Angola: Miss Landmine Angola

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Augusta Urica has just been crowned Miss Landmine Angola 2008. A 31-year-old woman who lost part of her leg after stepping on a landmine, Ms. Urica was among the 17 women modeling gowns and bathing suits for the competition.
Thanks to participating in the competition, the generally unemployed contestants will receive aid from the government so that they can go back to school or start a small business; as a prize for coming in first place, Urica was awarded a new prosthetic limb. [CNN]...MORE