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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Sy, Michael P.a; * | Martinez, Pauline Gail V.b | Twinley, Rebeccac
Affiliations: [a] University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines | [b] Angeles University Foundation, Angeles, Philippines | [c] University of Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom
Correspondence: [*] Address for correspondence: Michael P. Sy, Associate Professor, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines. E-mail: [email protected]; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0849-2874 (Michael P. Sy); https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3128-431X (Pauline Gail V. Martinez); https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2128-0921 (Rebecca Twinley).
Abstract: BACKGROUND:The desire to be physically beautiful is inherent among human beings. In particular, some women who participate in modern-day beauty pageants tend to spend more time, energy, money and emotional resources to alter their natural body and looks to fit socially and culturally constructed standards of beauty. OBJECTIVE:The authors frame beauty pageants as the context where diverse occupations are at play with the purpose of becoming a ‘beauty queen’. This commentary aims to discuss the origins and culture of beauty pageants, the different perspectives on pageantry work, and essential and hidden occupations performed within the context of this form of performing art. APPROACH:Using the conceptual lens of the dark side of occupation, hidden occupations are characterised by the doings of pageant hopefuls that are less explored and acknowledged because they are perceived as health-compromising, risky, dishonest, illicit, and socially or personally undesirable. CONCLUSION:Furthermore, this commentary calls for the exploration of occupations beyond the conventional scope of its understanding and the acknowledgment of hidden occupations intertwined into people’s everyday doings specifically in the context of desiring to be ‘beautiful’.
Keywords: Performing arts, occupational science, hidden, health compromising, work
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-205055
Journal: Work, vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 367-377, 2021
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