Miss World Pageant Drops Bikini Competition To Avoid Offending Muslims…

[Busybody]

Miss World Pageant Drops Bikini Competition To Avoid Offending Muslims…

Groan-inducing.

Via Raw Story:


Contestants at this year’s Miss World beauty pageant will not wear bikinis in the parade in a bid to avoid causing offence in Muslim-majority Indonesia, organisers confirmed Wednesday.

The 137 women taking part in the September contest will swap bikinis for more conservative attire, such as traditional sarongs, for the beach fashion section.

The contest is being held on the resort island of Bali, where foreign tourists flock in their millions and the beaches are packed with women sunbathing in skimpy swimwear.

Last year pop sensation Lady Gaga was forced to cancel her concert in Indonesia after Muslim hardliners threatened to burn down the venue and criticised her for only wearing “a bra and panties”.

 

[koalabear]

Will they toss out the lesbian contestants too?

 

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[JohnnySavage]

I know, let's talk beauty pageants!

 

[phrodeau]

They'll do anything to boost viewership. I can't say that I blame them.

Besides, who wants to wear a bikini in September?

 

[Busybody]

what DUMBASS thought it was a good idea to hold it on Indonesia?

Via Jakarta Globe:


Islamic hard-liners vowed Thursday to stop the “immoral” Miss World beauty pageant taking place in Indonesia even after organizers agreed this year’s contestants would not wear bikinis.

The Hizb ut-Tahrir group slammed the show as like “selling women’s bodies” and threatened to hold demonstrations against it, while a group in the province where the final is due to take place also voiced strong opposition.

More than 130 women will compete in the September event, with some rounds on the resort island of Bali and the final in Bogor outside Jakarta. Bogor is in West Java province, parts of which are considered a stronghold for radicals.

Organizers confirmed on Wednesday the contestants would not wear bikinis during the beach fashion section, to be held in Bali, and would instead wear more conservative attire such as traditional sarongs.

However, the concession was not enough for hardline groups in Indonesia, where some 90 percent of the 240 million population are Muslims.

 

[Busybody]

2013 Miss Dhimmi Contest



Miss World has axed the famed bikinis from this year’s pageant in Indonesia, replacing the skimpy swimsuits with conservative beach sarongs amid mounting protests from hard-line Muslim groups, organizers said Thursday.




All of the more than 130 contestants will be required to wear Bali’s traditional long sarongs instead of the sexy bikinis that are historically part of the competition, said Adjie S. Soeratmadjie of the RCTI, the official broadcaster and local organizer.





Parts of the pageant will take place on the resort island of Bali and the final round will be held Sept. 28 near the capital, Jakarta. Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim country.

“There will no bikini in this year’s Miss World pageant to respect our traditional customs and values,” Soeratmadjie said, adding that the London-based Miss World Organization is on board with the decision.

“This is a sensitive issue in Indonesia. We have discussed it since last year and they have agreed,” he said.

The chairwoman of the Miss World Organization, Julia Morley, confirmed that none of the 137 contestants would wear a bikini.

Read more at http://iowntheworld.com/blog/#sKd6Ei7b26VKc6u7.99

 

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[Busybody]

what DUMBASS thought it was a good idea to hold it on Indonesia?

.

 

[crazychemgirl]

oh good lord.

 

[kbate]

oh for shame. . .

the shameless exploiters of women who pander to men in order to attract advertisers are now shamelessly pandering to another group in order to avoid being burned and killed.

the horror.

 

[Busybody]

Exploiters?

 

[Busybody]

Exploiters?

 

[kbate]

Exploiters?

Yes.

My 'miss world' would be the one whose thesis is most original, not the one with the arbitrarily chosen best shaped boobs who happens to say, "World Peace" with the cutest accent.

 

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[Busybody]

Yes.

My 'miss world' would be the one whose thesis is most original, not the one with the arbitrarily chosen best shaped boobs who happens to say, "World Peace" with the cutest accent.

why is ONE more important then the other?

 

[kbate]

why is ONE more important then the other?

what value is the body?

 

[JohnnySavage]

Vette and Anquan seem to be the only ones upset they can't sit in front of their cabinet-style televisions, gently stroking to girls 1/2 - 1/3 their age from the comfort of their Chesterfields.

 

[Busybody]

what value is the body?

why is one better then the other?



why is it better to work with a brain for decades

when one can work with a body for 5 yrs and make more then the brain in 7 lifetimes


BOTH ARE G-D GIVEN TALENTS TO BE USED

 

[kbate]

why is one better then the other?



why is it better to work with a brain for decades

when one can work with a body for 5 yrs and make more then the brain in 7 lifetimes


BOTH ARE G-D GIVEN TALENTS TO BE USED

The brain's work might last for decades or centuries, the body's work ends with middle age.

all life isn't about the immediate.

 

[Busybody]

True

But

Means

Nothing

If one

Has. Talent. Use. It