Do you think it is fair to have interpreter in every beauty contest?

for me it is fair to have an interpreter in a beauty contest as long as the person who will interpret is legal and really is a person who knows the language very well. what is not fair is when you can not join a pageant or a beauty contest just because you dont know how to speak english. if you know the actress model melanie marquez, when she was the representative of the Philippines in the Ms. World pageant she has an interpreter for she is not good on speaking the english language. but from then on she studied and now can speak quiet good.

Well well, that's something which is hard to control or have a say in it.. Because some countries are really poor in english, or they dun speak english at all!! However, with an interpreter, there tend to have some advantages and disadvantages during such competitions.. Because translation cant be done word for word, as it will distort the overall meaning of their replies.. Thus with every rephrasing, it brings a whole new meaning and twist to it, thus giving it some benefit or maybe spoiling chances too.. hehe ^_^ THough some contestants do make an effort to learn english, but when they are not speaking it correctly, they might as well depend on interpreter instead.. lol =D

If the competition is representative of one country's population,then,no,an interpreter should not be necessary,as All competitors should be fluent in the language of that country.(Unless one of the competitors was Deaf..) If the competition is at an international level,with competitors from all over the world,then It may be helpful to have interpreters available,as English might not be a Language the contestants would be schooled in...In my Job,I work with some Eastern European Women,and I rarely if ever hear them speak English! Maybe they understand enough to do their Job,but they don't seem to have any desire to improve their grasp of English by talking to Locals at work..During Breaks,they socialise together in their own Language...It depends on the competition how much reliance should be put on their English Skills..The competitors could be highly intelligent,Well qualified people able to speak other languages fluently,but having poor spoken English..if the competition is about looks,appearance,Or even skills as an entertainer,not being able to express that in perfect English shouldn't be a disadvantage,as long as the talent was evident..

The organizer should have a demerit system whereby all contestants should be able to understand and converse in English failing which certain points will be taken off from their marks. Since this is an international event every contestants should learn to speak this language to qualify for the final round. I don't fancy those that uses interpreter to communicate to the questions asked.

Yeah, I do think it is fair to have interpreters in beauty contests. I would actually consider it unfair if the contestants are forced to just speak English when they cant. Like the description of the contest is, it is a beauty contest. Though the contest does also look into the personality and the intelligence of the contestants, the deciding factor would be the physical aspect of the contestants. Also, true beauty does include the ability of being able to speak in different language but to speak in one language should not be forced upon the contestants when it is a Miss "World", "International", "Earth", or "Universe". There are a lot of different people, culture and languages out there, not only English. Even if English is the language that is understood by most people in the world doesnt mean its the only language there is. Anyway, in the pageants, I think the contestants have the choice of asking for an interpreter if they wanted to or if they wish to try and speak in English with the risk of not being able to fully express what they really mean. At least with the help of the interpreter, they can be articulate using their native tongue and be successful in saying what they really mean. That's just what I think anyway.^_^

I am in between if the title require participants from different countries, then interpreter is needed so that the other candidates would not be left behind by english speaking competitor. as long as they are beautiful and smart. it is alright and not really a problem as it is a beauty contest not an IQ contest.

I was going to respond with the fact that having an interpreter is fair enough but after giving it a bit more thought I decided that a lot of meaning is lost during translation and the result can distort what was actually said so to avoid that it would be wiser for all the contestants to speak the one language being English, it simplifies the situation somewhat too.

There are many things in the world are not fair, but we can not change it. English became strong language. It’s the fact we can not change. Not only the beauty should learn English very hard, people in other fields also need to study English very hard then to compete with English native speakers. As I said we cannot change it. So we better save our time to complain the unfair things and use our precious time to study English and increase our competitive abilities in the world.

I love watching beauty pageants and I have the same observations too. I even tell my brother with me watching that it's not fair to have those interpreters around. I think, the pageant organizer must only allow those English speaking candidates to join. Or when a non-English country would really want their candidate to be in, she must learn the language first. Like in the Miss. Universe pageant, it is a big title and I think the winner must really know how to speak English not having the need of an interpreter. It is a major title and I think, the English language is worth earning for.

It would be fair if all countries could speak english but some of them would not be able to speak english very well within the time period they are supposed to learn

I think it is fair to have interpreters in Beauty Contests because they help the contestants convey their ideas to the world. It would be unfair however if all contestants are required to learn English so that they can be understood. This puts them in a grave disadvantage because the native speakers of English can easily impress the judges with their ideas just because they have mastered the language. Besides, if everybody is required to speak English in every beauty contest, it can be a cause for one country to discriminate another. Who knows, if this happens, one beautiful face might again be the cause of the launching of a thousand ships.

I think it would be beneficial as a requirement for all contestants to learn English before they can compete in a beauty contest. It would be only fair so everyone can converse in a Universal language. I think it would be a handicap and they won and they would need a translator to go with them to all different locations.

I think it's not fair

On my own perspective it is unfair, s0me c0ntestant hardly sTuDY to learn the internati0nal language ,then they sh0uld stuDY ALSo

Nope I think it should be required to speak and understand English to be a contestant!

i don't see any thing wrong with it. i think it is very necessary specially if you have difficulty to speak in english as it is not your first language. i think interpreter were instructed only to translate it as close as to the original answer and not to change or alter the answer to make it sound better.

no for my opinion they should learn and how to speak English since English is an international language.one reason if they speak to their own language they are much more known to answer the questions very good because they used to speak in that language.i just wanna be fair to other countries that learn English even though their national language is not English speaking countries.for me it is very unfair to have a interpreter they must learn and how to speak in English language since this is the international language.happy mylooting.