As contestants flee and Nigeria counts its dead, it is now impossible to argue that Miss World is harmless fun

What an irony that fundamentalist Muslims managed to do what feminism ultimately failed to do: make Miss World a global political issue. As contestants flee to London, and Nigeria counts its dead, it is almost impossible to retain the idea that an annual parade of female flesh is just an innocent quest for universal beauty acceptable to all reasonable people.

Full article: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/nov/25/gender.comment