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Yvettep
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Username: Yvettep
Post Number: 2148
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 16, 2007 - 10:28 am: | 
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Interesting... Full story here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19762790/?GT1=10150
LA PAZ, Bolivia - The winner of a Bolivian beauty contest for indigenous women was stripped of her title moments after her coronation when judges noticed she was wearing false braids, organizers said Saturday.
The Miss Cholita Pacena pageant, held in the Andean city of La Paz late Friday, seeks to instill pride in indigenous women who choose to wear the traditional dress of wide skirt, bowler hat and long braided hair.
...Friday’s contest was a far cry from the mainstream beauty contests that are popular in Bolivia, in which the South American nation’s indigenous majority are under-represented.
Not a bikini in sight, the toughest test for the 14 contestants was making a speech in the native Aymara language to prove their Cholita credentials...
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Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 9304
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 16, 2007 - 01:29 pm: |
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That's as bad as black folk wearing Afro wigs and and synthetic African garb all in an effort to extol their heritage. watta farce. |
Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 5278
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 16, 2007 - 02:23 pm: |
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I wonder if there was an official rule in place regarding the use of fake hair or if this was something that the judges/officials decided upon after the fact.
In a way I wish there was less phoniness permitted in our beauty pageants as well. No fake lashes, boobs, butts, teeth, eyes, noses and all the rest of the fake enhancements that our contestants typically use. Natural beauty, simple makeup, well-fitting lingerie and that's it.
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