.
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Gender, nationality and traditional concepts of beauty are utterly irrelevant. Instead the Alternative Miss World is a celebration of everything wild, wacky and spectacularly creative, modelled more on Crufts than the world famous beauty pageant. However, they do share the same competition categories: daywear, swimwear and evening wear, with a catwalk promenade and personality interview.
Fifteen entrants take part in outlandishly over-the-top outfits and competition is fierce. Previous winners include Derek Jarman and Bruce Lacey. The winner of the last event in 1998 was an 84 year-old Russian. Each event is themed and previous examples are fire, water and circus. This year's theme is Universe.
Miss Alternative World is the brainchild of Andrew Logan, a sculptor and jeweller to royalty. He launched the event in 1972 and has gone on to host 11 events at intermittent intervals. The pageant itself is like a surrealist art event. Brian Eno (who is a judge and has also composed a theme tune to the event), has said it ought to win the Turner Prize.
Andrew Logan says "Life in modern Britain can be too awfully serious and this is my attempt to provide a forum for people to express themselves outrageously, indulge in self adornment and have a spectacularly good time." He has designed an ornate crown and a throne bedecked with jewels on which the winner will be seated during the final procession.
Fifteen entrants take part in outlandishly over-the-top outfits and competition is fierce. Previous winners include Derek Jarman and Bruce Lacey. The winner of the last event in 1998 was an 84 year-old Russian. Each event is themed and previous examples are fire, water and circus. This year's theme is Universe.
Miss Alternative World is the brainchild of Andrew Logan, a sculptor and jeweller to royalty. He launched the event in 1972 and has gone on to host 11 events at intermittent intervals. The pageant itself is like a surrealist art event. Brian Eno (who is a judge and has also composed a theme tune to the event), has said it ought to win the Turner Prize.
Andrew Logan says "Life in modern Britain can be too awfully serious and this is my attempt to provide a forum for people to express themselves outrageously, indulge in self adornment and have a spectacularly good time." He has designed an ornate crown and a throne bedecked with jewels on which the winner will be seated during the final procession.
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