Pageant
- Wed May 28 2003
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BBC News is reporting on a controversy regarding certain ill-chosen categories in an upcoming children's beauty pageant in Thailand:
Organiser Songwut Khumarak said the "sexy body" category was only meant to boost the self-confidence of the children, some of whom were as young as three-years-old...Mr Songwut said that he had only chosen the title of the "sexy body" category because it "sounded fun". But children's rights activists condemned the contest, saying that it reinforced Thailand's image as a haven for paedophiles.
Really, this would be extra-funny just about anywhere in the world. But tell me you don't get a knowing chuckle at seeing the words "children", "sexy body" and "Thailand" all together like that?