Brazil hosts the annual Miss Bum Bum Contest in which women line up in skimpy clothes to show off their derrieres and be judged on the basis of their rear ends. Now a similar contest in China has stirred up a controversy.
The pageant - the International Breast Model Contest - which took place last week at the Westin Hefei Baohe - has the women being judged solely on the basis of their breasts.
The contest has come under severe criticism with many people labeling the contest as being offensive and degrading. Others, however, found it empowering.
The contest saw the 12 finalists showing off their "bountiful bosoms in formal, lingerie and swimwear", wrote Shanghaiist on Facebook.
Interestingly, the woman who won the contest had undergone a breast enhancement surgery. The reactions to the winner were far from encouraging, not just for her but for the contest as well.
Here are some of them:
One user wrote on Facebook: "breast model contest without real breasts. seems legit"
Facebook user Ilse Wu, wrote: "Curvaceous contestant #8 was deemed to have the breast ones of the bunch. The young woman had her implants done just before the pageant." Is exactly like saying Armstrong won all his cycling contest with performance enhancing/improving drugs."
Foo Yong Wee wrote, "As fake as their economy. welldone"
Another user wrote, "They should give the award to the surgeon and not the girl."
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