The third Anti-Miss Korea Festival, a cultural gala for women activists, will be opening on May 19 at Jeongdong A&C. Based on this year's theme of "Beyond Job Boundaries," the festival plans to display a wide variety of jobs regardless of gender, age and looks, thereby creating hope for women who are proudly doing their part in their respective work places.
The congratulatory performance scheduled for the third Anti-Miss Korea Festival will feature the Chungbuk Alliance of Disabled Women, the winner of the second Anti-Miss Korea crown, the singing group Heady Mamas, and Chung Mi Jo, singer and Pure Arts professor at SuwonUniversity. Other programs set to delight audiences include a body-painting show by make-up artist Yoon Ye Ryong and a mono-drama by a professional woman driver.
A documentary depicting the history of working women entitled <Fly, Women, Fly!> will be screened at the Festival. The audience will enjoy a refreshing kind of fun and beauty through the creative performance put up by 15 teams showing the exciting worlds of different professions. A host of programs are lined up to give the audience food for thought regarding our concept of jobs - a martial arts show by the Policewomen's commando unit, a fashion show by Lee Dae Hak (a man who wears women's clothes), a satirical play by the Citizens' Alliance for the Abolishment of the Hoju System, a satirical musical by the Young Play Actors' Group entitled <Sister Act>, a performance by disabled housewife Ye Ok Ju entitled <Away with the Chaff>...
Feminist Hip Hop Community 'I Will' will be using dance to show the heartache of women dancers. Pepper, a member of 'I Will,' expresses her happiness in being part of the Festival, saying, "Unlike other contests, there's no rivalry in Anti-Miss Korea and everybody mingles and has a good time."
This year's Anti-Miss Korea Festival, like its predecessors, will be televised live. Participants say they will not stop at blocking the broadcasting of Miss Korea; they dream of the day they can discover the marks of patriarchal oppression branded on their bodies and fling them away.
