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Were Camels Given Botox Before a Beauty Pageant?

Posted March 19, 2018

Some contestants were disqualified this week from a beauty pageant in Saudi Arabia. It could be said that the contestants hit a hump in the road since it was a dozen camels that were disqualified form a camel beauty contest in Saudi Arabia. The camels were booted after receiving Botox injections to make them more attractive.

According to UAE’s The National, a veterinarian was caught performing plastic surgery on the camels. In addition to the injections, the clinic was surgically reducing the size of their ears to make them appear more delicate.

"They use Botox for the lips, the nose, the upper lips, the lower lips and even the jaw," Ali Al Mazrouei, a regular at such festivals and the son of a prominent Emirati breeder, told the newspaper. "It makes the head more inflated so when the camel comes it’s like, 'Oh look at how big that head is. It has big lips, a big nose.' "

When it comes to contests and festivals featuring the camel contestants, around $57 million is awarded to winners of the contests and camel races and more than $31.8 million in prizes for just the pageants. The festivals provide graphics about standards of camel beauty and regulations about the age, breeding and teething of the dromedaries (Arabian one-humped camel). The contest rules say "in case of fraud to change the natural form of participating camels, the participant shall be excluded immediately." Violators are banned from this year's contest, and the next five sessions of the festival, along with possible legal penalties for violating the kingdom's animal welfare laws.

(This story originally appeared on npr.org)

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