A MODELING AGENCY IN NORTHEAST CHINA RECENTLY HELD A
BIKINI COMPETITION TO DETERMINE WHO MIGHT BE SERVING YOU WARM
NUTS IN THE FUTURE.
THE MODELING AGENCY, ORIENTAL BEAUTY, HELD THIS EVENT AND
THERE ARE RECRUITERS FOR BOTH
THE AVIATION AGENCY AND THE FASHION AGENCY.
THEY WATCH FROM THE AUDIENCE AS OVER 1000 FEMALE RECENT
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES PARADE AROUND IN CONSERVATIVE
UNIFORMS AND BIKINIS, HOPING TO LAND A JOB CONTRACTS.
"CANDIDATES WERE REQUIRED TO BE FIVE FOOT SIX INCHES TALL, AND
IS THERE EXCEPTIONALLY BEAUTIFUL, IN WHICH CASE THE
REQUIREMENT COULD BE DROPPED TO FIVE FOOT FIVE INCHES.
THE WOMEN
WERE FURTHER ENCOURAGED TO BE ELEGANT, SLIM, HAVE A SWEET
VOICE AND HAVE NO SCARS IN THE
EXPOSED PART OF THEIR SKIN."
YOU ARE SEEING PICTURES OF WHO MIGHT BE YOUR NEXT FLIGHT
ATTENDANT.
THIS SPURRED AN INTERESTING DEBATE THIS MORNING IN THE
PRODUCTION MEETING, WE TALKED
ABOUT, IS IT SO WRONG TO HAVE THESE SORTS OF COMPETITIONS
FOR JOBS WHERE YOUR APPEARANCE DOES KIND OF MATTER?
LET'S DO IT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.
FIRST OFF, THERE ARE JOBS WHERE CLEARLY YOUR APPEARANCE
MATTERS AND SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO EFFECT.
MODELING, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND THEN, IN TELEVISION, TO SOME DEGREE,
THOUGH DANA GETS TASTIER, BECAUSE WHAT IF YOU HAVE A
PERSON WHO HAS BEEN A NEWS
ANCHOR FOR A LONG TIME, THEY ARE IN THE NEWS BUSINESS, IT IS A
LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN TELEVISION
OVERALL.
THESE ARE NOT EASY ANSWERS.
ABERCROMBIE AND FITCH, THEY MAKE THE GUYS TAKE THE CLOSE OF.
I THINK THEY ARE MODELS, NOT NECESSARILY EMPLOYEES OF THE
COMPANY, BUT I GET WHAT YOU ARE SICK.
THERE ARE PLACES THAT OBVIOUSLY HIGHER BASED OFF
APPEARANCE, AND WHETHER THAT IS RIGHT OR WRONG, I THINK
DEPENDING ON THE INDUSTRY, IS DEBATABLE TO SOME EXTENT.
WHEN IT COMES TO AIRLINES, IS IT ACCEPTABLE OR NOT ACCEPTABLE?
I AM GOING TO SHOW MY BIAS.
I AM IN THE AMERICAN CULTURE, EVERYBODY IS DIFFERENT, BUT
FOR ME THE BIKINIS ARE A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE.
DON'T GET ME WRONG, I'M AS MUCH OF A PERV AS EVERYONE.
BIKINIS IN A CONTEXT, HAVE ADDED HOSS.
IN THE CONTEXT OF A JOB INTERVIEW, SUPER UNCOMFORTABLE.
I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT IF THE SHOE WAS ON THE OTHER FOOT.
I WALK INTO A JOB INTERVIEW AND SOMEONE ASKS TO SEE ME IN MY
UNDERWEAR, ANYWAY THE INTERVIEW
WAS DONE.
WHAT IF IT WAS A REALLY GOOD JOB?
JUST CURIOUS.
I MEAN REALLY GOOD JOB.
BUT I DON'T LOOK FANTASTIC IN MY UNDERWEAR, BUT AS A MATTER
OF PRINCIPLE.
THE OTHER THING THAT COMFORTABLE IS, THEY ARE STRAIGHT OUT
OF HIGH SCHOOL.
MAYBE THESE GIRLS
DON'T KNOW ENOUGH YET ABOUT HOW THE
INDUSTRY'S WORK, AND MAYBE THIS IS THE NORM FOR THIS PART
OF CHINA.
SO THEY ARE LIKE, IF THIS IS WHAT I HAVE TO DO TO GET A
GOOD JOB.
I KNOW THEY ARE PROBABLY OVER EIGHTEEN, BUT I THINK SOME LINES
ARE BEING CROSSED.
THAT IS OUR AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE, I'M SURE
PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD WILL SAY WE ARE CRAZY.
EIGHTEEN IS AN ADULT, AND I AM SURE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
AMERICA THINK THAT AS WELL.
THEY ARE NOT HAVING SEX TO GET THE JOBS, AND WE JUST SAW A
BEAUTY PAGEANT WITH A PARADE
AROUND IN BIKINIS.
SO, WHERE DO I LAND ON IT?
I'M SPLIT, I AM NOT SURE.
IF IT WAS HOOTERS OR MODELING, NO QUESTION.
YOUR AIRLINE, IF YOU WANT YOUR AIRLINE TO HAVE ATTRACTIVE
FEMALE ATTENDANTS, IS THAT KOSHER?
I THINK SO, EVEN THOUGH THIS PROCESS MAKES ME A LITTLE
UNCOMFORTABLE.
THAT I THINK SOMEONE PROBABLY COULD MAKE AN ARGUMENT AND
CONVINCE ME THAT NO, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WHERE IT LOOKS SHOULD
BE RELEVANT.
I AM GOING TO MAKE THAT ARGUMENT, BECAUSE I THINK
ON AN AIRPLANE, WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT?
IT IS A SERVICE INDUSTRY, PEOPLE WHO ARE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, SO I
HAVE TWO POINTS TO MAKE.
I THINK IT MATTERS ON YOUR PERSONALITY, AND IF YOU
COMPLETE THE JOB.
PHYSICAL COMPONENT MAY BE INVOLVED, THEY HAVE TO
STAND AND WALK AROUND, SO MAYBE THAT COULD BE TAKEN AROUND.
THE OTHER ASPECT IS I THINK THAT THIS IS BAD FOR PEOPLE LIKE
MALES WHO WANT TO BE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS.
MEN IN BIKINIS, A BETTER THING, HAVE AT IT.
AND THE SAME I PUT THEM AT A DISADVANTAGE.
THERE WAS NO SPEEDO PORTION OF THIS CONTEXT.
MEN HAVE ALMOST NO SHOT AT THIS.
ON THE OTHER HAND, I HAVE DEFENDED HOOTERS WHEN THEY
DON'T HIRE GUYS.
SOME GUY SUED HIM AND I WANT TO PUT MY HAIRY LEGS IN THE OUTFIT
AND I'M LIKE, DUDE.
IT IS DIFFERENT, HOW DIFFERENT IS THE QUESTION.
IN AMERICA, I THINK THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ARE GOING TO BE
TERRIBLY OFFENDED BY WHAT I'M
SAYING, BECAUSE THEY THINK THEIR MOST IMPORTANT OUT OF THE
JOB IS SECURITY.
THEY ARE SAYING, THE MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF
EVERYONE ON THE PLANE, AND NOT
MY ASS.
FAIRPOINT, BUT EVERYBODY RUNS THEIR BUSINESSES DIFFERENTLY.
IF YOU WEREN'T AIRLINE THAT HIRE IS BASED ON SECURITY, THEN
MAYBE I WANT TO TAKE YOUR PLAY MORE OFTEN.
BUT IF YOU ARE NO ONE IS AS I WANT TO CATER TO PERVY
BUSINESSMAN THAT ARE COMING IN HERE, BUT I'M GOING TO GO
THIS WAY.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE SAY THAT IS NOT KOSHER.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS IN THE CONTEXT OF CHINA, THEY DON'T HAVE
AMERICAN LAWS THERE.
WE'RE DISCUSSING THE QUESTION, KOSHER OR NOT KOSHER.
ETIQUETTE DEPENDS ON WHAT THE GOAL OF THE AIRLINE IS.
ON
THINK TANK WEEK COVERED A STORY ABOUT COCKTAIL WAITRESSES.
IF YOU ARE TURNED ON YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO MAKE A RISKY
DECISION, SO THEY TRY TO HAVE HOT COCKTAIL WAITRESSES SO
THAT MEN WILL GAMBLE MORE.
THE GOAL OF THE AIRPLANE, IF THEY HAVE SOME SCIENTIFIC REASON
WHY THEY WANT TO HAVE HOTTER WOMEN, MAYBE THAT WILL TRICK MEN
INTO THINKING THEY'RE GETTING BETTER SERVICE, OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT, BUT I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S THE SAME THING.
PLACE I THINK, IN CHINA, AS THE COUNTRY CONTINUES TO DEVELOP
ñ AND IT IS A TIGHT ECONOMY NOW, OBVIOUSLY, BUT PROBABLY
MORE MEN FLIGHT AND WOMEN, FOR BUSINESS REASONS.
FAIR JUST APPEALING TO THE HORNY NATURE OF MEN.
LET'S DO A POLL.
THE BIKINI CONTEST FOR MAKING IT ONTO AIR CHINA, IS IT
ACCEPTABLE OR NOT ACCEPTABLE?
YOU VOTE NOT ACCEPTABLE.
I VOTE NO BIKINIS.
I AM GENERALLY PRO-BIKINI, BUT THIS IS YOU HAS ME FLUMMOXED.
I LIKE THAT THE MODELING AGENCY IS CALLED ORIENTAL BEAUTY.