A beauty pageant in which landmine victims were to compete to win a prosthetic limb has been cancelled after the Cambodian government said it was in bad taste, organisers said. In the Miss Landmine ...
LOWELL — The Miss Cambodian-American Northeast Pageant held “A Night of Beauty, Elegance and Culture,” on Sunday, Sept 6, at the lavishly decorated Sompao Meas Hall. More than 400 guests enjoyed a ...
LONG BEACH – Botumroath Keo Lebun wants to change the way the world sees Cambodia. And she’s taking a rather literal approach toward her goal. While much of the world attention on Cambodia is focused ...
PHNOM PENH, CambodiaPHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The Cambodian government said Monday it will not allow a “Miss Landmine” beauty pageant to take place later this week, calling it an insult to the disabled. ...
Rern Nat, Cambodia’s delegate to the 2018 Miss Universe pageant, is coming back to the Philippines seven years since her last visit to the country. And she will be joined this time by her boyfriend, ...
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - From a dress inspired by the plume of a peacock and fashioned out of bottle caps and cement sacks, to a black and orange tiger outfit made of plastic bags, one group of LGBT ...
This article was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Pheng Sreyvy wears a hooded sweatshirt as she handwashes her children’s clothing in the sweltering Cambodian ...
Morten Traavik knew the idea of a beauty pageant for Cambodian land-mine victims was testing taboos: 20 women scarred by the country's decades of war parading their amputated bodies for the chance at ...