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Iraq Chooses Beauty Queen for First Time Since 1972
Iraq Chooses Beauty Queen for First Time Since 1972
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The first internationally recognized Miss Iraq beauty pageant took place in a hotel in Baghdad after more than 40 years, newspaper the Daily Bhaskar wrote. 20.12.2015, Sputnik International
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Iraq Chooses Beauty Queen for First Time Since 1972
12:26 GMT 20.12.2015 (Updated: 09:53 GMT 15.01.2023) The first internationally recognized Miss Iraq beauty pageant took place in a hotel in Baghdad after more than 40 years, newspaper the Daily Bhaskar wrote.
Before that, the last internationally recognized beauty queen of Iraq was a winner of the 1972 pageant.
The event held an importance for the country as a significant number of both Sunnis and Shiites hold conservative religious views.
The competition was attended by about 150 girls, although local officials were against the event. The winner of the title “Miss Iraq” was a 20-year-old Shayma Abdelrahman of the city of Kirkuk.
“I am very pleased that my country is looking to the future. This great event brought smiles to the faces of Iraqis,” the winner of the pageant was quoted as saying by Repubblica.
Several other contestants pulled out of the contest after receiving death threats.
