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Beauty pageant fights HIV stigma
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| Contributor | User 215 |
| Last Edited | User 215 Feb 27, 2005 06:30am |
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| Media | TV News - CNN |
| News Date | Sunday, February 27, 2005 12:30:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | GABORONE, Botswana (AP) -- A dozen HIV-positive women donned flowing evening gowns and glittering jewelry to compete in a beauty pageant aimed at fighting the stigma that still surrounds the deadly virus in this AIDS-ravaged southern African country.
Botswana has one of the world's highest rates of HIV infection, with about 37 percent of its 1.7 million population testing positive for the virus that causes AIDS.
Organizers of the Miss Stigma Free pageant hope the contest -- now in its third year -- will show the disease does not prevent women from being beautiful and living positively. |
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