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Fairest of them all

COMPILED BY ROHINI RAMAKRISHNAN

They’ve got the curves and the long legs, but these beauty pageant hopefuls probably spit too much to make it to the international catwalks. Dressed in a rather revealing “tunic”, an Arabian camel looks ready to shine during the Mazayen al-Ibl-a parade of “the most beautiful camels” held in this desolate region about 75 miles (120 kilometers) west of the Saudi capital of Riyadh. And so what makes a camel a knockout? “The nose should be l ong and droop down, that’s more beautiful,” Sultan al-Qahtani, one of the event organisers, told the Reuters news service. “The ears should stand back, and the neck should be long. The hump should be high, but slightl y to the back.”

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