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In today’s video, we visit a women’s correctional facility in Brazil. Here we investigate why this institution hosts a beauty pageant each year. Press play to learn the reason why.
This video was originally published on Broadly and is being repurposed by Refinery29.
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What people who are so against this type of thing don't think about is that (most of) these people are going to be back out in society, and if they don't have enough self-worth they are never going to put the work into turning their lives around. They need to be told they are not throwaways and putting the effort it takes to start new is worth it. If you are happy with them re-offending then go ahead and think they don't deserve a damn thing but to feel like miserable pieces of garbage. Prison totally sucks regardless, you lose ALL of your freedom to do what you want to do and be where you want to be. Btw, look how tiny that prison population is compared to the US.
I love how there’s a variety of body types.
YAS BRAZIL YOU BETTER WORK
Watching them walk that runway got me all hyped up I love this!
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1 word: BEAUTIFUL 💖😍
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'This isn't jail, it's spa'
That him me HARD
They make prison sound good
Why didn’t they show who won the woman pageant? Weird
Someone fly me out to Brazil
the mister congeniality thing is genius ❣
its so nice they brought in professionals my heART😭❤
i was in juvenile and we had something like this every few months it helps more than anyone could ever know it really is healing and showing you youre more than what society thinks
I have no idea why I was smiling till the whole show 💖💖💖💖
“This isn’t a jail, it’s a spa”
That hit me
this is honestly the most humane thing i’ve seen happen
It is to remind them what it feels like to be applauded for and smile for people who smile back at you. Prisons are to rehabilitate and I think this is a beautiful way to remind these ladies of their self worth. The best part is that they partake willingly !
I'm all for positive opportunities for incarcerated Persons…Each person has a "Passed" as well "Future" ..The passed was lived prior to the incarceration.. The future beginning after positive changes and chances are for all…. Mental state of mind has to be given consideration .. Inmate can't be FOREVER shut out of society ..After all they have Families 🙏🏽 as well
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You do you is all I got to say no judgement here it’s crazy as long as they’re happy that’s what matters I would do it again
I think this is really inspiring and as stated in the video the real significance of these kind of events is self esteem. We all deserve a second chance.
I hope they compensated that lady for coming up with the idea of the mister pageant
So heartwarming 🥺🥺
This is awesome, love jt!
I feel lifting women's self esteem puts them on a road to recovery. It is about giving them self worth.
I love that they have a pageant for the openly gay.
5 years old wow grape 🍇
Unpopular opinion:
I'm gay for Tatiana Faria Santos
Is it congeniality or is it fan favourite? 👀
Before millions
I feel so happy seeing them happy
A nice and unique video but have ever thought that some ladies may commit some crime just to get a chance to participate in a beauty pageant. After all participation in any kind of beauty pageant outside the prison is extremely difficult
Ok but I lost it when the voiceover person said "Brazil is know for its beautiful scenery. This includes its beautiful women." Like did you just refer to women as scenery? Excuse me? Bye.
I used to work in a facility which has big pageant as well (in Rio, though), and I cannot stress enough how important these events are. It makes me so happy to see the this initiative being spread throughout the county.
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OMG 😍💋 💝💖❤️
I enjoyed this short doc.
It’s funny because in a way, the best place for a beauty pageant to be is probably in a prison…? Like, beauty pageants often put a lot of pressure on people, to conform to societal standards, etc. But they also promote femininity (or, in this case, gender expression in general) and individuality, which are both things prisons usually try to take away from people/women. And when prisoners are usually treated like they have no place in society at all, even something that relies on somewhat oppressive societal standards is better than nothing, especially since it’s not taken SUPER seriously or anything. (Though again, this pageant seems to be pretty good at valuing diversity and everything)
This is amazing 🥺❤
they're not meant to be having fun in prison to make them never wanna go back there and think about what they did
Those studs got SWAGGGGG
why not show both winning groups? why do we have to pretend to be 'open minded' by discriminating against one group? treat them both equally and report on both.
U guys did this couple years ago🙈
There is a whole documentary about this somewhere on YouTube. I highly recommend people check it out. It’s so heartwarming and inspiring!