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  • Bikini queen aimed to show Pakistan as modern

    09/10/2006 6:52:43 PM PDT · by freedom44 · 33 replies · 3,421+ views
    Reuters ^ | 9/10/06 | Reuters
    MUMBAI (Reuters) - A prize-winning bikini competition contestant who claimed to represent Pakistan, sparking some outrage in the Muslim country, says she wanted to project the nation as a modern one. Officials in Pakistan, which does not hold beauty pageants, said on Thursday they were investigating how Texas-based Mariyah Moten, 22, entered a "Miss Bikini" pageant in China last month as a Pakistani contestant. Pakistan-born Moten, who holds an American passport, won a "Best in Media" title for being the most photographed and interviewed contestant, media reports said. "I have broken all the barriers, and in the coming years there...