A Muslim woman wearing a veil sits in front of foreign tourists wearing bikinis on Kuta beach in Bali, June 6, 2013. PHOTO: AFP
Indonesia will host the 2013 Miss World competition in Bali and Jakarta in September.
Local organizer Adjie S Soeratmadjie said on Thursday that contestants will sport conservative beach sarongs instead of the skimpy bikinis that have been a fixture in the competition.
Soeratmadjie added that the Miss World Organization has agreed to comply with the request out of respect for Indonesian customs.
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Nice view ;)
Its not enough. The organisers should make it compulsory for the contestants to wear burqa. Those who are really beautiful among them need not worry. Their beauty will shine through the veil of burqa. Trust in God have no fear.
Why forcing anything down the throat of common people .. if they are not ready to swallow it due their religion or culture
Well at least they are having a Miss World contest!
Wearing bikini makes a nation to move forward wow what a logic
Hindus dont like nudity. Bali is a Hindu majority area in a Muslim majority country, Indonesia.
Oh God, I though Indonesia is a forward country.
Bali is a Hindu majority area. Why should there be any problem with this?