Miss Amputee Landmine
Filed under: Politik > Inspiration
Amputee Agusta Urica was just crowned the world's first ever Miss Landmine in Angola on Wednesday.
Miss Landmine???? Are you thinking, "What is that exactly?"
The idea for Miss Landmine was born four years ago when the pageant founder (a Norwegian theater director named Morten Traavik) traveled to the African country of Angola. While in the country's capital, Luanda, he was struck by two things.
First, by the country's landmine problem resulting from more than 20 years of civil war. Though Angola's civil war ended six years ago, as many as 8 million landmines remain buried throughout the country. These landmines have left an estimated 80,000 amputee survivors in their wake.
Second, the Angolans' love of beauty pageants.
Who doesn't love a tiara and some sequins????
Traavik figured that a pageant could help raise awareness of the plight of landmine amputee survivors in Angola.
"There is no sensationalistic intentions within Miss Landmine," Traavik tells the source. "Of course, the format has been chosen because it's obviously a very media-friendly forum, but it still is based very, very much on local culture, since beauty pageants are such a consistent phenomenon in Angolan contemporary culture."
Women representing each of the nation's 18 provinces competed Wednesday in the nationally televised event. Using crutches and artificial limbs, they strutted the catwalk twice — once in traditional robes of their province and once in gala evening gowns.
"They (the amputee survivor contestants) showed that they can, that they are able," said a government official after the pageant competition. "This will provide encouragement to all those left invalid by the war."
Click here for more information on what's being done to remedy the land mine situation in Angola.
[Image by Kamene Traca/Miss Landmine 2008]
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canada loves perez!!
And you dare to make fun of this poor woman?
SHE'S EXEMPLARY!
And what are you?
Oh, right: A FAT LARD ASS QUEER ASSHOLE AND A PRICK WITH THE INTELLECT OF A PEANUT.
You are a PIMP in the ASS of Humanity.
I wish you'd drop dead, asshole
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First Bitches!!
love it! what a great idea!
its great this pageant helps women realize they are still beautiful as well as raising awareness for such a pointless tactic of war.
wHATEVER!!!!!!
Good for her, she has a lovely smile and seems like someone who can still be positive in spite of the hell she's probably been through. Good lesson for us to learn!
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U ROCK PEREZ
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WHAT WHAT?? TGIF!!
Re: Perez you are an ASSHOLE – DUDE calm down.. Perez isnt or wasnt making fun of this woman.. COME OFF IT.. read the WHOLE article before you bash anyone.. Get off it
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This is great! Anything to raise awareness now Diana isn't traipsing around minefields. Why isn't this landmine issue higher profile? Because, quite honestly, the US doesn't give a shit. We should get our priorities in order… stop killing innocent people in Iraq and help clear the landmines in Angola, Cambodia and every other country blighted by this awful awful thing!
J IS THE BIG FAT SLOB
OTHERWISE HE WOULDN'T BE WASTING TIME COMMENTING ON PEREZ
PEREZ YOUR THE BEST THAT'S WHY PEOPLE COME TO YOUR WEBSITE
BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU
J IS THE BIG FAT SLOB
OTHERWISE HE WOULDN'T BE WASTING TIME COMMENTING ON PEREZ
PEREZ YOUR THE BEST THAT'S WHY PEOPLE COME TO YOUR WEBSITE
J IS THE BIG FAT SLOB
OTHERWISE HE WOULDN'T BE WASTING TIME COMMENTING ON PEREZ
PEREZ YOUR THE BEST THAT'S WHY PEOPLE COME TO YOUR WEBSITE
BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU
J IS THE BIG FAT SLOB
OTHERWISE HE WOULDN'T BE WASTING TIME COMMENTING ON PEREZ
PEREZ YOUR THE BEST THAT'S WHY PEOPLE COME TO YOUR WEBSITE
J IS THE BIG FAT SLOB
OTHERWISE HE WOULDN'T BE WASTING TIME COMMENTING ON PEREZ
PEREZ YOUR THE BEST THAT'S WHY PEOPLE COME TO YOUR WEBSITE
BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU
J IS THE BIG FAT SLOB
OTHERWISE HE WOULDN'T BE WASTING TIME COMMENTING ON PEREZ
PEREZ YOUR THE BEST THAT'S WHY PEOPLE COME TO YOUR WEBSITE
J IS THE BIG FAT SLOB
OTHERWISE HE WOULDN'T BE WASTING TIME COMMENTING ON PEREZ
PEREZ YOUR THE BEST THAT'S WHY PEOPLE COME TO YOUR WEBSITE
BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU
J IS THE BIG FAT SLOB
OTHERWISE HE WOULDN'T BE WASTING TIME COMMENTING ON PEREZ
PEREZ YOUR THE BEST THAT'S WHY PEOPLE COME TO YOUR WEBSITE
J IS THE BIG FAT SLOB
OTHERWISE HE WOULDN'T BE WASTING TIME COMMENTING ON PEREZ
PEREZ YOUR THE BEST THAT'S WHY PEOPLE COME TO YOUR WEBSITE
BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU
amazing.
Re: Perez you are an ASSHOLE – WOW you are very ignorant. There is NOTHING on this article that is mean or rude .. you need to read the whole article before you bash anyone.. AT least Perez was brining this to the forefront.. I never heard about it until now.. and Im glad I did… YOUR AN IDIOT
this is good, making something positive out of something so horrendous.
Re: J – DUDE if you hate Perez so much what the hell are you doing on his site.. BEAT it you fucking freak.
(b)I am jealouse!(/b)
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You're such a bastard Perez!! You make fun of an organization that is trying to promote a positive self-image for women who have had their limbs blown off, yet let one person voice an objection to anything gay and you're all over it. What a friggin hypocrite! You make me sick.
I still credit Howard Stern with holding the first ever "Miss Amputee" pageant.
i'd better hurry and shake a leg, so i can shake hands w/ her
hillary just announced that shez 4 gayz married rights with tax relief and immigration…yea,,gayz can get a tax break..thatz
wonderful….
go hillary
good one perez…vanity and politics all-in-one. sassysmartandclever. i like it when you take the bitchy high road.
Re: You Fucking Retard –
MISS AMPUTEE?
Come on. It's OFFENSIVE, you PRICK!
SUCK MY DICK, YOU FUCKING MONGOLOID!
Re: Pixie –
And PIXIE YOU ARE A WHORE AND A CUMLICKER.
I expect your brain Haemorroid will burst soon?
EAT SHIT, YOU FUCKING CUNT!
You would think they could come up with a better name for it
howard stern rip off!!!!
thank you very much Mr. Perez for posting this.
I am from Angola and it is barel ever spoken about, not many people know about what went on there. Once again THANK YOU and may God Bless you!
I had to do a report on this once. Apparently something like 90% of their farmland is unusable because it's full of landmines! So awful!
Commenter #4, Perez isn't making fun of the woman. Did you actually read the post?
Re: Gigi –
Shut up, Ignorant CUNT!
Making fun of Amputees isn't "nice"
Gigi, why don't yu stick your toung outta your fucking VAGIGI?
Asshole!
This is great! I love the whole…just do something thing… of it. Cool, true style.
Re: Lee – THAT'S BECAUSE CANADIANS ARE QUEER
Re: Skydeo –
Take your dumb head and shove it up your whoring ass…Gawd you are annoying.
HOWARD STERN FIRST DID THIS ON K-ROCK YEARS AGO ONCE AGAIN PEOPLE ARE RIPPING OFF HOWARD. THE FIRST MS AMPUTEE THEN CAME BACK AND GOT SPANKED WITH THE ROBO-SPANKER
HOWARD STERN RULEZ….BABA BOOEY…..HOWARD 100 SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO
Good idea as long as no women want to get a leg removed to be able to participate in the contest.
Cool!