Get
your popcorn and coke ready but be prepared, this movie is going to be shown in
fast forward. King Ahesuerus has a party
and wants to display his lovely queen Vashti, she refuses and is caste
out. The king gets lonely, there's a pageant
of sorts, Esther wins and is crowned the next queen.
Screeeaaach!
Okay sorry need to rewind for just a minute.
Have you thought about the year of treatment (every girls dream) the
pampering and the beautifying? It took a
lot of preparation to prepare these young women to be worthy of being shown to
a King. Amidst all that, the rules, the
do's the don’ts were all explained in detail so that the new young queen would
never disgrace the king again.
Back
to fast forward, a plot it hatched by Haman to kill the Jews, all because
Mordecai wouldn’t worship him. Mordecai
pleads with Esther to beg the King for their salvation. With grace, poise and strength Esther doesn’t
rush into things. She makes sure the
King is well fed and happy before she makes her request and Mordecai’s words
are entrenched in the history of the Jewish nation forever, “And who knows if
you have not come into the Kingdom for such a time as this.” You see Esther's grace, compassion and beauty
won the King's heart and he spared her people from annihilation.
In
our modern society many have questioned the role of beauty pageants in our
society, calling them sexist, demeaning and anti-typical of women’s
rights. I beg to differ for today more
than ever these queens have opportunities to have an ‘audience with the king’,
or shall we say political and business leaders.
Their influence is never more crucial now than ever with the crimes that
happen against women and children in both war torn countries and civil society
alike.
It
was therefore my absolute privilege and honour to meet one such contestant,
entrant into this year’s Mrs South Africa beauty pageant, Sugnét
Cornelius. Within seconds of meeting Sugnét
I knew that the same spirit that dwelt in Esther resonated through Sugnét in
every way. Her qualities of a gentle
quiet confidence make her instantly likable, but much more than that, her
heart for helping others shines through immediately.
In
her profession as a stylist Sugnét uses every client interaction to build their
self-esteem and she takes great joy in reaching women and children in her
community in any way she can. Sugnét has
a heart for serving and supporting others in need and takes every opportunity
to do so. These are just some of the
many reasons why I have chosen to support Sugnét in her bid to become the
next........
Mrs
South Africa....
And
I am asking you to join me in supporting her with his endeavour. We need Godly women to take on these roles
and Sugnét is ready for the challenge.
You can support Sugnét in her Mrs SA
journey by doing the following:
SMS - Send a sms quoting “Sugnét Cornelius” to
35959. You can vote as many times as you like and sms' are charged @ R3 per
sms.
FACEBOOK -
Firstly
Like the Mrs SA page.
Then
click on the link below and Like the
picture of Sugnet
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