Angelica Mazua, a statuesque Angolan facing international drug smuggling charges, was voted Miss Penitentiary 2005 on Thursday after a six-hour contest pitting 40 female inmates from 10 prisons against each other in Brazil's largest city.
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Other women imprisoned on charges ranging from armed robbery to drug trafficking also took part in the contest that officials began last year as a way of boosting inmates' self esteem.
This part is snicker-worthy, at least:
Last year's winner, Fernanda Maria de Jesus, gained early release months after her victory, but prison officials insist the shortened sentence had nothing to do with her winning the title.
Ah. Yet another role model for your daughter. "Look honey! Even if you hold a gun to someone's head or smuggle drugs into this country that doesn't mean you still can't be a beauty queen!" Ugh.
Posted by: Kendra | December 19, 2005 at 07:05 AM