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-27766511698408617572008-03-07T09:12:00.000-08:002011-02-06T13:40:45.710-08:00The more things change...Marc Herold, a professor of Economics at the University of New Hampshire, has found that the price of a modern-day sex slave (based on 2005 data obtained from Israel) is about the same as that of an African slave in Salvador, Bahia, in 1873. Converting 2006 US dollar values, a young female slave would have cost $6,703-$8,705 back then. The price in 2005 for women trafficked in Israel was $8,000 to $10,000. See Amnesty International, <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on"><i style="">Israel</i></st1:country-region></st1:place><i style=""> -</i> <i>Briefing to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women</i>, June 2005. Further details at <a href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE15/037/2005">http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE15/037/2005</a><br /><br />Then there's this report on the BBC news website:<br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7282711.stm">"Sydney Police Free Sex Captives"</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Australian police say they have broken up an international sex-trafficking ring after rescuing 10 South Korean women from Sydney brothels</b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0