Eunuch Beauty Pageant
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James Joyner | Tuesday, May 4, 2004 |
I was going to post this photo for the caption contest, but I’m afraid the existing caption would have been hard to top. And, while I’m all for preventing AIDS, there’s got to be a better way.
It occurs to me that the picture and its caption will likely disappear at some point.
Babi Darling (L), winner of the Miss Koovagam beauty contest, and second runner up Lakshmi pose in the Villupuram area of the southern Indian city of Madras, May 4, 2004. Sixty-eight eunuchs from across the country participated in the contest organized by the state AIDS (news – web sites) control board on Tuesday. REUTERS/Babu
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
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Comments
Damn. The one one the right looks like my mother in law before she went down hill!
Posted by Cass Brown | May 4, 2004 | 07:33 pm | Permalink
Is that part of India's "Abstinence Only" education program?
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Posted by Christopher Cross | May 4, 2004 | 09:32 pm | Permalink
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