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Miss Landmine 2008

Posted by samzenpus on

How do you know that you live in a dangerous place? One sign might be that your country is holding a Miss Landmine pageant. The contestants come from Angola's various provinces and are between 19 and 33. Each woman has a profile that lists not only their ages and favorite colors but also when they were injured and what kind of mine claimed their limbs. All the contestants get help to go back to school or to start a small business and best of all the winner gets a new prosthetic limb. Nike, who is sponsoring the event, says that the pageant proves people with disabilities can still be beautiful and that they would be happy to sponsor next year as well since it only cost half as much as usual.

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  1. Beauty by turgid · · Score: 1

    I was going to post something thoughtful and considered on the subject of the many forms of beauty. But who cares. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, especially after 6 pints of Stella and a kebab.

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    Stick Men
  2. Going to the dogs by solevita · · Score: 1

    What with all the formatting changes and the like, and now stories like this, I suppose the time has come to never visit Slashdot again. What the hell's going on? I can't wait to see what poor unfortunates are mocked on this almost unreadable website next!

    1. Re:Going to the dogs by tomhudson · · Score: 1

      Okay, the style sheet is b0rked, so remove idle. from the url, and you'll get a full-width editbox. However, this is "idle" not "idol".

      Posting a story about a beauty pageant for "Miss Landmine 2008" is a good thing.

      Remember how Pirncess Di used to be a strong advocate against land mines? Ever since she lost her head over some media coverage, it's been on the back-burner. It's good to see someone trying to give these people a leg up. It's not like they waste their time at the casino playing Texas Hold-em (they'd have to quit after throwing in their hands).

      On a more serious note, this helps bring attention to the immorality of land mines. Do any of the victims look like they were soldiers, or a threat?