Das Sopheap, 19, Cambodian, was elected Miss Mina 2009. His prize: a leg of titanium and a thousand dollar contribution to his studies in economics. The awards ceremony was held on December 4, but we learn only now because everything was held in secret. The cambodian government has in fact banned the contest, created at the initiative of the Norwegian NGO that is in its second year after the award last year in Angola (another country battered by the presence of landmines). The competition, organized by the NGO Miss Landmine with the slogan "Everyone has the right to be beautiful" chose the winner among 20 contestants selected from hundreds of girls who have been maimed by mines in the Asian country. All competitors received prizes for a few hundred dollars. Das comes from Battambang, Cambodia's one of the areas most devastated by the use of deadly weapons. He lost his left leg in 1996 when he was six.
[source comes from Repubblica.it ]