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Elephant beauty pageant in Nepal
For the first time ever at the International Elephant Festival in Nepal, organizers have introduced a new event to its annual lineup: an elephant beauty pageant. In its seventh year, three-day event, held between December 26 to 28, attracts scores of spectators, both local residents and tourists.Six elephants vied for the beauty title. The contestants were decorated with hand drawn motifs by their elephant caretakers. The winner of the pageant was 28 year-old Chanchalkali; she beat two other finalists.