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Saudi tribe holds camel beauty pageant
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| April 27, 2007
| Andrew Hammond
Posted on 04/27/2007 9:03:23 AM PDT by Sicon
Saudi tribe holds camel beauty pageant
By Andrew Hammond
April 27, 2007
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."
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: arab; beauty; camel
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You just can't make this stuff up.
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posted on
04/27/2007 9:03:24 AM PDT
by
Sicon
To: Sicon
Got to love their values. Women get completely covered up and they worship the beauty of camels.
To: Sicon
“Sponsors have provided 10 million riyals ($2.7 million) for the contest, cash that also covers the 72 sports utility vehicles to be will be awarded as prizes.”
Good lord they take their camel pageants seriously.
To: Sicon
The WINNER!.....
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posted on
04/27/2007 9:06:51 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(My gerund got caught in my diphthong, and now I have a dangling participle...............)
To: SmoothTalker
There is a reason for that.
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posted on
04/27/2007 9:07:51 AM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(Taz Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charge)
To: Sicon
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posted on
04/27/2007 9:07:58 AM PDT
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
To: Red Badger
You beat me to it. I was going with “Did Hillary win?”
Gotta say, there is nothing more eye catching than the toe of a dromedary...
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posted on
04/27/2007 9:08:22 AM PDT
by
IamConservative
(I could never be a liar; there's too much to remember.)
To: Froufrou
No wonder they’re so mad all the time ping.
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posted on
04/27/2007 9:10:17 AM PDT
by
JamesP81
(Eph 6:12)
To: Red Badger
Runner up?
To: SmoothTalker
Still, it was hard to determine who the contestants were.
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posted on
04/27/2007 9:11:59 AM PDT
by
3AngelaD
(Enoch Powell was right.)
To: IamConservative
I’m a Bactrian man myself.........
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posted on
04/27/2007 9:12:54 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(My gerund got caught in my diphthong, and now I have a dangling participle...............)
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To: Sicon
The jokes write themselves..
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posted on
04/27/2007 9:13:56 AM PDT
by
N3WBI3
(Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak....)
To: Long Island Pete
Honorable(?) Mention.........
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posted on
04/27/2007 9:14:21 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(My gerund got caught in my diphthong, and now I have a dangling participle...............)
To: pax_et_bonum; TheMom; Eaker; humblegunner; Xenalyte; Bacon Man; Hap; grey_whiskers
Camels of Mass Satisfaction Ping...
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posted on
04/27/2007 9:14:51 AM PDT
by
Allegra
(Hey! Quiet Down Out There!)
To: Sicon
Miss Lebanon.
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posted on
04/27/2007 9:15:12 AM PDT
by
najida
(Just call me a chicken rancher :))
To: Red Badger
LOL... She only wishes she had humps.
To: Long Island Pete
She always reminds me of that green alien monster on Star Trek.
To: Sicon
Must have been all those lonely nights at the oasis.
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posted on
04/27/2007 9:17:32 AM PDT
by
verity
(Muhammed and Harry Reid are Dirt Bags)
To: najida
Nice! Somehow I am guessing that they don’t bother with Camel Beauty Pageants in Lebanon!
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posted on
04/27/2007 9:19:28 AM PDT
by
Sicon
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