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Not Fake: Hungary Crowns Miss Plastic Surgery
Perky contestants vied for the crown of Miss Plastic Hungary this week. Only women who have gone under the knife were invited to participate in the artificial-beauty pageant held in Budapest. Botox wouldn't qualify you, but one contestant's surgically adjusted toes did get her included.
Discriminating Carrie Prejean Sues For Religious Discrimination
Before she infamously said anything about gay (or opposite) marriage, beauty queen Carrie Prejean claims that Miss California pageant officials told her to stop mentioning God. In a move that is keeping her name in the headlines, the dethroned Miss California is now suing pageant officials for religious discrimination.
Carrie claims she was fired as Miss California because she voiced her faith-based opinion that gay marriage should not be legal.
Little Miss Perfect: Terrifying
Little Miss Perfect, a WeTV program about child beauty pageants, should totally dispel the myth that pageants encourage young girls to act and look like grown women before their time. Au contraire! Kid beauty pageants in fact encourage young girls to act like campy gay men in drag, or those men's fantasies of what women are.
Miss Nepal Pageant Not Looked at Kindly by Maoists
If you're a Nepalese woman in search of a tiara, the outlook is bleak. The ruling Maoist party has postponed the Miss Nepal contest, set to be held this weekend, for the sixth time this year. In the battle between beauty queens and bureaucrats, oddly their takes on the issue are at once at odds and the same.
A Tribute to Falling Beauties
Whether they're beauty queens tripping over their dresses or their lines (Hey Miss Teen South Carolina, we missed you!), or losing pieces of clothing, or celebs falling on their butts (Hi, Carmen Electra!), there's nothing like the Monday morning schadenfreude of watching the beautiful people falling down. Mostly, though, I just wanna hear Miss Teen South Carolina say, "such as like" and "the Iraq" once more. Good times.
Making Tiaras a Habit: Nuns in a Beauty Pageant — Good Idea?
I'll watch any pageant, or any show about pageants but this one? I'm not sure. An Italian priest is organizing an online beauty pageant for nuns called "Miss Sister 2008."
Eyebrow-Raising Political Analysis — Do the Looks Have It?
While we're breathlessly awaiting Liberty's big text from Obama to see who he picks for Veep, Bella says it's maybe the "pluck" that matters most. Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine was making the rounds, stumping for Obama this weekend, humbly demurring talk of a #2 slot and showing up on Meet the Press.
Top 50 Most Beautiful People on Capitol Hill
Doing the work of the people and being hot to boot? It almost seems unfair — being able to argue policy while looking flawless is an art, and The Hill rounds up the 50 prettiest politics wonks every year, and publishes a much anticipated list of the winners. Including a police officer, a politician's wife, and a Congressman, the list is cannily split 50-50, Republicans to Democrats.
They've Got Beauty Covered — the Miss Headscarf Pageant
A Danish television station held a “Miss Headscarf 2008” beauty contest to show “cool Muslim women who often make up a very fashion-conscious and style-confident part of the Danish street scene.” The hope behind the pageant was to quell the controversy over calls for a ban on Islamic dress in public and foster healthy debate.
One behind the pageant says, "We would like to contact all the Muslim women who are seldom heard in the debate but are often just as preoccupied with fashion and beauty as other women." Entrants in the pageant don't have to be Muslim, they just need to submit a photo of themselves wearing a headscarf.
"Miss Landmine Survivor" Beauty Pageant Coming to Angola
Even the saddest tragedies have beautiful silver linings. Angola will host a "Miss Landmine Survivor" beauty pageant this April, as a way to heal the country that just came out of a 27-year civil war. As many as 1.5 million people died during the war and Angola only has a population of around 12 million.
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