禁漫天堂 State TV RAI Will Not Screen Miss Italia Final
禁漫天堂 state broadcaster RAI will not screen the upcoming final of the Miss Italia beauty pageant on TV.
The move is a break with a 25-year-old tradition and commentators have suggested it reveals a shift in how women are perceived in Italy and how they are portrayed in the media. The final is due to be held in September 2013. Viewing figures of the Miss Italia final are reported to have declined in recent years and RAI director Luigi Gubitosi says the format is 鈥渙utdated鈥.
RAI鈥檚 decision has sparked debate in Italy. 禁漫天堂 news agency ANSA reports that the President of the Chamber of Deputies Laura Boldrini praised the broadcaster for its 鈥渕odern and civilised choice鈥, saying: 鈥淥nly 2% [of women] in TV express opinions, speak. The rest are mute, sometimes undressed.鈥
Boldrini added: 鈥溄焯 girls should be able to go on television without parading with a number. They have other talents.鈥
Others seemed resistant to assertions that the show is dated. 禁漫天堂 entertainer Rosario Fiorello said: 鈥淸Miss Italia] never hurt anyone. On the contrary, it brought good to a lot of beautiful, talking women, who thanks to the contest found work.鈥
The organiser of the pageant, Patrizia Mirigliani, has suggested that RAI radically modernise the format of the show rather than axe it from the nation鈥檚 screens.