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Miss Bondi
Beauty,
brawl, bikinis: it's top of the class Bondi, by
Andrew Hornery - 15th Dec 07
(Credit:
The Sydney Morning Herald)
AS
FAR as "classy" events go, the Gold
Coast may have its G-stringed Indy Girls and Melbourne
its Brownlow (Gown-low) Awards, but neither can
compete with the cl(arse)iest of them all: the
annual Miss Bondi competition.
This
year's "swimsuit" pageant reached its
much-anticipated climax in the steamy beer-soaked
surrounds of the Beach Road Hotel in Bondi last
Saturday, when a bevy of fake-tanned, bikini-clad,
stiletto-wearing, gum-chewing beauties paraded
their pert wares before a pack of 500 sweaty,
slack-jawed, bug-eyed men.
Yes,
it was a recipe for mayhem, especially when one
contestant's boyfriend overheard a disparaging
remark from a nearby table, which unkindly suggested
the beauty had a better chance auditioning for
the Priscilla stage show.
No
sooner had the comment been made than a flurry
of fists, expletives and squeals forced the organisers
to halt proceedings, sending the girls scurrying
off backstage until staff could quell the baying
mob.
Eventually
Mariana Korac took out the title, pocketing $3500
and an all-expenses-paid trip to the Gold Coast.
The
MC, Tom McCarville, said the competition had been
running since the 1950s, but its current incarnation
had been going strong for the past decade. He
was adamant the event was all good, clean fun,
adding that "the girls take it very seriously
… Some of the previous winners have gone
on to great things, like becoming Inside Sport
cover girls."
Had
there ever been any complaints from the feminist
movement?
"No,
never. It's not like there is a mob of protesters
out the front. The girls love competing and the
boys love to watch it. It's for local people and
they love it … We had a capacity crowd here
on the weekend and it was like that during all
three heats."
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