tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68857498181734794842024-03-05T18:37:10.052-08:00The Next Top Beauty Model Of American, Germany and IndonesiaThe show takes the form of a modeling competition whose winners typically receive a contract with a major modeling agency and a cover shoot and fashion photo spread in a fashion magazineAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02736009893839164762noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885749818173479484.post-69411310296449273202007-03-28T05:35:00.000-07:002011-02-06T13:40:46.018-08:00Women (and girls) must be warriors<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/370000/images/_371944_abduction300.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/370000/images/_371944_abduction300.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica;font-size:78%;" >Aberash faces exile from her village and cannot see her family</span></div> <blockquote></blockquote><br />I was just reading a horrific BBC News story about a <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6498641.stm">21-year-old Ethiopian woman whose stalker disfigured her face with sulphuric acid</a> and found a link to this story from 1999 on the same page. Somewhat heartening, though bittersweet:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">BBC News June 18, 1999</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Ethiopia: Revenge of the abducted bride</span><br />Charlotte Metcalfe, director of the BBC programme 'Schoolgirl killer' tells the story of Aberash Bekele, a young Ethiopian women on trial for murder after killing the man who abducted and raped her.<br /><br />Read more here:<br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/371944.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/371944.stm</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0