There is no denying that the Miss USA contest is a heavily politicized event. The selection of women of a certain type is intended to send a message about what politically correct America feels is the right and proper representative of American women at the time. Race has been a major consideration since at least the 1980s, and more weight is given to what women represent politically than how they look in their various outfits.

Therefore, it isn’t all that much of a surprise that an Arab woman won the event this year. This year’s winner, Rima Fakih, is obviously an attractive woman — not strikingly so in comparison to the others, but she also happens to be an Arab “Muslim.” Additionally, as it turns out, she’s an exhibitionist skank.

It’s odd in the first place to elect a Muslim woman who defies her faith’s conventions to flaunt her nearly naked body on the world stage, but to select one who is clearly a little hussy seems a bit overboard.

Recently, there was a small uproar in Uppsala Sweden over film depictions of Muhammed as a gay socialite. A number of Muslims attended the screening and made a ruckus over the film, which was created by one Lars Vilks, and made some noise about it. Swedish police were on hand to quell the dispute and keep the Muslims under control, but the producer has chickened out and gone into hiding over it. Seems like little more than a publicity stunt to me. If one really has a firm belief about something, one should be prepared to accept the consequences and literally fight for it, so I have little respect for Mr. Vilks, who is hiding behind security. In any event, I don’t think any of these “artists” are doing anything but self-promotion, so it doesn’t surprise me when they scurry off and hide under the tresses of the nanny-state.

Of course, there are those, such as Theo Van Gogh, who paid the ultimate price for their principles, and that’s worth a thing or two. However, I have yet to see one of these guys actually fighting back, which is what you do when you actually believe in something. So, I’ve got to wonder whether they believe in anything at all, or if they are simply making some effort to attract attention to themselves.

In the Miss USA contest, however, there seems to be a more subtle form of provocation going on. It is a decision by a panel of judges, so the woman is chosen by a sort of “consensus,” which, in this year’s case, is supposed to suggest that America in general wants to project itself as exemplified by a slutty Muslim apostate.

Who were these judges? Well, they were mostly females and gay men – including ice-dancing queen Johnny Weir – which is kind of odd for a competition that is supposed to decide upon who is America’s most desirable woman. Can one imagine America’s women taking it seriously if they were told by men and lesbians who they should find attractive? The notion is laughable. But apparently it is considered perfectly reasonable for women and homosexual men to decide which women are most alluring.

So who do they come up with but an Arab stripper…

Lest any women accuse men of only wanting lousy, low-quality women, let it stand on the record that half of the Miss USA judges for Miss USA 2010 were women, at least one was a gay man, and still they chose a skanky, pole-dancing, skinny little tramp who sticks a thumb in the eye of her (impressively ethnic!) heritage and religion.

American men hardly could have done worse. In fact, although some American men may hate and despise Islam, I doubt any but the worst of them would go so far as to make that kind of provocation.

Perhaps American men wouldn’t take it that far because we know we’re the ones asked to fight the Muslims these people are provoking. How many of the dead American boys in Iraq or Afghanistan would, had they survived, ever have had the chance to even judge a high school beauty pageant these days, much less a Miss USA contest? If they had, would they have deliberately chosen Ms. Fakih? Somehow, I doubt it.