Today’s WTF? Thanks to Toejam for the link.
Miss World organisers have axed bikinis from this year’s pageant in Indonesia, replacing them with conservative beach sarongs amid mounting protests from hardline Muslim groups.
No bikinis? That’s the best part of the competition.
The 2013 competition is being hosted in the resort island of Bali and the capital, Jakarta, in September.
All contestants will be required to wear Bali’s traditional long sarongs instead of the bikinis that are typically part of the competition, said Adjie Soeratmadjie, one of the local organisers.
He said the London-based Miss World Organisation had agreed to the request out of respect for the traditional customs and values of Indonesia.
Jesus H. Christ! Move the contest!
Most Muslims in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Islamic country, are moderate, but a small extremist fringe has become more vocal in recent years.
Reason number 21013 to hate Islam. What a bunch of soulless assholes!
London-based org? ‘Nuff said. Them Limey dhimmis just don’t have the heart to deal with mooslimes.
Some of you will get the connection to that remark.
I think I could tolerate it if they wore the sarong in the traditional manner, as shown here (NSFW): http://resources21.kb.nl/gvn/PKL01/PKL01_86-111-050_W.jpg
NSFW?
Whata ya kidding, Roger. One look at those women and my eyes began to bleed.
Shoot, if that was on a NASA computer the Space Station would depart its orbit and head to Mars.
See? Not safe! 🙂
In auto shop we were taught about tolerance. If your engine has to much, the parts fly to pieces and your engine breaks down.
It figures for a mooslime Gal can’t wear a bikini but a goat can.
Wonder they haven’t agreed to be wearing tents.
you’re getting much too excited about this.
the TV ratings will suck, and most of the losers that choose to watch it have no buying power. network showing this is displaying remarkable ignorance about using programming to entice target audience(s) (read potential customers) to first view the advertising, then buy (some) of those products.
What’s all that marketing gibber-jabber gotta do with seeing big shapely tits, bare tummies and legs on young attractive females Capt?
Toejam, U R right. Also who gives a damn if they can sing or dance. 90% of viewing men want to see the goods, not a towel wrapped around their bodies. I guess at least the towels won’t be wrapped around their heads.
OK, so now the Miss World pageant has reached zero in the relevance index. Good riddance.