Saudi Camel Beauty Pageant Reels Under Cosmetic Surgery, Botox Charges
NDTV
Organisers in recent years cracked down on cosmetic enhancements, a malpractice that has thrived amid stiff competition and despite heavy penalties at King Abdulaziz Camel Festival in Saudi Arabia.
A high-stakes camel beauty pageant in Saudi Arabia has been hit by a cheating scandal after 43 entrants were disqualified for botox injections and other cosmetic enhancements.
The King Abdulaziz Camel Festival is an annual bedouin event held in the desert northeast of Riyadh that lures breeders from around the Gulf with prize money of up to $66 million.
Organisers have in recent years cracked down on cosmetic enhancements, a malpractice that has thrived amid stiff competition and despite heavy penalties.
The enhancements are made in a bid to make the camels' lips droopier and their humps more shapely -- key attributes in the pageant.
