Monday, October 16, 2006

Former prisoner became "miss Tibet"

In these output the 20-year girl, who three ago sat in the single cell in the capital of Tibet Lhasa, obtained title by "miss Tibet" at the competition of beauty, organized by the community of Tibetan refugees on the north of India.


The adapted to stage idea "miss Tibet" passes already fifth time, it draws the handful of participants, but is caused a large quantity of disputes. In this year in the competition participated the inhabitant of Toronto, two students from India and one of Nepal.


It is not surprising that the competition causes irritation in the Chinese authorities, which check Tibet since 1955, since the competition attracts attention to the problem of Tibetan refugees.


Previous "miss Tibet" was forced to leave the elimination stages of the competition of the "miss of peace" in Zimbabwe and Malaysia in the past year as a result of the protest of Chinese authorities.


The conservative representatives of Tibetan Buddhists also object to the participation of girls in the competitions of beauty. The former prime minister of Tibetan government, find in the expulsion, nazvayet similar competitions "krivlyaniyem of western culture".

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