2024-01-05 06:19:06
One year following the controversy unleashed in Guaymallén that reached Justice and the changes implemented that promised to be definitive, This edition of the Harvest Queen election will present new modifications. “Austerity is non-negotiable,” postulated the mayor of the Mendoza town, presenting a reduced, democratic modality and going back with the “blind” vote.
“Austerity is non-negotiablebut we can focus on the interest of neighbors and families, on preserving the cultural heritage of Guaymallén, associated with the festival and, at the same time, stay away from the beauty pageant. In that sense, the selection method was changed for a more modern one that will consider the vote of the Guaymallinos,” announced the elected mayor. Marcos Calvente
With the supposed objective of save 80 million pesos and with the help of the “chainsaw” promoted by Javier Milei and adopted popular provincial and municipal celebrations, This year the district Harvests will be eliminated and everything will be concentrated in a single Festival. Furthermore, the new edition will leave aside the line set by the former mayor, the radical Marcelino Iglesias, who had defined the beauty pageant as “anachronistic, retrograde and discriminatory” and began a tradition of blind choicein which the face or name of any of the participants was not known and they were nominated only through a phrase.
According to the media MDZthe methodology will continue to be democratic and, instead of being anonymous nominations, the young women who registered to be vintage representatives They will record a video presenting a feasible project to the camera. Additionally, they must take an exam on January 8 and those who obtain the highest scores will be preselected so that, between January 15 and 19, the residents of Guaymallén can vote for their favorites through the website. In 2023, the exam was composed of a theoretical part and another related to life experiences and personal projects.
“We want the queen to return, and we want the attributes to return“In fact, they are being restored, because they are heritage and are State assets that are inventoried,” said the mayor, referring to the cape, sash, ring, crown and scepter that used to be given to the queens and that had been discontinued, so that only the band with the name of the town remained. “It is something definitive and there is no going back,” the former mayor had anticipated when fighting once morest the traditions that are beginning to return.
However, Calvente proposed “getting away from the beauty contest” and mentioned that the representatives will have a role as ambassadors, to “accompany this management in promoting the commune as the Sparkling Capital.” He also established a dialogue table for neighbors and organizations to contribute superior ideas that promote a modernization of the festival and, at the same time, its cultural heritage is not lost.
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The controversy in Guaymallén over the competition for the Queen of the Harvest
It all started in March 2021, when the Guaymallén Deliberative Council decided to ban the organization, by the municipality, of the election of the beauty queens. The response from the Queens Commission was immediate and they immediately judicialized the decision. In January 2023, The Supreme Court of Justice of Mendoza considered the ordinance unconstitutional and determined that the commune continue with the tradition.
Against the clock, the municipality prepared to comply with the ruling and released a statement that stated: “Without prejudice to understanding that the municipal ordinance was the result of a broad democratic consensus, whose objective is and will be to transform women’s rights into State policies, the Municipality of Guaymallén informs that it will make all efforts necessary to carry out what was decided by the Court, always respecting the division of powers as the basis of the rule of law”.
For this reason, it was decided to opt for a selection process that avoids the concept of a “beauty contest” and opted for “blind” voting. “They are all worthy, they are all beautiful people,” the former mayor had assured the local press in statements to the local press. The 2023 winner was Natalia Mercery, 35 years old, mother of three children, who defined herself as a “normal, real woman.” “I don’t think that because of a physical appearance I have to be superior to anyone,” the outgoing queen reflected at the time.
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