Well...I never ceased to be amazed!
From correspondents in Rome
August 24, 2008 11:59pm
THE first beauty pageant for nuns debuts next month with the advent of Miss Sister Italy aimed at erasing a stereotype of nuns as being old and sad, a newspaper has reported today.
"Nuns are above all women and beauty is a gift from God,'' priest Antonio Rungi of the southern Italian diocese of Modragone told the daily Corriere della Sera.
"This contest will be a way to show there isn't just the beauty we see on television but also a more discrete charm,'' he said.
Nuns wishing to participate in the contest should send their picture to Rungi, who will publish it on his blog. Internet surfers can then vote for their favourite nun online.
The idea of organising a beauty pageant had been pushed by the nuns themselves, he said.
About 1000 were expeted to enter.
1 Samuel 16:7 (MSG) ~ "Looks aren't everything. Don't be impressed with his looks and stature. God judges persons differently than humans do. Men and women look at the face; God looks into the heart."
