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Tears and Tiaras: Are Beauty Pageants Anachronistic?

Why hosting Miss Universe in Trinidad and Tobago met some local resistance

Miss Universe took place in Trinidad and Tobago this year, but support for the beauty pageant was not universal. Why?

Also on the programme: Egyptian writer Ahdaf Soueif discusses her latest novel. Plus, a look at women peace-makers in the Netherlands; and a vegetable-seller from Chenai, South India shares her weekly diary.

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29 minutes

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project