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There is public outrage in Uganda after the launch of a beauty contest for curvy women.

The pageant was launched in the capital Kampala on Tuesday by the State Minister for Tourism, Mr Godfrey Kiwanda.

Kiwanda says the contest is part of tourism promotion to boost the tourism sector.

The Daily Monitor quotes him as saying that “We have naturally endowed nice looking women that are amazing to look at. Why don’t we use these people as a strategy to promote our tourism industry?”

But not everyone is happy with such an initiative. Most women in Uganda say the contest is demeaning since it seeks to promote their bodies as sex objects.

The Miss Curvy Uganda contest was launched in Kampala.

A Ugandan woman has already started an online petition to have the Miss Curvy Uganda contest cancelled.

Ms Primrose Murungi’s petition reads “I personally feel attacked. This is degrading of women. In a country where women are grabbed by men while walking on the streets and now they have legalised it by making them tourist attractions is not fair.”

Murungi says in her petition that Uganda is “objectifying us and reducing women to nothing.

Please sign this petition for ministry of tourism to take down the Miss Curvy challenge and offer an apology to the public as well.”

Other women groups have also called for the contest to be canceled and an apology rendered by the tourism minister.


Reactions on social media

There have been reactions on social media from Ugandans.

But Pageant organiser Ann Mungoma has defended the initiative, according to Daily Monitor reports.

She said the contest “will bring out the endowment of the real African woman”.

It is “an exceptional event that will see young ladies showcase their beautiful curves and intellect”, Mungoma adds.

 

 

 

Source: Africafeeds.com

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