maybe not
Posted on 09/08/2006 9:35:06 AM PDT by West Coast Conservative
A prize winning bikini contest model who claimed she was the Pakistani representative has sparked outrage in the predominantly Muslim country.
Stunning Mariyah Moten, 22, won the 'Best in Media' title - for being the most photographed and interviewed contestant - at the pageant in the Chinese resort of Beihai.
But furious Pakistani authorities say she did not have permission to represent the country, where many women only go out in public covered in a veil.
They are now threatening the model, who grew up in Pakistan but holds a US passport after she moved there eight years ago, with restrictions on entering her homeland.
"We have asked our missions in Washington and Beijing to investigate this because it is against our policy, culture and religion," senior Culture Ministry official Abdul Hafeez Chaudhry said.
"She is an American passport holder. She is an American national of Pakistani origin, so how did she get entry as a Pakistani?"
Moten, a student of hotel management at the University of Houston, was born and brought up in the Pakistani city of Karachi.
Mr Chaudhry said Pakistan - which does not hold beauty contests - might take the issue up with China, depending on the result of the investigation.
He also said the government might withdraw from Moten special privileges offered to people of Pakistani descent such as visa-free travel to Pakistan.
It's a learnable skill...if their cult would allow them to discuss the subject.
And rusty knives for head-cutting...
Honey, does this Burka make me look fat??
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
Obviously a higher quality female than the famous 72 virgins.
That's okay. She has visa-free travel privileges to my house anytime.
"They are now threatening the model, who grew up in Pakistan but holds a US passport after she moved there eight years ago, with restrictions on entering her homeland."
*Yawn*
And this would be a bad thing, how?
I'd say she has Miss Rhode Island beat!
Why would Allah create such horrendous looking beings as women? They must be covered to hide their shame in Allah for this mistake.
I wouldn't mind stamping her passport;))
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maybe not
Maybe they didn't want their pageant to look like this
That's gotta hurt! I don't know how I'd survive without being able to go to Pakistan!
Mark
She's got my vote.
Worth repeating.
Hum-ana, hum-ana, hum-ana...........
"Ohmigawd! She won't be able to vist that backward, f***ed-by-islam sh**hole, where most women aren't even treated as well as the local beasts of burden? What a punishment!"
LOLOL!
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