Essentially, what does it mean to be una miss how does one become a miss? To answer these questions using a more simplistic approach, being a miss is mainly characterized by the embodiment of exaggerated femininity. In other words, the role of miss can only be portrayed by a woman whose image and qualities fulfill what is considered to be ‘traditional’ for a (female) woman. For example, a miss should take care of her physical appearance by going to the gym, using makeup, doing her nails/ hair, and in general she has to represent a well-groomed woman. Likewise, a miss is trained at an early age to perform according to the typical gender roles or expectations society has of women. Beauty Factory attains to this idea by exhibiting what young women are taught at Gisselle’s Modeling Agency. Here, we see little girls learning how to set a table, what each glass is for and overall getting educated the purpose of each ‘kitchen’
Essentially, what does it mean to be una miss how does one become a miss? To answer these questions using a more simplistic approach, being a miss is mainly characterized by the embodiment of exaggerated femininity. In other words, the role of miss can only be portrayed by a woman whose image and qualities fulfill what is considered to be ‘traditional’ for a (female) woman. For example, a miss should take care of her physical appearance by going to the gym, using makeup, doing her nails/ hair, and in general she has to represent a well-groomed woman. Likewise, a miss is trained at an early age to perform according to the typical gender roles or expectations society has of women. Beauty Factory attains to this idea by exhibiting what young women are taught at Gisselle’s Modeling Agency. Here, we see little girls learning how to set a table, what each glass is for and overall getting educated the purpose of each ‘kitchen’