Miss Afghanistan wins special award<\/p>\n
PHILIPPINES: Denounced and all but disowned by her country of
\nbirth, Miss Afghanistan Vida Samadzai has won a special award at
\nan international beauty contest held in the Philippines.<\/p>\n
Samadzai, 23, the first Afghan woman in the post-Taliban era
\nto appear in public in a bikini, won the special award \"Miss
\nEarth Beauties for a Cause\" here late on Sunday, organizers told
\nAFP.<\/p>\n
Miss Honduras, 25-year-old Dania Prince, bested Samadzai and
\n55 other contestants to be crowned Miss Earth 2003.<\/p>\n
Samadzai, who lives in the United States, is the first Afghan
\nwoman in 30 years to take part in the Miss World contest. The
\nprevious Afghan titlist, Zohra Daoud, fled to the United States
\nafter the 1979 Soviet invasion.<\/p>\n
Afghan President Hamid Karzai's minister for women's affairs
\nlast month condemned Samadzai, a dark-haired, black-eyed beauty,
\nafter the woman's picture in a two-piece red bikini landed in the
\ninternational press. -- AFP<\/p>",
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