Word: pageant
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...fielded calls from the media asking about the Miss Harvard pageant, for example, but I didn’t even know anything about it,” publicity chair Rosenberg says...
...Tenzin Deki Chokteng, the U.S.-based entrant, is more focused on the pageant's political aspects. The 19-year-old, who moved to Colorado from India with her family at 13, acts like a typical American teen, chewing gum and wearing tight jeans. But she's proud of her Tibetan heritage and sees the contest as a great way to get involved: "We were not born in Tibet, we have not suffered like our parents, so we have to find our own way to be a part of the cause." As a junior in an American college, she's often...
...Tibet: First-Ever Beauty Pageant Health: Dengue Fever Returns
...global standards, the pageant would be a catastrophe, but Wangyal has gained the press coverage he sought. Most importantly, he has procured a slot for the winner?19-year-old receptionist Dolma Tsering?at next month's Miss Tourism World contest in Colombia. "Our Miss Tibet will stand alongside a Miss China," he says. "That's when we will really get our message out that Tibet is an independent country." The sponsors have waived the entrance fees, but he still has to find money for airfare and hotel. He shrugs his shoulders with the optimism that has already gotten...
...Tibet: First-Ever Beauty Pageant Health: Dengue Fever Returns