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One Fine Jay

Dec 4th, 2003

» Necessary contrasts

Filed under:  — OF Jay @ 5:19 pm

How else could beauty be appreciated if not with the awareness of the grotesque?

China has staged a Miss Ugly contest a week before it hosts the Miss World competition, a report said yesterday.

Fifty women competed in the contest for the facially challenged in Shanghai, which had as its top prize plastic surgery worth 100,000 yuan ($A16,500).

I told you so, Christina. Sometimes there are people with faces not even their mothers can love.

(UPDATE: Shoot. Talk about forgetting hat tips. Link courtesy of Matt Stinson.)

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  2. Finally, a beauty contest in which I could compete! ;)

    Comment by Kathy K — Dec 5th, 2003 @ 6:24 pm

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