December 23, 2008

Russian Army beauty contest

We’ve recently taken note that beauty contests are becoming a common PR tatic with a growing number of organizations in Russia. Just last week, we reported a Miss Constitution day contest, and earlier this year a contest for the nuclear power industry employees. A reader recently called attention to an entry on the Russian Ministry of Defense web site. No dates, winner, or any other data is listed, but there are photos. One is presented here, and more can be found on the originating site. Here the west, these events have all but disappeared after being branded “sexist”. No such charges are made in Russia, where it can be argued that women are much more in control of social customs.

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