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Cities in Argentina banned beauty queen contest
City Chivilcoy say beauty queen contest encourages an
unhealthy obsession for physical beauty.
Chivilcoy city in Argentina became the first city in the
country that prohibits the beauty queen contest.
City government statement says that the contest is
degrading to women and encourage violence against women.
The council said the beauty queen contest encourages an
unhealthy obsession for physical beauty, and encourage diseases such as bulimia
and anorexia.
Chivilcoy beauty queen contest, which is in the state of
Buenos Aires, will be replaced partly by competition carnival mask.
Last month a local agency that monitors discrimination in
Argentina called for the abolition of the beauty contest because of the high
number of attacks on participants of this race across Argentina. (BBC)
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