How Do You Judge A Camel At A Beauty Contest?

[Guilbert53]

This is on the BBC web site, but I still wonder if it is genuine.

Camels being given Botox to make them look more attractive !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42802901

[Old_Geezer]

When in the middle of the desert miles from company, I'm sure they get more and more beautiful every day.

[ludwig]

I like the swimsuit section of the camel beauty contests best.

[andy-hughes]

It is real.

My wife has worked regularly in Abu Dhabi, and they have camel beauty contests out there.

Particularly prized apparently are well-splayed toes, long eye-lashes and arched noses.

It's a different world!

[Old_Geezer]

I guess farm shows here award rosettes for the best cow and suchlike. Not that different. Never heard of botoxed udders though.

[andy-hughes]

spath - // Apparently testicular botox is quite common in men this day and age. //

I cannot imagine being vain (vein!!!) enough to endure that!

[sunny-dave]

"testicular botox" - now which AB contributors have they named that procedurein honour of, I wonder ...

[Spicerack]

That's why they're called Bacteria.

[Spicerack]

Or Bacterian as I typed.

[Haggisdj]

Surely in 2018 we are being a bit shallow... should it not be the camel with the best personality?

[Togo]

The most "defined" camel toe?

[Mamyalynne]

Haggis, quite right - nothing worse than a camel with a complex.

[anotheoldgit]

/// well-splayed toes ///

Surely a definite no, no, in female fashion is to show a camel toe.

[Mamyalynne]

But not if you're a camel.

[Old_Geezer]

Depends on the judges AOG

[Patsy33]

Well I never..
I could spit, I really could!