NEW YORK: Mothers are not allowed to compete in major beauty pageants, but a woman from New York is working to change that. Danielle Hazel’s hopes of battling in the Miss America & Miss World pageants were dashed when she gave birth to a son at the age of 19. She claims that this was because of “discriminatory entry requirements,” which prevented her from competing. She is now attempting to abolish those eligibility requirements.
Increase The Number Of Participants By Filing An Issue
The 25-year-old attempted to increase the number of participants by filing an issue with the New York City Human Rights Commission on Monday. Participants in Miss America must be US citizens, single women between the age range of 18 & 28, and have “no legal dependents,” according to the competition’s eligibility standards. Gloria Allred, Hazel’s attorney, stated at the Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument in Central Park on Monday that “this exclusion is demeaning to Danielle as it depends upon the antiquated prejudice that women can’t be both a mother and be beautiful, poised, passionate, talented, and philanthropic.”
No One Should Experience the Feeling Of Discrimination
The 70-year-old regulation that Miss Universe had enforced globally through its associated organizations was lifted as a result of the discrimination case that Andrea Quiroga filed with the California Civil Rights Department, according to Gloria Allred, Hazel’s lawyer. “A person should not be denied employment or any kinds of business opportunities because they are pregnant or a parent; these conditions are not crimes,” Allred stated. “Being a parent shouldn’t be discriminated against, and no one should experience feelings of shame, humiliation, or denigration as a result of becoming a parent.”
Veronika Didusenko, the 2018 Miss Ukraine, was reunited with the two women on Monday. She had previously lost her title as Miss World after it was discovered she was pregnant. Didusenko, who has since founded an organization calling for the lifting of the prohibition on mothers competing in beauty pageants, claimed she lost her legal battle in Ukraine and is now requesting justice from the European Court of Human Rights.
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