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Miss World pageant to go ahead in London
2002-12-07
It has been dogged by riots, boycotted by some of its own contestants and is now faced with legal action. But when 92 scantily clad maidens beauty queens glide along the catwalk on Saturday, the glittering Miss World tiara will be the only thing on their minds. "You have only one way to go and that is up," said organizer Julia Morley. "These are girls who have big breasts are having fun."
I find them much more pleasant to look at than Nigerian mullahs, too...
The international pageant was run out forced to pull out of Nigeria last month after Islamist Muslim-Christian rioting left more than 200 people dead. But Morley, whose late husband Eric launched Miss World in 1951, was undeterred and hastily moved the event to London, where it will be hosted by Sean Kanan, an actor from U.S. soap "The Bold and The Beautiful."
Never heard of him...
Organizers say the show, whose motto is "beauty with a purpose," will be broadcast in 142 countries to a global audience of more than two billion. In Britain, however, where the pageant is widely seen as a quaint, kitsch spectacle, no television channel has agreed to broadcast it.
CNN sez that like kitsch is a bad thing. Not being particularly high-minded, I see much less danger to world peace or the eventual disposition of my immortal soul from 92 young women from around the world demonstrating their skills at interpretive dancing than from millions of Salafists rolling their eyes and waving guns.

FOLLOWUP:
Miss Turkey was crowned Miss World 2002 on Saturday, bringing to a close an international pageant that has been dogged by violence and controversy. Ms Azra Akin stood proudly to attention while her national anthem was played, after she accepted the glittering tiara and a 100,000 pound (US$156,000) prize from last year's winner, Nigeria's Agbani Darego.
Cash really does make it better, doesn't it?
'I am very honoured to be Miss World...I think it is good for a woman to have this position, and I hope I can make a difference,' she said, wearing her new Miss World sash over a flamboyant red dress.
Much better for a woman to have the position than a man, I always say...
The newly-crowned Miss World, who turns 21 on Sunday was raised by her Turkish parents in the Netherlands, plays the flute and listed her passions as ballet and belly dancing.
So take that, mullahs!
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#2  "and if Muhammad were alive, I would marry him"
would be interesting to see how much destruction THAT quote would cause, hmmm?
Posted by: Frank G - the Moran   2002-12-07 17:06:57  

#1  I like this woman already. If I were single, I'd like her more :-)
Posted by: Steve White   2002-12-07 15:46:10  

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