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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNews 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." ........
.... 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
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edbermac
(15,941 posts)1. Probably implants.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)2. Falsies. Back to the desert with you.
Freethinker65
(10,024 posts)3. What hump?
JDC
(10,129 posts)4. Abby, Abby Normal
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,735 posts)5. Once again proving that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
The camel is a truly homely animal, but there are those who love their looks, apparently.
ornotna
(10,803 posts)6. film here
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)7. They are called the ships of the desert
packman
(16,296 posts)8. I don't know about you - but I'm rather excited
I thought DU frowned on this type of exploitation - WHERE ARE THE MODS???