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lubavitch.com/LNS) On March 12, a royal court of Jewish princesses will gather in Eugene, OR.
The upcoming holiday of Purim celebrates the heroics of Queen Esther, and Chabad of Eugene is determined to give Esther her royal due. Raw foodists, musicians, ceramicists, painters, poets and dancers will interpret Purim’s message at the “Queen Esther ‘Everyone’s a Beauty’ Pageant,” an open mike, art and performance event at The DIVA, a community art center and gallery.
More than a feast for the senses, the pageant will challenge America’s beauty ideal with the Jewish take on inner beauty.
“Society’s idea of beauty is skewed,” said artist Laneia Seumalo, who will be presenting several pieces at the pageant. The event “will reinforce the power that is inside each of us as Jewish women. It will make us aware of the power within.”
Seumalo graduated University of Oregon in Eugene in August with an art degree. While she hunts for
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