Breaking the stereotypes about beauty, the mother of a 39-year-old architect, businesswoman, and women’s rights activist was selected as Miss Germany. She said that this woman was an immigrant from Iran and that she was able to notice changes in her social norms over the years.
According to Hong Kong’s BNN Breaking, the ‘Female Leader Award’, the winner of ‘Miss Germany 2024′ held at Eueropa Park in Baden-Württemberg on the 24th (local time), was won by Apamech Schenauer. Since 2019, the Miss Germany contest has emphasized contestants’ responsibility, skills, and social contribution as beauty standards, and has also removed the age limit starting this year. 15,000 people participated in this year’s competition, and eight finalists competed in the finals on this day. Among the final candidates was a 42-year-old woman.
Apameh emphasized her goal of using her Iranian heritage and her profession as an architect to advocate for marginalized and oppressed women, especially those of Iranian origin. Afa Meh escaped from Iran with her mother and came to Germany when she was six years old. She married a German and she had 2 children.
According to German media outlet Bild, during the competition, Afameh said her role models are the courageous Iranian women who protest every day. The reason he was able to become the winner of the 25,000 euro prize money was not only because the age limit was removed in this competition, but also because the health of the leading candidate for the title deteriorated.
Anne-Catherine Lange (27), a strong candidate for the championship, was the most popular candidate, but her health deteriorated rapidly and she coughed blood. Then, during the last rehearsal on the 23rd, she couldn’t even stand and was taken to the hospital. Doctors diagnosed her with a tumor in her lung. Lange voluntarily came out of the hospital to participate in the competition, but this time the competition organizers removed him from the final list.
“For health reasons, we cannot take responsibility for her participation in the finals,” Miss Germany organizers said. “If Anne Catherine has a condition that requires her to be in hospital over the weekend, we have to look after her to make sure she doesn’t collapse on stage, and he hasn’t been able to get through one of her rehearsals so far,” he explained. Although Anne Catherine objected that he had “invested nine months for the competition and this did not seem a fair ending,” he was only allowed to sit in the stands as a spectator on the evening of the competition.
Source: Donga
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