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L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 09:01 PM Jan 2018

News that matters: 12 Sexy Camels Kicked Out of Beauty Contest for Using Botox

https://www.livescience.com/61508-lovely-cheating-botox-camels.html

.... Officials with the King Abdulaziz festival kicked out a dozen camels from a camel beauty contest for receiving Botox injections, according to a report published today (Jan. 23) in The National, an Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates-based newspaper.

More than 30,000 camels and 300,000 human visitors showed up for the second annual King Abdulaziz Camel Festival, which runs from Jan. 1to Feb. 1 this year, The National reported. And the top spot of that horde of humped herbivores is worth a pretty penny: This year's prize money totals $57 million, with $31.8 million set aside for awards for "pageantry." ........


In other news, Why do camels have humps?
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News that matters: 12 Sexy Camels Kicked Out of Beauty Contest for Using Botox (Original Post) L. Coyote Jan 2018 OP
Probably implants. edbermac Jan 2018 #1
Falsies. Back to the desert with you. L. Coyote Jan 2018 #2
What hump? Freethinker65 Jan 2018 #3
Abby, Abby Normal JDC Jan 2018 #4
Once again proving that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #5
film here ornotna Jan 2018 #6
They are called the ships of the desert jberryhill Jan 2018 #7
I don't know about you - but I'm rather excited packman Jan 2018 #8

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)
5. Once again proving that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 09:22 PM
Jan 2018

The camel is a truly homely animal, but there are those who love their looks, apparently.

 

packman

(16,296 posts)
8. I don't know about you - but I'm rather excited
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 09:37 PM
Jan 2018



I thought DU frowned on this type of exploitation - WHERE ARE THE MODS???
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