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A Dozen Camels Disqualified From Saudi Beauty Pageant Over Botox Injections
Some pageant contestants hit a hump in the road this week. That is, a camel beauty contest in Saudi Arabia disqualified a dozen camels for receiving Botox injections to make them more attractive.
Saudi media reported that a veterinarian was caught performing plastic surgery on the camels a few days before the pageant, according to UAE's The National. In addition to the injections, the clinic was surgically reducing the size of the animals' ears to make them appear more delicate.
"They use Botox for the lips, the nose, the upper lips, the lower lips and even the jaw," Ali Al Mazrouei, a regular at such festivals and the son of a prominent Emirati breeder, told the newspaper. "It makes the head more inflated so when the camel comes it's like, 'Oh look at how big that head is. It has big lips, a big nose.' "
Real money is at stake: About $57 million is awarded to winners of the contests and camel races, The National reports, with more than $31.8 million in prizes for just the pageants.
Also at The New York Times, Reuters, and Newsweek.
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(Score: 4, Funny) by DannyB on Thursday January 25 2018, @03:59PM (1 child)
Camels don't wear burkas.
They have to use what they have for beauty contests. While sheep may be easier to hold down and won't resist as much, the climate is probably unsuitable for sheep.
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(Score: 4, Interesting) by bob_super on Thursday January 25 2018, @05:19PM
Goats are the universal low-maintenance solution. And when you're done doing a beauty contest between the baby goats, they will quickly grow up to either very tasty or good milk machines.