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Controversial beauty contest
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On
May 27, 2006 Zamira
Dzhabrailova, 15, was
named Beauty of Chechnya
in a controversial first
beauty contest
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Nineteen
contestants, ranging in
age from 14 to 23, took
part in the final round
of the competition.
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It
generated enormous
interest, but many of
the contestants said it
had been hard to
persuade the men in
their families to let
them take part.
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To head off complaints, the organisers had invited Muslim
clerics to rehearsals to
convince them that
nothing untoward was
going on, and only when
they had given their
approval did the contest
get the green light.
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Girls
had to be single to be
eligible to take part
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The audience consisted solely of women and male
representatives of the
authorities.
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In
another departure from
usual practice, there was no swimsuit round.
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Instead the girls competed on their learning, their knowledge of Chechen
traditions and cuisine,
and on their
conversational and
artistic abilities.
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The
pro-Moscow Chechen
government's decision to
hold the contest was
part of efforts to
persuade the local
population that life in
the war-torn republic is
returning to normal
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Chechen
Prime Minister Ramzan
Kadyrov was quoted as
saying “The contest is
the best symbol of a
qualitatively new stage
in the restoration of
normal life in the
republic".
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