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| The top 10 contestants at a modelling event in Indonesia |
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
-Radical Islamic groups protest Miss World 2013 Contest-They decry it as pornography and degrading to women
-Contest scraps swimsuit contest and moves final round to Bali
-However, The miss world finals would take place tomorrow, September 28.
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| Some Protesters |
Demeaning, exploitative, degrading. Beauty pageants have been called lots of things.
And it's also the line
coming from Islamic hardliners, who are protesting this year's Miss
World Contest, which is held in the most populous Muslim nation in the
world.
Protesters in Indonesia
denounce the contest where women sashay in swimsuits and form-fitting
evening wear, calling it insulting to Muslims and triggering threats of
violence.
Islamic groups urged the
government to shut the contest down. Hardliners burned signs featuring
the image of last year's winner Wenxia Yu of China that read "Reject
Miss World." They also presented what they deemed as appropriate attire
for beauty contestants -- long dresses and full head scarves.
"It's only beauty, beauty
and beauty, but also body, body and body, so that's why we consider it
as a contest that exploits women physically," said Ismail Yusanto,
spokesman of Indonesia's Hizbut Tahrir, a conservative Islamic group.
In an attempt to appease
religious concerns, the pageant has scrapped the swimsuit competition
and replaced it with less-revealing beachwear attire.
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