Olivia Jordan Miss USA 2015 might be the most beautiful woman in the US, oozing with poise and elegance, but the recent controversy has raised a question on her eligibility to hold the title of Miss USA. As the pageant claims, “Miss USA must be poised. She must care about her country, about its veterans, and its bullied children. She must also, according to the good people behind Miss USA, be unwed, childless, and between the ages of 18 and 27 (specifically, in their words, ‘under 27 years of age by February 1st in the year they hope to compete in the Miss Universe or Miss USA competition.’)”.
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Now, Olivia has been attracting question on the last criteria of the Miss USA organisation. Olivia was 26, when she was crowned Miss USA in July. And as Jordan has turned 27, she has been catching some flacks for her age. Claims are being made by some that 27 is too old to be Miss USA. Jordan posted a response shutting all these controversies. She said...
“For all those that tell me I'm "too old" to be Miss Universe or even to hold my current title as Miss USA, please clarify what you mean by that...
Do you mean I'm too old to advocate for important global causes like Child Sex trafficking or HIV/AIDS? To lobby in DC for Ovarian Cancer? To hold my own on CNN and turn a conversation from negativity towards pageantry into advocacy for the Alzheimer's Association? Or is it that I'm too old to visit schools with the message to work hard and be nice to others? Am I too old to inspire others to be confident in their own skin? Or too old to inspire everyone to follow their wildest dreams no matter how many times they fail along the way? Or is it that your view of beauty is so limited that it somehow expires before the ripe age of 27? Or even worse, is your ageism an undertone of your outdated sexism and you feel that my career aspirations have a time limit so I can focus on other things like getting married and pregnant? If you are going to judge me for my age, at least attempt to give a valid argument why you have decided that my dreams should have an expiration date.
If you agree with me that ageism in our society needs to be squashed, then leave your comments below on how YOU have IMPROVED with age. Because I assure you, while I may have more cellulite and smile lines than I did at 22... I have lived, loved, learned and become a stronger version of myself than I was even last year. I find growth to be more beautiful than anything. Always learning. Always growing. Always expanding my consciousness. There is power in aging. Thank you to all my empowered friends that remind me of this and for people like J Lo that literally only get better with age. (loosely related photo of me being annoyed and sans Botox by @yveshuy)”
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Olivia makes sure to make a strong opinionated point when she aimed to the inherent sexism in the accusations against her. Her post invited lot of comments that stood in favour of Jordan’s post. Olivia is amazing the way she is. The way this beauty queen has embraced her late twenties, shows that it is not your age that decided your beauty, but your soul and your passion towards feeling beautiful. We totally support her point... Do you..??