The Caribbean's Pageant Obsession: A Love Letter to Crowns, Gowns, and Glory

Listen, if you don't understand the Caribbean's relationship with pageants, you simply don't understand Caribbean culture. Period. Point blank. And I'm not here to apologize for it.

While the rest of the world is out here treating beauty pageants like some outdated relic, we, who live in or are from the Caribbean? We're treating Miss Universe preliminaries like it's the World Cup finals.