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Last week Vida Samadzai, a student from Fullerton College in California, represented Afghanistan in the Miss Earth beauty pageant and won the “beauty for a cause” prize for “symbolizing the newfound confidence, courage and spirit of today’s women” and “representing the victory of women’s rights and various social, personal and religious struggles.” Indeed, nothing says “women’s rights” more than being judged for your ability to keep your breasts taut while...
...country where ankle baring is saucy, a spokeswoman in a red-hot bikini is a candidate for eternal damnation. VIDA SAMADZAI, 25, an Afghan-born college student whose family fled to the U.S. in 1996, is the first woman in 31 years to compete in a beauty contest as Miss Afghanistan. When Samadzai paraded in her native country's sash at the recent Miss Earth pageant in the Philippines, the Afghan supreme court condemned the leggy Pashtun beauty queen to hell, calling such pageants "totally un-Islamic" and against "tradition, human honor and dignity." Ah, if only all Afghan women...
...With the “Favorite Karaoke Songs Of All Time” shower curtain’s list of 100 hits, including “Livin’ La Vida Loca,” “Funky Town” and “Eye of the Tiger,” you’ll never run out of songs to sing in the shower. All shower curtains originally $26-$36, take $5 off. Urban Outfitters...
Ultimately, Nestle settled on three aguas frescas: a simple strawberry, a more complicated tamarind drink (made from a tart, vanilla-bean-like pod) and an exceedingly complex horchata, made from rice, cinnamon and other spices. "Everyone has their own family recipe for horchata," says food developer Vida Leong. "We mixed and blended for weeks until we matched what we considered the gold standard." So far, their efforts are paying off. The three aguas frescas have been doing well in California and Arizona and will roll out around the country in the months to come...
...Vida C. Harvey ’04, who is applying to law school this year, said that she has concerns about the increasing competitiveness in the field...