Abu Dhabi to host 'Miss Camel' beauty pageant
Camels to be rated on grace of their necks and shape of their noses; 24,000 camels competed last year.
By DPA Tags: Israel newsThousands of camels from around the Arab world will bat their long eyelashes and show off their humps at Abu Dhabi's "Miss Camel" beauty pageant next month, organizers said on Wednesday.
"It will be the largest gathering of camels in one place ever," organizers of the 2010 al-Dhafra Festival said.
The Gulf's leading camel connoisseurs will critically observe as camel after camel struts down a catwalk at the festival, which is sponsored by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage.
They will rate the animals on such criteria as the grace of their necks, the shape of their noses and the style of their hair.
With more than 10 million dollars in prizes up for grabs, the competition is serious business for camel owners.
More than 24,000 camels competed for the title of "most beautiful camel" last year.
New this year is a prize for the camel that produces the most milk. Organizers said this category should encourage camel keepers to acquire more milking camels.
The sole prerequisite for camel owners wishing to partake in the competition is that their camels be clean and disease-free.
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Camels of a Palestinian herdsman near the West Bank city of Jenin. |
| Photo by: (Mohammed Ballas) |
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Will they have a special category for camel toe?
I hope that these camels don't take advantage of their good looks...! Beauty is the eye of the beholder... There are thousands of feral camels in central Australia. Abu Dhabi can have them all.
Nothing like knobby knees and a nasty disposition to get folks excited in Abu Dhabi.
the Arabian Horse, in Arabic Culture, and its fade will eventually go Global too! Just like attempting to claim the Hummus as Jewish food, Israel will one day attempt to claim the bedouins Camel herds as a reason why the Camel is Israeli.
Yeah, lets commence the comments about arabs coupilating with their camels...so europeans are coupilating with their horses, cats, dogs, sheeps, pigs and whatever? Typical zionist and western hypocrisy.
Please spare us the obvious corny jokes!
It's like a horse show, only camels. Hello?
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