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cinderboy · 04-27-2007, 03:47 PM

http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...BEAUTY-ODD.xml

Saudi tribe holds camel beauty pageant

GUWEI'IYYA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - The legs are long, the eyes are big, the bodies curvaceous.

Contestants in this Saudi-style beauty pageant have all the features you might expect anywhere else in the world, but with one crucial difference -- the competitors are camels.

This week, the Qahtani tribe of western Saudi Arabia has been welcoming entrants to its Mazayen al-Ibl competition, a parade of the "most beautiful camels" in the desolate desert region of Guwei'iyya, 120 km (75 miles) west of Riyadh.

"In Lebanon they have Miss Lebanon," jokes Walid, moderator of the competition's Web site. "Here we have Miss Camel."

While tremendous oil wealth has brought rapid modernization to the desert state of Saudi Arabia, the camel remains celebrated as a symbol of the traditional nomadic lifestyle of Bedouin Arabs.

Throughout history camels have served multiple purposes as food, friend, transport and war machine. They were key to the Arab conquests of the Middle East and North Africa nearly 1,400 years ago that brought Islam to the world.

Camels are also big business in a country where strict Islamic laws and tribal customs would make it impossible for women to take part in their own beauty contest.

AthlaS · 04-27-2007, 08:13 PM

*starts singing My Humps*

BabyXSoap · 04-27-2007, 10:27 PM

i dont get how they can have a beauty pagent when all the camels look the same

What if the first place winner was actually a male

Darc · 04-27-2007, 10:29 PM

They look.....very generic.Realy.

Onii-San · 04-28-2007, 02:20 AM

what lovely camel toes.

04-27-2007, 03:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
cinderboy The Beast of the East Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Internetz Posts: 13,172 Reputation: 228	Saudi tribe holds camel beauty pageant http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...BEAUTY-ODD.xml Saudi tribe holds camel beauty pageant GUWEI'IYYA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - The legs are long, the eyes are big, the bodies curvaceous. Contestants in this Saudi-style beauty pageant have all the features you might expect anywhere else in the world, but with one crucial difference -- the competitors are camels. This week, the Qahtani tribe of western Saudi Arabia has been welcoming entrants to its Mazayen al-Ibl competition, a parade of the "most beautiful camels" in the desolate desert region of Guwei'iyya, 120 km (75 miles) west of Riyadh. "In Lebanon they have Miss Lebanon," jokes Walid, moderator of the competition's Web site. "Here we have Miss Camel." While tremendous oil wealth has brought rapid modernization to the desert state of Saudi Arabia, the camel remains celebrated as a symbol of the traditional nomadic lifestyle of Bedouin Arabs. Throughout history camels have served multiple purposes as food, friend, transport and war machine. They were key to the Arab conquests of the Middle East and North Africa nearly 1,400 years ago that brought Islam to the world. Camels are also big business in a country where strict Islamic laws and tribal customs would make it impossible for women to take part in their own beauty contest. __________________ Last edited by cinderboy; 04-27-2007 at 03:50 PM.

04-27-2007, 10:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
BabyXSoap A Shrubbery Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Yankee stadium, hitting Homers Posts: 806 Reputation: 10	i dont get how they can have a beauty pagent when all the camels look the same What if the first place winner was actually a male __________________ Gamertag:xNYKILLER "The tragedy here is, we're savages. We're thrilled to kill each other. We're monsters and war is what unmasks us. But there's kind of honor in it, too. A kind of grace. I guess if I'm a monster, it's my privilege to be one."

04-27-2007, 10:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
Darc OnRPG Elite Member! Join Date: May 2006 Location: La La Land Posts: 5,185 Reputation: 67	They look.....very generic.Realy. __________________

04-28-2007, 02:20 AM	#5 (permalink)
Onii-San Lives in City of Zeroes Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 642 Reputation: 10	what lovely camel toes. __________________ "Thank goodness I have W-Blue Sky lives."

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04-27-2007, 08:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
AthlaS Banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 2,208 Reputation: 13	starts singing My Humps