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The legs are long, the eyes are big, the bodies 3)curvaceous.
Contestants in this Saudi-style beauty pageant have all the features you might expect anywhere else in the world, but with one crucial difference—the competitors are camels.
This week, the Qahtani tribe of western Saudi Arabia has been welcoming entrants to the competition, a parade of the “most beautiful camels” in the desolate desert region of Guwei’iyya, 120 km west of 4)Riyadh.
“In 5)Lebanon they have Miss Lebanon,” jokes Walid, 6)moderator of the competition’s Web site. “Here we have Miss Camel.”
While tremendous oil wealth has brought rapid modernization to the desert state of Saudi Arabia, the camel remains celebrated as a symbol of the traditional nomadic lifestyle of 7)Bedouin Arabs.
Throughout history camels have served multiple purposes as food, friend, transport and war machine. They are also big business, in a country where strict Islamic laws and tribal customs would make it impossible for women to take part in their own beauty contest.
Delicate females, or 8)strapping males, who attract the right attention during this week’s show, could sell for a million or more 9)riyals. Sponsors have provided 10 million riyals for the contest; cash that also covers the 72 sports utility vehicles to be awarded as prizes.
“Bedouin Arabs are intimately connected to camels, and they want to preserve this heritage. The importance of this competition is that it helps preserve the pure-breeds,” said Sheikh Omair, one of the tribe’s leaders，“We have more than 250 owners taking part, and more than 1,500 camels.”
腿长，眼大，身体呈现曲线美。
这个沙特阿拉伯式选美盛会的参赛选手拥有你在世界其他地方的选美比赛上所能预料的所有特征，但有一个关键的不同点——所有的选手都是骆驼。
本周，沙特阿拉伯西部的卡尼尔部落一直在欢迎到场参赛的骆驼，这次“最美的骆驼”评选在沙特阿拉伯首都利雅得以西120公里处的Guwei’iyya荒漠地区举行。
“在黎巴嫩有‘黎巴嫩小姐’。”这次选美比赛的官方网站负责人沃利德开玩笑地说，“在这里，我们有我们的‘骆驼小姐’。”
虽然巨大的石油财富让沙特阿拉伯这片沙漠地区快速步入现代化，但是作为贝多因人传统游牧生活方式象征的骆驼仍然很著名。
历史上，骆驼有多种用途：食物、伙伴、运输工具以及战争器械。在一个伊斯兰教法规和部落习俗严格、禁止女性参加选美大赛的国家里，骆驼还是一笔大生意。
不论是娇贵的母骆驼，还是魁梧的公骆驼，只要它们在本周的大赛期间吸引到赞赏的目光，就能以至少100万里亚尔的价钱（约208万元）卖出。赞助商为这次选美比赛提供了1000万里亚尔（约2080万元），这笔钱同时也包括了花在购买72辆运动型多功能汽车作为奖品的开支。
“贝多因人和骆驼之间关系亲密，他们想要保留这种文化传统。这次选美比赛的重要意义在于它有助于保留那些纯种骆驼。”贝多因部落的其中一位首领奥密尔酋长说，“我们有250多位骆驼主和1500多头骆驼参加这次活动。”
Contestants in this Saudi-style beauty pageant have all the features you might expect anywhere else in the world, but with one crucial difference—the competitors are camels.
This week, the Qahtani tribe of western Saudi Arabia has been welcoming entrants to the competition, a parade of the “most beautiful camels” in the desolate desert region of Guwei’iyya, 120 km west of 4)Riyadh.
“In 5)Lebanon they have Miss Lebanon,” jokes Walid, 6)moderator of the competition’s Web site. “Here we have Miss Camel.”
While tremendous oil wealth has brought rapid modernization to the desert state of Saudi Arabia, the camel remains celebrated as a symbol of the traditional nomadic lifestyle of 7)Bedouin Arabs.
Throughout history camels have served multiple purposes as food, friend, transport and war machine. They are also big business, in a country where strict Islamic laws and tribal customs would make it impossible for women to take part in their own beauty contest.
Delicate females, or 8)strapping males, who attract the right attention during this week’s show, could sell for a million or more 9)riyals. Sponsors have provided 10 million riyals for the contest; cash that also covers the 72 sports utility vehicles to be awarded as prizes.
“Bedouin Arabs are intimately connected to camels, and they want to preserve this heritage. The importance of this competition is that it helps preserve the pure-breeds,” said Sheikh Omair, one of the tribe’s leaders，“We have more than 250 owners taking part, and more than 1,500 camels.”
腿长，眼大，身体呈现曲线美。
这个沙特阿拉伯式选美盛会的参赛选手拥有你在世界其他地方的选美比赛上所能预料的所有特征，但有一个关键的不同点——所有的选手都是骆驼。
本周，沙特阿拉伯西部的卡尼尔部落一直在欢迎到场参赛的骆驼，这次“最美的骆驼”评选在沙特阿拉伯首都利雅得以西120公里处的Guwei’iyya荒漠地区举行。
“在黎巴嫩有‘黎巴嫩小姐’。”这次选美比赛的官方网站负责人沃利德开玩笑地说，“在这里，我们有我们的‘骆驼小姐’。”
虽然巨大的石油财富让沙特阿拉伯这片沙漠地区快速步入现代化，但是作为贝多因人传统游牧生活方式象征的骆驼仍然很著名。
历史上，骆驼有多种用途：食物、伙伴、运输工具以及战争器械。在一个伊斯兰教法规和部落习俗严格、禁止女性参加选美大赛的国家里，骆驼还是一笔大生意。
不论是娇贵的母骆驼，还是魁梧的公骆驼，只要它们在本周的大赛期间吸引到赞赏的目光，就能以至少100万里亚尔的价钱（约208万元）卖出。赞助商为这次选美比赛提供了1000万里亚尔（约2080万元），这笔钱同时也包括了花在购买72辆运动型多功能汽车作为奖品的开支。
“贝多因人和骆驼之间关系亲密，他们想要保留这种文化传统。这次选美比赛的重要意义在于它有助于保留那些纯种骆驼。”贝多因部落的其中一位首领奥密尔酋长说，“我们有250多位骆驼主和1500多头骆驼参加这次活动。”