The annual contest, which aims to raise awareness and money for Thailand's dwindling elephant population, allows full-sized women weighing over 176 pounds to show weight-conscious Thais that big is beautiful.
Emphasis mine.
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The annual contest, which aims to raise awareness and money for Thailand's dwindling elephant population, allows full-sized women weighing over 176 pounds to show weight-conscious Thais that big is beautiful.
2 comments:
Thais have a sense of the 'fitness of things' that differs a bit from ours.
I lived there for two years. That pageant makes sense to me.
Yeah, as I read that I thought that this must be a sign of some deep-seated cultural differences.
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