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MISS IRAQ QUITS 'CUZ OF DEATH THREATS
Sploid (satire)
April 10 2006
A young Iraqi-Armenian woman has relinquished her hard fought crown
as the sauciest lady in all of Iraq after only four days because of
numerous death threats.
When Tamar Goregian was crowned Iraqi Queen of Beauty on April 6 she
told the crowd, "Maybe beauty is the final step to end violence and
preach world peace after all."
Nope.
On Friday, April 9, Goregian told pageant officials she could no
longer wear the crown. She was scared away by death threats from
religious zealots who called her "Queen of the Infidels."
"I respect her decision. The country is undergoing rough times,
and we understand her desire to protect herself and her family,"
said the pageant's director.
This was the first year that the Miss Iraq pageant had been held in
Iraq after four years in Kenya. It had been deemed far too dangerous
to hold the contest in Iraq. It appears it still is.
Inexplicably, Gorgian's runner-up, Maiden of Beauty," Mona Hilmi,
has agreed to take over the duties. She's alleged to be "equally
intelligent and beautiful."
Hilmi hopes to be the first Iraqi to represent her country at the
Miss Universe pageant since 1972, when Wijdan Sulyman attended the
cattle call in Puerto Rico.
http://www.sploid.com/news/2006/04/miss_ira q_abdic.php
Sploid (satire)
April 10 2006
A young Iraqi-Armenian woman has relinquished her hard fought crown
as the sauciest lady in all of Iraq after only four days because of
numerous death threats.
When Tamar Goregian was crowned Iraqi Queen of Beauty on April 6 she
told the crowd, "Maybe beauty is the final step to end violence and
preach world peace after all."
Nope.
On Friday, April 9, Goregian told pageant officials she could no
longer wear the crown. She was scared away by death threats from
religious zealots who called her "Queen of the Infidels."
"I respect her decision. The country is undergoing rough times,
and we understand her desire to protect herself and her family,"
said the pageant's director.
This was the first year that the Miss Iraq pageant had been held in
Iraq after four years in Kenya. It had been deemed far too dangerous
to hold the contest in Iraq. It appears it still is.
Inexplicably, Gorgian's runner-up, Maiden of Beauty," Mona Hilmi,
has agreed to take over the duties. She's alleged to be "equally
intelligent and beautiful."
Hilmi hopes to be the first Iraqi to represent her country at the
Miss Universe pageant since 1972, when Wijdan Sulyman attended the
cattle call in Puerto Rico.
http://www.sploid.com/news/2006/04/miss_ira q_abdic.php