Women’s beauty is still rated by apparent breeding potential

If she’d been fat, now, that would have been real news. But there won’t be a fat Rose, writes Victoria White

I would love to be Rose of Tralee! I’d love to wake up this morning like Elysha Brennan on my second day as the crowned Meath Rose!

Every girl wants to be gorgeous, after all. Every girl wants to rise from among her peers as the peerless one. From little girls in gold tiaras to old ladies with no teeth, we all want to be princesses and we all want to be chosen from amongst the princesses.