For wearing Botox, they are disqualified from the camel beauty contest in Saudi Arabia!
A camel beauty contest, held in Saudi Arabia, was hit by a scandal this week: dozens of the animals were disqualified after it was discovered that they had been injected with Botox.
With prizes of up to $66 million, the Festival of King Abdelaziz, an annual event steeped in Bedouin tradition, welcomes ranchers from across the Gulf.
The shape and size of the lips, neck and hump are the main beauty criteria to distinguish the best camels, in a contest that will last until mid-January in a desert northeast of Riyadh.
"Forty-three camels were disqualified for cheating," the Saudi SPA news agency reported. He added that the cases of deception were detected after a physical and medical examination of the camels, in particular during their passage through the X-ray machines.
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This is not the first time that contest organizers have disqualified camels injected with Botox or undergoing cosmetic surgery, but this edition has the highest number of disqualifications recorded since the contest launched six years ago.
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"The authorities insist that the camels be presented in their natural form," said a festival official. In his opinion, cosmetic operations suffered by animals should be considered abuse.
"Violators face heavy penalties and will not be eligible to participate in future contests," it added.
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