Contest for adolescents

JAKARTA (JP): This year's Adolescent Face Contest has attracted 698 participants from Jakarta, the head of the organizing committee, Iqbal Hamdy, said Saturday.

The committee would first select 20 semifinalists -- those who showed the most creativity in making up their faces within 10 minutes, Hamdy said, without giving details of the dates.

Hamdy was quoted by Antara as saying that 10 finalists would then be chosen to attend the grand final in Denpasar in December.

He said that the contest, sponsored by Matahari department store group in cooperation with cosmetic company Revlon, was also being held in six other cities -- Surabaya, Bandung, Denpasar, Yogyakarta, Medan and Ujungpandang.

Hamdy said that the number of participants from Surabaya was 260, Bandung 409, Denpasar 215, Yogyakarta 265, Medan 298 and Ujungpandang 245. (hhr)