Zimbabwe: No Bikinis, But Bare Breasts At Miss Rural

MISS Rural Zimbabwe will be bare-breasted again this year, defying criticism from a number of prudish traditionalists. They chafed at the beauty pageant organisers' decision in 2005 to let the rural maidens parade their physical attributes without covering their bosoms.

The organisers insist they will be parading the essence of a culture that still prevails in parts of rural Zimbabwe to this day.

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