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Popular Malaysian blogger Kenny Sia, armed with “a (borrowed) huge ass digital SLR camera,” crashes the Miss Tourism Pageant 2005 Kuching Preview Show and returns with lots of pictures. The event was not without some controversy; Miss Ethiopia was quarantined at the airport because she failed to produce a medical certificate and Miss Tibet refused to compete because the Chinese government forced to enter the competition as Miss Tibet-China.
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Bueno me parece realmente bien que la gente se divierta, pero no puedo dejar de lado la impresión que me deja esta última parte del post:
the Chinese government forced to enter the competition as Miss Tibet-China
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