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| University of Rome rector criticised for heading 'beauty pageant' jury | University of Rome rector criticised for heading 'beauty pageant' jury |
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| Some of Italy’s top female academics are demanding an apology from the rector of the Sapienza University of Rome for participating in the jury of a Miss University pageant to select the “most beautiful and wise” student. | Some of Italy’s top female academics are demanding an apology from the rector of the Sapienza University of Rome for participating in the jury of a Miss University pageant to select the “most beautiful and wise” student. |
| Eugenio Gaudio headed the pageant jury, in which participants submitted information about their majors and grades – along with their height, bust and waist size. | Eugenio Gaudio headed the pageant jury, in which participants submitted information about their majors and grades – along with their height, bust and waist size. |
| A dozen female professors lead by economist Mariana Mazzucato of the University of Sussex wrote an open letter to Gaudio over the weekend saying his participation represented a “scandalous stain” on the university and “demonstrates how backward our society is”. | |
| .@LaSapienza rector E Gaudio elects Miss University. A tragic insulting spectacle for women scholars. Italy wake up! http://t.co/3yLIPKjWYT | .@LaSapienza rector E Gaudio elects Miss University. A tragic insulting spectacle for women scholars. Italy wake up! http://t.co/3yLIPKjWYT |
| Gaudio refused to apologise, noting that his two predecessors also participated in the pageant and that, regardless, the contestants “were not in bathing suits but in evening dresses”. | Gaudio refused to apologise, noting that his two predecessors also participated in the pageant and that, regardless, the contestants “were not in bathing suits but in evening dresses”. |