'Miss Baghdad' Pageant Lives Again (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

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Channel: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty · 2010 · News & Politics

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Iraqi women recently competed in the Miss Baghdad beauty pageant -- an event that was on hold for nearly 30 years during years of war and Ba'ath Party rule. In the current era, some Iraqis see the event as an expression of personal freedoms and a return to normal life.

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