Like all good pageant contestants, Nazaa’a displayed not only dazzling beauty but also poise and grace.
On Friday, she batted her eyelashes and flashed a toothy smile for the television cameras at the Mzayen World Cup, a pageant held in the Qatari desert about 15 miles (25 kilometers) away from Doha and football’s World Cup.
Nazaa’a, mind you, is a camel.
The beauty pageant was designed to bring cultural awareness to World Cup visitors and sponsored by the Ministry of Sports and Youth, in conjunction with the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, the local World Cup organizing committee.
Make no mistake, this is a really serious contest: A doctor is on staff to make sure the animals don’t use fillers or Botox to make them more beautiful.
Last December dozens of camels were disqualified from the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival in Saudi Arabia for cosmetic enhancements. (Read my post “Forty-three Desert Beauties Disqualified From Beauty Pageant” published December 10, 2021).
Then there’s the money: The winner, runner-up and third place camels all received trophies. Nazaa’s owners earned 200,000 Qatari riyals ($55,000). Oh yes, there was even prize money for the camel that produced the most milk – 15,000 riyals.
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