Posted on 02/01/2006 11:07:55 AM PST by Onelifetogive
Top Czech model Helena Houdova was arrested in Cuba last week while taking photographs of Havana's slums – but she managed to smuggle out pictures she hid in her bra.
Houdova – Miss Czech Republic 1999 – was arrested along with fellow model Mariana Kroftova, and Cuban police confiscated a roll of film in the women’s camera. However, Houdova concealed the memory card of her digital camera insider her brassiere.
"The revolution's watchmen rose up because I was taking pictures of something they do not like," Houdova told journalists after returning to the Czech Republic.
The Communist regime of Fidel Castro denies the existence of slums on the island.
The two women spent 11 hours in police custody and were not allowed to contact the Czech embassy. Upon their release, the women were asked to sign a statement saying they would not travel beyond Havana, and they remained under police surveillance until their departure from the island, according to the Czech news source Ceskenoviny.
The photos Houdova saved will be included in an exhibition she plans to organize together with People in Need, a Czech humanitarian relief organization that has supported Cuba's pro-democracy opposition. The exhibition would portray Cuba’s beautiful scenery but also highlight its political oppression, Houdova disclosed.
During her 10-day stay in Cuba, Houdova said, her meetings with dissidents, the wives of political prisoners and ordinary Cubans reminded her of her childhood in Communist Czechoslovakia.
The Czech Foreign Ministry summoned the Cuban charge d'affairs in Prague to explain the conduct of the Cuban authorities in arresting the two women.
Czech-Cuban political relations have been frozen since the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia in 1989. The Czech Republic has attempted several times to push through U.N. resolutions critical of Castro’s regime over its record on human rights.
Or they are posting some pics I have seen of her that they mods prefer not be posted.
CUBA LIBRE ping!
Ya know, I think Jim Rob might need to reign in these heavy-handed mods!
Who wants to see a bunch of pics of slums that some bimbo took on her digital camera? Oh, you mean you want to see pics of the model?
Obviously that's not the one hiding things in her bra. Those puppies aren't hidden at all.
Guilty as charged.
I believe her face is stunning, very pretty. But she is actually quite intelligent, and brave. Kudos to her for her dedication to this cause of hers. She is not just a pretty face..
The lady is a warrior in her own right.
In that picture, she looks like a young version of Geri Ryan, Seven of Nine in Star Trek:Voyager.
They have been kicking since they were two. I was once surprised by the way that a middle-aged German teacher was able to dribble an American football! thirty yards and then boot it through the goal posts from the 20 yard line.
Can't have anything posted that is contrary to their view of Cuba as a real paradise.
Someone with the ability should post this over there.
I was of course referring to the memory disks.
On a serious note, I certainly do applaud her bravery and her commitment to her cause.
Fighting Commies Bump!
Well, it's common knowledge conservative babes look the best.
How does one "dribble" an American footbal?.........You mean soccerball?........
JerseyGop should look into adding her next to this cherished list: http://www.jerseygop.com/R_babes/index.html
Does anyone know where I could possibly send her a nice email or note? Also is that display she is doing going to be in here home country?
Nope, an AMERICAN football! He was able to keep it away from a bunch of 8-grade soccer players for thirty yards just using his feet. He even figured out how to use the shape to keep it away from the tacklers.
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