Philippines<\/span><\/a> has sparked a wider debate about male beauty standards and whether pageantry is ready to make room for people who do not fit its traditional ideals.<\/div>\nRJ Perkins, 21, drew widespread attention after a video showed him strutting across an outdoor stage during the swimwear segment of Mister Pampanga, held in the province of Pampanga, north of Manila.<\/p>\n
Unlike the chiselled bodies typically associated with male pageant contestants, Perkins appeared onstage with a heavier, softer physique \u2013 and with the confidence of someone determined not to hide it.<\/p>\n
The video, taken on April 19, quickly caught the attention of social media users in the Philippines and beyond, with many praising Perkins for \u201cbreaking barriers and stereotypes\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love this! Men are just as pressured as women to \u2018look good\u2019 [and have a] \u2018perfect figure\u2019 \u2026 so we need more body positivity for men,\u201d one user wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m rooting for him. I admire his confidence, and I hope he wins big,\u201d another said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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A viral appearance in the swimsuit round by a male beauty pageant contestant in the Philippines has sparked a wider debate about male beauty standards and whether pageantry is ready to make room for people who do not fit its traditional ideals. RJ Perkins, 21, drew widespread attention after a video showed him strutting across an outdoor stage during the swimwear segment of Mister Pampanga, held in the province of Pampanga, north of Manila. Unlike the chiselled bodies typically associated with male pageant contestants, Perkins appeared onstage with a heavier, softer physique \u2013 and with the confidence of someone determined not to hide it. The video, taken on April 19, […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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