Beauty Contest - Bijin Contest

Japanese: 美人コンテスト - びじんコンテスト
Beauty Contest - Bijin Contest
An event sponsored or supported by companies or local governments, in which unmarried women aged 18-25 are invited to apply, and judges, almost all of whom are male, judge the women's appearance and other aspects. After the selection process, the contestants often work for the company or local government for a certain period of time. The first contest was held in Belgium in 1888, in which 21 women competed in dresses. The first swimsuit contest, which later became mainstream, was held in Atlantic City in 1921. The first Miss World Contest was held in the UK in 1951. In Japan, the first Miss Japan Contest was held in 1950, and now there are more than 1,000 contests a year. However, the contest is fraught with problems such as sexism, ageism, and discrimination against people with disabilities, and its image gradually declined due to the feminist opposition movement in the 1980s. The poor quality of the work after the selection process has also become known, and the contest is increasingly being canceled. On the other hand, there is a constant stream of applicants, so it is an issue that requires a comprehensive judgment.

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Japanese:
企業や自治体が主催または協賛して,18〜25歳くらいの未婚女性から応募者をつのり,ほぼ全員が男性の審査員によって女性の容姿その他の優劣を定める催し。選考後には企業や自治体の仕事に一定期間従事することが多い。1888年にドレス姿の21人の女性で競われたベルギーのコンテストが世界初。その後主流となった水着でのコンテストは,1921年にアトランティック・シティで開催されたミス・アメリカ大会が最初である。1951年には第1回ミス・ワールド・コンテストがイギリスで開催されている。日本では1950年に第1回ミス日本コンテストが開催され,現在は年間1000件を超える。しかし,性差別,年齢差別(エイジズム),障害者差別などの問題をはらみ,1980年代のフェミニズムの反対運動によりしだいにそのイメージも低下,選考後の仕事の劣悪さも知られてくるなどして,中止になるケースが増えている。その一方で応募者が跡を絶たないという状況もあり,総合的な判断を要する問題である。

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