51. The contest is held by the Miss Universe Organization, which is jointly owned by American entrepreneur Donald Trump and the U.S. television network CBS. 52. The change had Iowa before Louisiana, but Louisiana Republicans had voted to hold their contest on a Saturday at least one week before Iowa. 53. The organizers -- Levi Strauss, Prambors radio station and Bengkel Nightpark -- plan to hold the contest every year, she said. 54. Transvestite beauty contests are held at village fairs and major festivals, where they are taken very seriously. 55. Iranian cultural organisations and official media repeatedly ridicule the Indian-born author and a caricature contest is held on Rushdie every year at international book fairs here. 56. Was the justification then that the contest was held outside India ? 57. Karnataka state Chief Minister J.H. Patel has dimissed the critics as hypocrites and has said he was determined to hold the contest. 58. Mandatory courses on the Koran have been added to school curriculums and nationwide contests are regularly held on reciting verses from the holy book. 59. Miss World has never been held in India before but beauty contests are regularly held in the country. 60. Over the next two weeks, scores of states will hold election contests in the most compressed primary schedule in history. |