Pageant organiser's daughter causes stir

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

One of the finalists in the controversial Miss Teen Africa Botswana beauty pageant, is the daughter of one of the organisers of the competition, it has been established.

Parents of the other contestants feel uncomfortable about this state of affairs.
The finals of the pageant are scheduled for November 25 and the organisers have promised a whopping P100,000 as the first prize.

But some disgruntled parents believe it is unethical to include the daughter of one of the organisers in the contest. The parents suspect that the daughter of the organiser might be favoured. They also question how she was selected.

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