Thursday, March 27, 2008

Angola's landmine pageant

Angolan women are hosting a beauty pageant for women who were victims of land mines found all over the country as a result of a long lasting civil war.
These women will be tested on their beauty and brains and ultimately want to raise awareness and become ambassadors for their cause.

BBC article


1 comment:

Molly said...

Evis that picture is haunting. What an incredible story!

I was just reading Sisterhood, Interrupted by Deborah Siegel and she was talking about the second-wave feminist protests against the Miss America Beauty Pageant. They crowned a sheep to make social commentary about the pageant. This story is in sharp contrast to that reality.