Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Miss Landmine beauty pageant banned in Cambodia

The Cambodian government has banned a controversial Miss Landmine beauty pageant, claiming it is insulting to disabled people.
An exhibition of photographs of the contests was due to open on Friday, with the top prize of an artificial leg for the winner of an internet vote. But over the weekend the government ordered the organisers "to stop activity immediately in order to keep the honour and dignity of handicapped Cambodians, especially women".

Morten Traavik, a Norwegian artist who organised the pageant, said he believed there had been a "misunderstanding".










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