8:30am-9:15am: beauty pageants
8:30am-09:00am: Salomé Grouard, Production Editor, Social Media; and Head of the Lunar Project of the South China Morning Post
8:45am-9:15am: Lisa Leung, Associate Professor, Lingnan University’s Department of Cultural Studies
9:15am-9:30am: impact of the pandemic on children’s quality of sleep
9:15am-9:30am: Dr Patrick IP, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Hong Kong’s School for Clinical Medicine
On Tuesday s Backchat, we re talking about beauty pageants and what they mean in the modern era.
This year’s Miss Hong Kong contest, which concluded on Sunday, became the talk of the town after a member of the Independent Police Complaints Council and former senior government official questioned the appropriateness of outfits worn by contestants, and why they had to answer ques-tions while wearing swimsuits.
The criticism sparked a wider discussion on whether