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Botswana: Botswana beauty pageant crowns Miss HIV
[SABCNews: 2005-02-27]
A Botswana beauty pageant crowned 32-year-old Cynthia Leshomo "Miss HIV" today in a contest aimed at fighting the stigma of the killer disease that has infected more than a third of the population. The 12 contestants - aged 21 to 35 and coached by Miss Botswana 2004 - strutted on a catwalk in front of almost 500 people at an exclusive hotel resort in the capital Gaborone. They said they wanted to show there was life after . . .
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