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Muslim women brave wrath of fundamentalists by competing in Miss England beauty contest
By Cahal Milmo
Published: 03 September 2005

When Miss England 2005 is crowned today, the winner will doubtless give the traditional beauty pageant vow to promote world peace, cross-cultural understanding and global travel.

But if bookmakers' predictions are realised, such ideals will have more than superficial significance. The favourite to win this evening's final is Sarah Mendly, a British Muslim whose family fled Saddam Hussein's Iraq.

Her CV for the contest includes the ambition of "becoming a peace ambassador between England and the country from which my parents originate".

Of the 40 finalists, Ms Mendly is one of four women with a Muslim background, the highest number of Muslim contestants in the competition's history.

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article309934.ece

SO....No Saudi or Iranian Women's Swimming teams for Beijing 2008 Olympiad either?