According to accounts I found on a variety of news
sources, including the Guardian, the Huffington Post, and the Associated Press,
controversy has tarnished the latest Mister Ugly contest in Zimbabwe. Beauty contests and, apparently, not-so-much
contests are kind of a big deal in Zimbabwe.
The winner of this year’s Mister Ugly Contest, a very
happy fellow named Mison Sere, is accused of cheating by being, well,
handsome. More specifically, he is accused
of cheating because he is missing a lot of teeth and is capable of manufacturing
ugly faces. When he is not smiling, according
to detractors, Mison is a fine-looking man.
Only when he smiles can he possibly win the ugly competition.
According to some contestants—including, William Masvinu,
last year’s winner—Mison Sere should be disqualified because he is not truly ugly. Masvinu and his supporters mobbed contestant
judges with objections following the selection of Mison. “I am naturally ugly,” Masvinu complained. “He is not!”
Another indignant contestant shouted: “Do we have to
lose our teeth to win? This is
cheating!”
I will be the first to admit that I am not a great
judge of the physical attractiveness of men.
Just the same, I think Mison Sere is righteously ugly. Of course, I mean that in the nicest of ways. I have reposted an AP photo so you might judge
for yourself.
Honestly, I’d be pretty happy to be disqualified from
winning an ugly contest because I am too handsome. That’s the kind of problem I have always
wished for.
--Mitchell
Hegman
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