Beauty Pageants are evidence of Women's Liberation?

"“In Pakistan, we are trying to get basic rights for women: right to marry, right to divorce, equal opportunity for job and education, and issues like Miss Pakistan create problems for this movement,” Ms. Buttar said in an e-mail message. “An average Pakistani young woman does not want to wear a bikini in public, and for her it is important to have equal opportunity and all focus should be on that, and not on a pageant where only the elite can participate.”" Of course, women should wear what they want and not be judged but why are beauty pageants considered a prerequisite for women's liberation? In fact, you can argue that the reverse is true.