Nigerian Miss World cancelled

BBC News ^ | November 23, 2002 | BBC News

[MadIvan]

This year's Miss World contest which sparked bloody clashes in host nation Nigeria will now be moved to London, the organisers have said.

The show will be held in London on 7 December instead of the Nigerian capital, Abuja, officials announced late on Friday.

The decision came after more than 100 people died and hundreds more were injured in violent protests in the Nigerian city of Kaduna this week.

In a statement, the organisers said the change of venue was in the "overall interests of Nigeria and the contestants".

Muslim groups in Nigeria believe the contest is immoral and degrading to women and are angry that preliminary events began during the holy month of Ramadan.

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[guyfromyemen]

Man do you have nothing better to do than to make fun of Muslim Women?

[babygene]

I posted this back in November... And I was just making a joke, goofball. (to translate; goofball means "silly")

I don't think Muslim women are ugly... I wonder why some Muslim men want to cover them up though... They may think they are ugly.

America is a very diverse country. We have all colors and sizes of people here, and we are proud of them all. What we can't abide by is that some societies mistreat women, and do not treat them as equals. We are all, after all, created by God.