Lets be real though, body building competitions and beauty pageants are basically the same damned thing, except pageants have a Q&A component. Both of which are aesthetic competitions and winning is based entirely on subjective judgments. Granted, body builders put in a lot of gym time, but functionally, it really is no different than say competitive gardening or those prize hog competitions.
Now, if they crossover into competitive lifting or strongman tournaments, that's a sport all day. but greasing your body up and getting a gross orange tan to strut on a stage? not so much.
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PrimeMinisterX (8824)
4 years ago
That's kind of my point. I mean, there obviously IS a physical component to bodybuilding--as you say, they have to put in a lot of gym time--but I assume that most beauty pageant winners do the same. Unless they are just in the top tier genetically, in order to be a serious competitor in a beauty pageant you'll have to diet and exercise.
Many consider bodybuilding a sport--I would say it is, sure, but then again I think of chess as a sport too--and so if bodybuilding is a sport then beauty pageants would have to be too, I think.
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UncleRuckis (2631)
4 years ago
Actually I wouldn't consider body building a sport either. As we've all already agreed on, at bare minimum, a sport generally is some competitive activity that requires physical exertion. Body builders aren't exerting anything when they compete on stage. Its purely based on size and symmetry. Ironically, they are usually physically weak as hell on competition day due to practically starving to reduce body fat.
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PrimeMinisterX (8824)
4 years ago
If you hear bodybuilders talk about it they all say that posing in stage requires enormous exertion and is physically exhausting due to the constant muscle contraction.
You also can't claim there's no skill in it, because a lot of effort goes into developing posing routines and into developing the technique necessary to make every muscle pop.
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UncleRuckis (2631)
4 years ago
posing in stage requires enormous exertion and is physically exhausting due to the constant muscle contraction.
You could literally say the exact same thing about sex, and no one is trying to make that into a sport(unfortunately).
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