Interesting little piece of news out of Palestine:
On December 26 the first Miss Palestine will be held in the West Bank.
There will be 58 young women participating, including 26 Arab-Israelis and 32 from the West Bank. Unfortunately there are no contestants from the isolated Gaza Strip.
The only difference in the beauty pageant is that the Palestinians will not participate in a swimsuit contest. Personally this is how I think all the pageants should be but that's just my opinion. (Heaven forbid we stop objectifying and judging women based on their appearance and judge on intelligence.)
The organizers of the pageant say the goal of the contest is to change the misconceptions of Palestinians.
Palestinians want to be seen as people not just through the lens of political turmoil and conflict.
The winner of the Miss Palestine pageant, who will be chosen by a jury that includes representatives from the Information Ministry and the Culture Ministry. The winner will receive a new car, a 10-day trip to Turkey, and $2,700 in cash.
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