Ten people judged the Miss Universe pageant, and according to a piece on the feminist blog Bustle, the reason there were so many was . . . sexism.

“This sexist, outdated tradition is a microcosm of the world at large. Women, as a whole, are judged far more harshly than men are,” Lindsay Denniger wrote.

And here’s where it gets really rich:

“The supply of POVs seemed nearly endless,” she continued. “Why on earth does it take this many people to judge these women?

Wait. The anti-discrimination-obsessed crowd is now getting angry about there being too many perspectives represented? Seriously?

If there are fewer points of view represented, people get mad about that. You know, kind of like how furious everyone (including an author from the same publication) got about Oscar voters being mostly white males.

Perhaps trying to avoid this kind of controversy, the Miss Universe pageant tried to do something differently. It made an effort to include a variety of viewpoints: black, South American, Cuban, Hispanic-American, British, Pacific Islander, white; 20-somethings, 30-somethings, 40-somethings, 50-somethings; Actresses, athletes, models, former politicians, etc.

Among the female judges, one was a white American 20-something reality-TV star and shoe designer (Kristin Cavallari); one was a Hispanic 40-something Marie Claire creative director and Project Runway judge (Nina Garcia); one was a British 30-something fashion journalist and author (Louise Roe); and one was a British 50-something reality-TV star and restaurateur (Lisa Vanderpump).

The competition made an effort to include all of these points of view, something so many other awards events get slammed for not doing. And now, someone is angry about that.

The fact that a post in a feminist blog called the makeup of a judge panel sexist surprises me not at all. But the reasoning for it this time does.

I would expect something more like “Sexism in Miss Universe: Why Was There a Black Male Judge but Not a Black Female Judge?”; or “There Was a 60-something Male Miss Universe Judge and Not a 60-something Female Miss Universe Judge Because Society Is Sexist Against Older Women”; or perhaps the most obvious, “There Were Six Male Miss Universe Judges and Four Female Miss Universe Judges and We Are Very Upset About It.”

Of course, I’m sure these kinds of pieces (and others!) are out there somewhere on The Feminist Internet, too. After all, I’ve seen pretty much everything be interpreted as sexist at some point – especially now that I’ve seen this.

— Katherine Timpf is a reporter at National Review Online.